fordable

English

Etymology

From ford +‎ -able.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈfɔːdəb(ə)l/

Adjective

fordable (comparative more fordable, superlative most fordable)

1. (of a body of water) Able to be forded.
   • 1902, John Buchan, The Outgoing of the Tide:

     There, if you are in luck, you will find the tide out and the place fordable dryshod for a man on a horse.

   • 1990, Peter Hopkirk, The Great Game, Folio Society, published 2010, page 66:

     However, there were a number of fordable spots in the vicinity.

Antonyms

• unfordable

Translations

able to be forded

• German: durchquerbar, seicht (de)
• Ido: vadebla (io)
• Italian: guadabile (it), guadoso
• Manx: aahagh, aahoil
• Spanish: vadeable