disposable

English

Etymology

From dispos(e) +‎ -able.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /dɪsˈpəʊzəbl̩/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /dɪsˈpoʊzəbl̩/

• Audio (US):

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• Hyphenation: dis‧pos‧a‧ble

Adjective

disposable (comparative more disposable, superlative most disposable)

1. That can be disposed of.
2. That is designed to be discarded rather than reused, refilled or repaired.

   Rather than purchase an expensive razor he bought a packet of cheap disposable ones.

   • 2019 December 16, Amy Woodyatt, “3,600-year-old disposable cup shows even our ancestors hated doing dishes”, in CNN‎^[1]:

     A disposable cup sits in a museum gallery, fully intact even after being cast aside thousands of years ago.

3. Available to be used; at one's disposal.

   disposable income

Synonyms

• (being intended for a single use): single-use, throwaway

Antonyms

• non-disposable, nondisposable, undisposable, indisposable

Derived terms

• daily disposable
• disposability
• disposable diaper
• disposable income
• disposable nappy
• disposableness
• disposable razor
• disposably
• reposable
• sposie

Translations

that can be disposed of — see also expendable

• Dutch: besteedbaar (nl)
• Esperanto: forĵetebla
• French: jetable (fr)
• Georgian: ერთჯერადი (ertǯeradi)
• German: wegwerfbar, entsorgbar
• Hindi: प्रयोज्य (hi) (prayojya)
• Hungarian: eldobható (hu)
• Portuguese: descartável (pt)
• Russian: однора́зовый (ru) (odnorázovyj)
• Scottish Gaelic: so-chaitheamh
• Spanish: desechable (es)

that is designed to be discarded rather than refilled or repaired

• Armenian: միանգամյա օգտագործման (miangamya ōgtagorcman)
• Bulgarian: за еднократна употреба (za ednokratna upotreba)
• Esperanto: unu-uza
• Finnish: kertakäyttöinen (fi), kertakäyttö-
• French: jetable (fr)
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• German: einweg-, wegwerf-, wegwerfbar
• Greek: μιας χρήσης (mias chrísis)
• Hebrew: חַד פַּעֲמִי (he) m (ẖad pa'mí)
• Hindi: प्रयोज्य (hi) (prayojya)
• Hungarian: eldobható (hu), egyszer használatos
• Indonesian: sekali pakai
• Italian: monouso (it), usa e getta (it)
• Malay: pakai buang (ms), boleh buang
• Norman: fliantchabl'ye
• Portuguese: descartável (pt)
• Romanian: de unică folosință
• Russian: однора́зовый (ru) (odnorázovyj), выбра́сываемый (ru) (vybrásyvajemyj), ра́зовый (ru) (rázovyj)
• Sami:

  Northern Sami: háválaš

• Scottish Gaelic: so-chaitheamh
• Spanish: desechable (es), de un solo uso, de usar y tirar, descartable
• Swedish: engångs- (sv), slit-och-släng-
• Turkish: please add this translation if you can

available to be used

• Bulgarian: наличен (bg) (naličen), разполагаем (bg) (razpolagaem)
• Catalan: disponible (ca)
• Finnish: käytettävissä oleva
• French: disponible (fr)
• Galician: dispoñíbel (gl)
• German: verfügbar (de), zur Verfügung stehend
• Greek: διαθέσιμος (el) (diathésimos)
• Hungarian: rendelkezésre álló (hu)
• Indonesian: siap pakai (id)
• Italian: disponibile (it)
• Malay: boleh guna
• Portuguese: disponível (pt)
• Russian: досту́пный (ru) (dostúpnyj)
• Spanish: disponible (es)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Georgian: ^{(please verify)} თავისუფალი (tavisupali)

Noun

disposable (plural disposables)

1. Any object that is designed to be disposed of, rather than refilled or repaired.
   • 2010, Kathleen Huggins, The Expectant Parents' Companion, page 88:

     Parents who use cloth diapers often use disposables for travel, nights, or both.

   • 2016 January 14, Jessica Hall, “Nanoengineers build 'microcannons' that fire light-up bullets filled with drugs”, in ExtremeTech‎^[2]:

     Durable goods can be cost-effective but make great disease vectors, and disposables like syringes and needles can be a problem in the poorest places, where there's desperate need of vaccines for diseases like polio. That's where the UCSD scientists come in.

   1. A disposable vaporizer, as for nicotine or a concentrate of cannabis (THC).

Translations

object that is designed to be disposed of

• Finnish: kertakäyttötavara
• French: jetable (fr)
• Georgian: ერთჯერადი (ertǯeradi)
• German: Einwegartikel m, Wegwerfartikel m
• Hungarian: eldobható cikk/árucikk
• Polish: jednorazowy (pl) m, jednorazówka (pl) f
• Portuguese: descartável (pt) n
• Spanish: desechable (es) m or f

Further reading

• disposable on Wikipedia.Wikipedia