approachable

English

Etymology

approach +‎ -able

Adjective

approachable (comparative more approachable, superlative most approachable)

1. Easily approached; easy to talk to.

   Her boss was very approachable.

   • 2022 November 30, “Stop & Examine”, in RAIL, number 971, page 87:

     Whistle's creation stems from an internal colleague competition run by Northern to design a recognisable and approachable character to act as a mascot.

Derived terms

• approachability
• approachableness

Translations

easy to talk to

• Bulgarian: достъ́пен (bg) (dostǎ́pen), достижи́м (bg) (dostižím)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 容易接近的 (róngyì jiējìn de)

• Czech: přístupný (cs) m
• Dutch: benaderbaar (nl)
• Finnish: helposti lähestyttävä
• French: approchable (fr), abordable (fr) m
• German: zugänglich (de)
• Greek: προσιτός (el) (prositós)
• Hungarian: megközelíthető (hu)
• Latin: intrābilis
• Macedonian: пристапен m (pristapen), пресретлив (presretliv)
• Portuguese: afável (pt), abordável, acessível (pt)
• Romanian: accesibil (ro) m, abordabil (ro) m
• Russian: досту́пный (ru) (dostúpnyj), достижи́мый (ru) (dostižímyj), охо́тно иду́щий навстре́чу (oxótno idúščij navstréču)
• Slovak: prístupný m
• Spanish: accesible (es), abordable (es)
• Swedish: lättillgänglig (sv)
• Telugu: కలుపుగోలు (te) (kalupugōlu)