Sep 8, 2017 · Competible is actually a real (but obsolete) word, but it wasn't used to mean "able to compete". It meant either "appropriate" or "competent". The meaning of the English verb compete �...

Competible is actually a real (but obsolete) word, but it wasn't used to mean "able to compete". It meant either "appropriate" or "competent". The meaning of the English verb compete has shifted from ...

So using "competible" or "compet (e)able" in the sense "capable of competing" would be a bit atypical. There are a few *-able* words that have this kind of atypical meaning, like *perishable,* but it ...