perishable

English

Etymology

From Middle English *persishable, perysabyl, equivalent to perish +‎ -able. Compare Old French perissable (and modern French périssable).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɛ.ɹɪ.ʃə.bəl/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Adjective

perishable (comparative more perishable, superlative most perishable)

1. Liable to perish, especially naturally subject to quick decomposition or decay.

   Synonyms: ephemeral, shortlived

   Antonyms: imperishable, unperishable

   perishable goods

   perishable foodstuffs

Derived terms

• nonperishable
• perishability
• perishableness
• perishably

Translations

liable to perish

• Bulgarian: нетраен (bg) (netraen)
• Catalan: perible (ca)
• Dutch: beperkt houdbaar, bederfelijk (nl)
• Finnish: pilaantuva (fi)
• French: périssable (fr)
• German: verderblich (de), leichtverderblich (especially food), vergänglich (de), kurzlebig (de), begrenzt haltbar
• Gothic: 𐍂𐌹𐌿𐍂𐌴𐌹𐍃 (riureis)
• Hindi: विनाशी (hi) (vināśī), नश्वर (hi) (naśvar)
• Hungarian: romlandó (hu)
• Italian: deperibile (it)
• Macedonian: нетраен (netraen), расиплив (rasipliv)
• Manx: çherraghtagh
• Marathi: नाशिवंत (nāśivanta)
• Norwegian: lettbedervelig
• Polish: nietrwały (pl)
• Portuguese: perecível (pt)
• Russian: бре́нный (ru) (brénnyj), тле́нный (ru) (tlénnyj), сме́ртный (ru) (smértnyj) (mortal), преходя́щий (ru) (prexodjáščij) (transient)
• Spanish: perecedero (es), caduco (es), efímero (es), perecible, fallidero (dated)
• Welsh: darfodus

Noun

perishable (plural perishables)

1. That which perishes or is short-lived.
2. (in the plural) Food that does not keep for long.

Translations

that which perishes

• German: Vergängliches n

food that does not keep

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: ^{(please verify)} 易腐壞的 / 易腐坏的 (yìfǔhuài de)

• Dutch: bederfelijke eetwaren pl, bederfelijke levensmiddelen pl
• Finnish: tuoretuote
• French: denrées périssables f pl
• German: Verderbliches n, Leichtverderbliches n
• Japanese: ^{(please verify)} 腐りやすい (くさりやすい, kusariyasui)
• Macedonian: расиплива храна f (rasipliva hrana)
• Russian: скоропортящиеся продукты m pl (skoropórtjaščijesja prodúkty)