potable

English

Etymology

From Old French potable, from Latin pōtābilis, from pōtō (“I drink”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈpəʊ.tə.bɫ/, /ˈpɒt.ə.bəl/, SAMPA: /"p@U.t@.b5/, /"pQt.@.b@l/
• (US) IPA: /ˈpoʊ.tə.bɫ/, SAMPA: /"poU.t@.b5/

Adjective

potable (comparative more potable, superlative most potable)

1. Good for drinking without fear of poisoning or disease.

Synonyms

• (good for drinking): drinkable, drinkworthy

Derived terms

• potable gold

Coordinate terms

• edible, eatable, eatworthy, comestible

Translations

good for drinking

Chinese: Mandarin: 可飲用的 (cmn) (kě yǐnyòng de), 可饮用的 (cmn) (kě yǐnyòng de) Czech: pitný m., pitná f., pitné n. (more potable - pitnější, most potable - nejpitnější) Dutch: drinkbaar (nl), drinkbare (nl) Finnish: juomakelpoinen French: potable (fr) Georgian: სასმელი (ka), სასმელად ვარგისი (ka) German: trinkbar (de) Haitian Creole: potab

Hungarian: iható (hu) Italian: potabile (it) Manx: iuoil (gv), yn-iu (gv) Persian: آشامیدنی (ashamidani) Polish: pitny m., pitna f., pitne n. Portuguese: potável Romanian: potabil (ro) Spanish: potable (es) Swedish: drickbar (sv) Welsh: yfadwy (cy)

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French

Etymology

From Late Latin potabilis (verb: potare "to drink").

Pronunciation

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Adjective

potable (epicene, plural potables)

1. potable

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Spanish

Adjective

potable m. and f. (plural potables)

1. potable