punishable

English

Etymology

punish +‎ -able

Adjective

punishable (comparative more punishable, superlative most punishable)

1. Subject to punishment; appropriate for punishment.

   Littering in this area is punishable by a fine of up to $100.

   • 2022 February 9, “Network News: Regulations on face coverings risk leaving passengers confused”, in RAIL, number 950, page 6:

     Wearing a face covering also remains a requirement on all Transport for London services, where it has become a Condition of Carriage. This means that while non-compliance is no longer a criminal offence and punishable with a fine, passengers can still be asked to leave or prevented from boarding.

Derived terms

• punishability
• punishably
• nonpunishable

Translations

appropriate for punishment

• Bulgarian: наказуем (bg) (nakazuem)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 該罰的／该罚的 (zh) (gāifá de), 可罰的／可罚的 (kěfá de)

• Czech: trestný (cs)
• Danish: strafbar
• Dutch: strafbaar (nl)
• Esperanto: puninda
• Finnish: rangaistava
• French: punissable (fr), passible (fr)
• Galician: punible (gl), puníbel (gl)
• German: strafbar (de)
• Hungarian: büntethető (hu)
• Italian: punibile (it)
• Japanese: 罰するべき (ja) (ばっするべき, bassuru beki)
• Latin: castīgābilis
• Luxembourgish: strofbar
• Macedonian: казнив (kazniv)
• Norman: peunnissabl'ye m or f
• Polish: karalny (pl)
• Portuguese: punível (pt), passível (pt)
• Romanian: penalizabil m or n, pedepsibil (ro) m or n, penalizabilă f
• Russian: наказу́емый (ru) (nakazújemyj)
• Spanish: punible (es)
• Swedish: straffbar (sv)