viable
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From French, from Medieval Latin *vitabilis (“capable of life”), from Latin vita (“life”); see vital.
Pronunciation [edit]
- Rhymes: -aɪəbəl
Adjective [edit]
viable (comparative more viable, superlative most viable)
- Able to live on its own (as for a newborn.)
- Able to be done, possible.
- In (biology), able to live and develop.
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Translations [edit]
able to live on its own
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possible
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External links [edit]
- viable in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- viable in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
French [edit]
Adjective [edit]
viable (masculine and feminine, plural viables)
Spanish [edit]
Adjective [edit]
viable m and f (plural viables)
