drinkable

English

Etymology

From Middle English drinkable, drynkeable, equivalent to drink +‎ -able.

Adjective

drinkable (comparative more drinkable, superlative most drinkable)

Able to be drunk (as liquid).
(of water) Safe to drink.
(of an alcoholic beverage, especially wine) Of good or satisfactory quality.

Synonyms

(safe to drink): potable, drinkworthy, safe to drink
(of good or satisfactory quality):

Antonyms

(safe to drink): impotable, undrinkable
(of good or satisfactory quality): undrinkable

Coordinate terms

edible, eatable, comestible

Translations

safe to drink

Belarusian: пі́тны (pítny)
Bulgarian: питеен (piteen), годен за пиене (goden za piene)
Catalan: potable
Chinese:
Mandarin: 可飲用的 (zh), 可饮用的 (zh) (kě yǐnyòng de)
Czech: pitný (cs)
Dutch: drinkbaar (nl)
Finnish: juomakelpoinen, juotava (fi)
French: potable (fr) m, f, buvable (fr)
German: trinkbar
Greek: πόσιμος (el) m (pósimos)
Hungarian: iható (hu)

Italian: potabile (it) m, f
Macedonian: пи́ток m (pítok), пи́тка f (pítka), пи́тко n (pítko)
Manx: yn-iu, iuoil
Norman: potabl'ye (Jersey)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: drikkelig, drikkbar

Nynorsk: drikkbar
Portuguese: potável (pt), bebível (pt)
Romanian: potabil (ro)
Russian: питьево́й (ru) (pitʹjevój)
Spanish: potable (es)
Ukrainian: питни́й (pytnýj)

of good or satisfactory quality

Bulgarian: пивък (pivǎk)
Finnish: juotava (fi)
French: buvable (fr)
Hungarian: iható (hu)

Norwegian:
Bokmål: drikkelig, drikkbar

Nynorsk: drikkbar

Noun

drinkable (plural drinkables)

(usually in the plural) That which can be drunk.

Anagrams

Birkeland, brandlike

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