navigable

English

Adjective

navigable (comparative more navigable, superlative most navigable)

1. (for a body of water: sea, river etc.): capable of being navigated; deep enough and wide enough to afford passage to vessels.
2. (for a boat): seaworthy; in a navigable state; steerable.
3. (for a balloon): steerable, dirigible
4. Easy to navigate.

   This Web site isn't very navigable. I can't tell which image links to which page.

Derived terms

• navigability
• unnavigable

Related terms

• navigatable
• navigate
• navigation
• navigator

Translations

for a body of water: sea, river etc.

Dutch: bevaarbaar (nl) Esperanto: navigebla (eo) Finnish: purjehduskelpoinen (fi) French: navigable (fr)

German: schiffbar (de) Macedonian: пловен (mk) (plóven) m., пловна (mk) (plóvna) f., пловно (mk) (plóvno) n. Manx: yn-shiaulley (gv)

for a boat

Finnish: merikelpoinen (fi) Macedonian: пловен (mk) (plóven) m.

Manx: yn-stiurey (gv)

for a balloon

Macedonian: пловен (mk) (plóven) m.

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Ido: navigebla

Portuguese: navegável

External links

• navigable in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• navigable in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
• navigable at OneLook Dictionary Search