English [ edit ] Etymology [ edit ] From Middle English berable bear -able
Pronunciation [ edit ] Adjective [ edit ] bearable (not comparable )
Able to be borne ; tolerable ; endurable .
Able to be borne or carried ; portable .
2015 Philosophy Comes to Dinner: Arguments About the Ethics of Eating :A joint cause is neither necessary nor sufficient for an effect—for example, any one of six pallbearers is a joint cause of carrying a coffin bearable by four.
Derived terms [ edit ] Translations [ edit ] able to be borne
Bulgarian: търпи́м (bg) ( tǎrpím ) , сно́сен (bg) ( snósen ) , поноси́м (bg) ( ponosím )
Catalan: suportable
Czech: snesitelný (cs) m
Dutch: draaglijk (nl)
Finnish: siedettävä (fi)
French: vivable (fr) , supportable (fr)
German: erträglich (de)
Greek: ανεκτός (el) ( anektós )
Ancient: ἀνεκτός ( anektós ) , φορητός ( phorētós )
Hungarian: kibírható (hu) , elviselhető (hu)
Irish: sofhulaingthe
Italian: sopportabile (it)
Latin: tolerabilis
Old English: āberendlīċ
Polish: znośny (pl) , do wytrzymania
Portuguese: suportável (pt)
Russian: терпи́мый (ru) ( terpímyj ) , сно́сный (ru) ( snósnyj ) , выноси́мый (ru) ( vynosímyj )
Spanish: soportable tolerable (es) , llevadero (es)
Walloon: eduråve (wa) m or f sopoirtåve (wa) m or f