drinkable

English

Etymology

drink +‎ -able

Adjective

drinkable (comparative more drinkable, superlative most drinkable)

1. (of water) Safe to drink.
2. (of an alcoholic beverage, especially wine) Of good or satisfactory quality.

Synonyms

• (safe to drink): potable, drinkworthy, safe to drink
• (of good or satisfactory quality):

Antonyms

• (safe to drink): impotable, undrinkable
• (of good or satisfactory quality): undrinkable

Coordinate terms

• edible, eatable, comestible

Translations

safe to drink

Bulgarian: годен за пиене (bg) Catalan: potable (ca) Dutch: drinkbaar (nl) Finnish: juomakelpoinen (fi), juotava (fi) French: potable (fr) m. and f., buvable (fr) Greek: πόσιμος (el) (pósimos) m. Hungarian: iható (hu)

Italian: potabile (it) m. and f. Macedonian: питок (mk) (pítok) m., питка (mk) (pítka) f., питко (mk) (pítka) n. Manx: yn-iu (gv), iuoil (gv) Portuguese: potável Romanian: potabil (ro) Spanish: potable (es)

of good or satisfactory quality

Bulgarian: пивък (bg) Finnish: juotava (fi)

French: buvable (fr) Hungarian: iható (hu)

Noun

drinkable (plural drinkables)

1. (usually in plural) That which can be drunk.