different between operable vs usable

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /??.p?.??.b?l/

Adjective

operable (comparative more operable, superlative most operable)

1. Able to be operated or used
2. Able to be put into operation; practicable
3. Able to be treated by surgery

Antonyms

• inoperable

Derived terms

• operability

Translations

Anagrams

• ropeable

Spanish

Adjective

operable (plural operables)

1. operable (able to be treated by surgery)

English

Alternative forms

• useable

Etymology

From Old French usable, from the verb user (“to use”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ju?.z?.b?l/

Adjective

usable (comparative more usable, superlative most usable)

1. Capable of being used.

   Antonym: unusable

2. Easy to use; exhibiting good usability.

   Synonym: user-friendliness

3. homosexual
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Derived terms

• usability
• unusable

Translations

See also

• utilizable

Anagrams

• Bleaus, suable

Catalan

Etymology

usar +? -able

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /u?za.bl?/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /u?za.ble/

Adjective

usable (masculine and feminine plural usables)

1. usable

   Synonym: utilitzable

   Antonym: inusable

Derived terms

• inusable

Further reading

• “usable” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “usable” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “usable” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “usable” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Spanish

Etymology

usar +? -able

Adjective

usable (plural usables)

1. usable

   Synonym: utilizable