readability

English

Etymology

readable +‎ -ity.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌɹiːdəˈbɪlɪti/

• Audio (Southern England)

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Noun

readability (countable and uncountable, plural readabilities)

1. The property of being capable of being read; legibility.
2. The property of being easy or engaging to read.

   The book had a clever plot, but lacked readability.

Related terms

• readable
• unreadable
• readableness

Translations

property of being capable of being read; legibility

• Bulgarian: четливост f (četlivost)
• Catalan: llegibilitat f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 易讀／易读 (zh) (yìdú), 可讀／可读 (kědú)

• Czech: čitelnost f
• Dutch: leesbaarheid (nl) f
• Finnish: luettavuus (fi)
• French: lisibilité (fr) f
• German: Lesbarkeit (de) f
• Hungarian: olvashatóság (hu)
• Malay: kebolehbacaan
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: lesbarhet m or f

  Nynorsk: lesbarheit f

• Polish: czytelność (pl) f
• Russian: удобочита́емость (ru) f (udobočitájemostʹ), чёткость (ru) f (čótkostʹ), разбо́рчивость (ru) f (razbórčivostʹ), чита́бельность (ru) f (čitábelʹnostʹ), приго́дность для чте́ния f (prigódnostʹ dlja čténija)
• Spanish: legibilidad f
• Swedish: läsbarhet (sv)

property of being easy or engaging to read

• Bulgarian: увлекателност (bg) f (uvlekatelnost)
• Catalan: llegibilitat f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 易讀／易读 (zh) (yìdú), 可讀性／可读性 (kědúxìng)

• Czech: čtivost f
• Dutch: leesbaarheid (nl) f
• Finnish: luettavuus (fi)
• German: Lesbarkeit (de) f
• Malay: kebolehbacaan
• Russian: чита́бельность (ru) f (čitábelʹnostʹ), приго́дность для чте́ния f (prigódnostʹ dlja čténija)
• Swedish: lättlästhet (sv) c