drinkable

English

Etymology

From Middle English drinkable, drynkeable, equivalent to drink +‎ -able.

Adjective

drinkable (comparative more drinkable, superlative most drinkable)

1. Able to be drunk (as liquid).
2. (of water) Safe to drink.
3. (of an alcoholic beverage, especially wine) Of good or satisfactory quality.

Synonyms

• (safe to drink): potable, drinkworthy, safe to drink
• (of good or satisfactory quality):

Antonyms

• (safe to drink): impotable, undrinkable
• (of good or satisfactory quality): undrinkable

Coordinate terms

• edible, eatable, comestible

Translations

safe to drink

• Belarusian: пі́тны (pítny)
• Bulgarian: питеен (piteen), годен за пиене (goden za piene)
• Catalan: potable
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 可飲用的／可饮用的 (zh), 可饮用的 (zh) (kě yǐnyòng de)

• Czech: pitný (cs)
• Danish: drikkelig
• Dutch: drinkbaar (nl)
• Esperanto: trinkebla
• Finnish: juomakelpoinen, juotava (fi)
• French: potable (fr) m or f, buvable (fr)
• German: trinkbar
• Greek: πόσιμος (el) m (pósimos)
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• Hungarian: iható (hu)
• Italian: potabile (it) m or f
• Macedonian: пи́ток m (pítok), пи́тка f (pítka), пи́тко n (pítko)
• Manx: yn-iu, iuoil
• Norman: potabl'ye (Jersey)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: drikkelig, drikkbar

  Nynorsk: drikkbar

• Portuguese: potável (pt), bebível (pt)
• Romanian: potabil (ro)
• Russian: питьево́й (ru) (pitʹjevój)
• Spanish: potable (es), bebedizo
• Ukrainian: питни́й (pytnýj)

of good or satisfactory quality

• Bulgarian: пивък (pivǎk)
• Danish: drikkelig, værd at drikke
• Finnish: juotava (fi)
• French: buvable (fr)
• Hungarian: iható (hu)
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• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: drikkelig, drikkbar

  Nynorsk: drikkbar

Noun

drinkable (plural drinkables)

1. (chiefly in the plural) That which can be drunk.
   • 1931, Qassim Ali Jairazbhoy, Fear Allah and take your own part (page 112)

     During the course of the day we know how to face acute hunger, and learn the value of abstaining from using our eatables and drinkables.

Anagrams

• Birkeland, brandlike