applicable

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French applicable, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Medieval Latin applicabilis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈæplɪkəbəl/, /əˈplɪkəbəl/

• Audio (US):

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Adjective

applicable (comparative more applicable, superlative most applicable)

1. suitable for application, relevant

Synonyms

• appropriate; See also Thesaurus:suitable or Thesaurus:pertinent

Antonyms

• inapplicable

Derived terms

• applicability

Related terms

terms related to applicable

• apply
• appliance

• application

Translations

suitable for application; relevant

• Arabic: قابل للتطبيق
• Bulgarian: приложим (bg) (priložim)
• Catalan: aplicable
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 適用／适用 (zh) (shìyòng), 适用 (zh) (shìyòng)

• Czech: aplikovatelný
• Danish: anvendelig
• Dutch: toepasselijk (nl)
• Finnish: sopiva (fi), soveltuva (fi)
• French: applicable (fr)
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• Galician: aplicable (gl), aplicábel (gl)
• German: anwendbar (de), relevant (de)
• Greek: εφαρμόσιμος (el) m (efarmósimos)
• Hungarian: alkalmazható (hu)
• Interlingue:
• Polish: odpowiedni (pl), dotyczący (pl), odnoszący się m
• Portuguese: aplicável (pt)
• Romanian: aplicabil (ro) m, adecvat (ro) m, potrivit (ro) m
• Russian: примени́мый (ru) (primenímyj), подходя́щий (ru) (podxodjáščij), приго́дный (ru) (prigódnyj)
• Spanish: aplicable, pertinente (es)
• Swedish: tillämplig (sv), passande (sv), användbar (sv)

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French

Etymology

From appliquer +‎ -able

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.pli.kabl/

Adjective

applicable (plural applicables)

1. applicable

Further reading

• “applicable”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.