viable

English

Etymology

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From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] French, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl]  *vitabilis (“capable of life”), from Latin vita (“life”); see vital.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvaɪəbəl/
• Rhymes: -aɪəbəl

Adjective

viable (comparative more viable, superlative most viable)

1. Able to live on its own (as for a newborn).
2. Able to be done, possible.
3. (biology) Able to live and develop.

Antonyms

• inviable

Derived terms

• viability

Translations

able to live on its own

• Catalan: viable (ca)
• Czech: životaschopný m
• Danish: levedygtig
• Dutch: levensvatbaar (nl)
• Esperanto: vivipova, vivebla
• Estonian: eluvõimeline, elujõuline
• Finnish: elinkelpoinen
• French: viable (fr)
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• German: lebensfähig
• Greek:

  Ancient: βιώσιμος (biṓsimos)

• Hungarian: életképes (hu)
• Italian: vivibile (it)
• Japanese: 生きられる (ja) (ikirareru), 生き残れる (ikinokoreru)
• Portuguese: viável (pt)
• Russian: жизнеспособный (ru) (žiznesposobnyj)
• Spanish: viable (es)

possible

• Catalan: viable (ca)
• Dutch: uitvoerbaar (nl)
• Esperanto: farebla
• Estonian: elluviidav
• Finnish: mahdollinen (fi)
• French: viable (fr)
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• German: machbar (de)
• Hungarian: járható (hu)
• Portuguese: viável (pt)
• Russian: возмо́жный (ru) (vozmóžnyj), осуществи́мый (ru) (osuščestvímyj)
• Spanish: viable (es)
• Swedish: genomförbar (sv)

(biology) able to live and develop

• German: überlebensfähig (de), lebensfähig, entwicklungsfähig
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• Hebrew: ^{(please verify)} עצמאי, ^{(please verify)} אפשר (he)
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Noun

viable (plural viables)

1. (biology) An organism that is able to live and develop.

Further reading

• “viable”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “viable”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

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French

Adjective

viable (plural viables)

1. viable, feasible

Further reading

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

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbjable/ [ˈbja.β̞le]

Adjective

viable m or f (masculine and feminine plural viables)

1. viable

Derived terms

• inviable