potable

English

Etymology

From Old French potable, from Latin pōtābilis, from pōtō (“I drink”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈpəʊ.tə.bɫ/, /ˈpɒt.ə.bəl/, X-SAMPA: /"p@U.t@.b5/, /"pQt.@.b@l/
• (US) IPA: /ˈpoʊ.tə.bɫ/, X-SAMPA: /"poU.t@.b5/

Adjective

potable (comparative more potable, superlative most potable)

1. Good for drinking without fear of poisoning or disease.

Synonyms

• (good for drinking): drinkable, drinkworthy

Derived terms

• potable gold

Coordinate terms

• edible, eatable, eatworthy, comestible

Translations

good for drinking

• Asturian: potable (ast)
• Belarusian: пітны (be) (pítny)
• Bulgarian: питеен (bg) (piteen)
• Catalan: potable (ca)
• Chinese:

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

• Czech: pitný (cs)
• Dutch: drinkbaar (nl), drinkbare (nl)
• Finnish: juomakelpoinen (fi)
• French: potable (fr)
• Galician: potable (gl)
• Georgian: სასმელი (ka) (sasmeli), სასმელად ვარგისი (ka) (sasmelad vargisi)
• German: trinkbar (de)

• Haitian Creole: potab
• Hungarian: iható (hu)
• Italian: potabile (it)
• Manx: iuoil (gv), yn-iu (gv)
• Occitan: potable (oc)
• Persian: آشامیدنی (fa) (âšâmidani)
• Polish: pitny (pl)
• Portuguese: potável (pt)
• Romanian: potabil (ro)
• Russian: питьевой (ru) (pitʹjevój)
• Spanish: potable (es)
• Swedish: drickbar (sv)
• Ukrainian: питний (uk) (pýtnyj)
• Welsh: yfadwy (cy)

Noun

potable (plural potables)

1. Any drinkable liquid; a beverage.

   Useful in potables. — J. Philips.

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Catalan

Etymology

From Latin pōtābilis.

Adjective

potable m, f (masculine and feminine plural potables)

1. potable

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French

Etymology

From Late Latin potabilis (verb: potare "to drink").

Pronunciation

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Adjective

potable (masculine and feminine, plural potables)

1. potable

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Old French

Etymology

Latin pōtābilis.

Adjective

potable m, f

1. potable

Declension

  Declension of potable  

Number	Case	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Singular	Subject	potables	potable	potable
	Oblique	potable	potable	potable
Plural	Subject	potable	potables	potable
	Oblique	potables	potables	potable

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin pōtābilis.

Adjective

potable m and f (plural potables)

1. potable