accessible

First attested in 1400, from French, from Late Latin accessibilis, from accessus, perfect passive participle of accēdō (“approach”), equivalent to access +‎ -ible.

• (US) IPA^(key): /əkˈsɛs.ə.bəl/

  • Audio (Southern England)

    (file)

accessible (comparative more accessible, superlative most accessible)

1. Easy of access or approach. [from 1640s]

   Synonym: approachable

   an accessible town or mountain

   • 1926, A[rthur] [S]tanley Eddington, “Survey of the Problem”, in The Internal Constitution of the Stars, page 1:

     At first sight it would seem that the deep interior of the sun and stars is less accessible to scientific investigation than any other region of the universe.

2. (specifically) Built or designed as to be usable by people with disabilities.

   an accessible website

   accessible public transport

   • 2023 November 1, Nick Brodrick talks to Jason Cocker, “A station that "oozes" customer service...”, in RAIL, number 995, pages 52-53:

     As well as the boom in off-peak leisure numbers, "there has been a big spike in passenger assistance - that's really taken off as well", he continues. "We're probably victims of our own success because we promote this more than we ever used to. We promote how accessible the railways are. I think that this area has more than doubled from pre-COVID levels.

3. (of a person) Easy to get along with.

   Synonyms: easy-going, friendly, welcoming

4. (followed by to) Open to the influence of.
   • 1890, Thomas Babington Macaulay, The History of Herodotus:

     Minds accessible to reason.

5. Obtainable; to be got at.
   • 1849–1861, Thomas Babington Macaulay, The History of England from the Accession of James the Second, volumes (please specify |volume=I to V), London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, →OCLC:

     The materials, however, which are at present accessible, are sufficient for the construction of a narrative not to be read without shame and loathing.

6. (art, literature) Easily understood or appreciated. [from 1961]
   • 2015, Rose Bretécher, Pure, →ISBN:

     But something new was rippling through a million MySpace profiles. The sound was electro, and bass-laced synthetic dance pop would soon start streaming in from producers in Paris, dizzying the twenteens of Britain with its accessible, anthemic funk.

7. Capable of being used or seen.

• inaccessible

• “accessible”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

From Late Latin accessibilis (“accessible”), from accessus, perfect passive participle of accēdō (“approach”).

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ək.səˈsib.blə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [ak.seˈsi.ble]

accessible m or f (masculine and feminine plural accessibles)

1. accessible
2. approachable (of people)
   • 2015 May 19, Andrés Vicent, ““Portem quatre anys de campanya intensa””, in El Punt Avui‎, retrieved 1 August 2022:

     Hem sigut gent molt accessible, hem fet tot el que ha estat a les nostres mans i coneguem els problemes socials de Silla.

     We've been very approachable people, we've done everything in our power and we know Silla's social issues.

• inaccessible

• accessibilitat
• inaccessible

• “accessible” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Borrowed from Late Latin accessibilis (“accessible”), from accessus, perfect passive participle of accēdō (“approach”).

• IPA^(key): /ak.sɛ.sibl/, /ak.se.sibl/

• Audio (France, Paris)

  (file)

• Homophone: accessibles
• Hyphenation: ac‧ces‧sible

accessible (plural accessibles)

1. (of a place, information, etc.) accessible, attainable, obtainable, available
2. (of a price) affordable
3. (of a person) approachable

• inaccessible

• accessibilité

• “accessible”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.