qualificabile
qualifiable, classifiable
adjective kwah-lee-fee-KAH-bee-leh Rare
Usage Note
Qualificabile means 'that can be qualified or classified as something'. It is formed with the suffix -bile (equivalent to English '-able') on qualificare. It does not change for gender (un comportamento qualificabile come negligenza / un'azione qualificabile come frode). It appears mainly in legal and administrative writing.
Examples
"Il gesto è qualificabile come atto di coraggio."
Natural Translation
The gesture can be classified as an act of courage.
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