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potable
English
Etymology
The adjective is derived from Late Middle English potable (“drinkable, potable”), from Middle French, Old French potable (modern French potable (“drinkable, potable”)), and from its etymon Late Latin p?t?bilis (“drinkable, potable”), from Latin p?t?re (“to drink”) + -bilis (suffix forming adjectives indicating a capacity or worth of being acted upon). P?t?re is the present active infinitive of p?t? (“to drink”), from Proto-Indo-European *peh?- (“to drink”). The English word is cognate with Catalan potable, Italian potabile, Spanish potable.
The noun is derived from the adjective.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?p??t?b?l/, (non-standard) /?p?t-/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?po?t?b?l/, (non-standard) /?p?t-/
- Homophone: pottable (non-standard)
- Hyphenation: pot?a?ble
Adjective
potable (comparative more potable, superlative most potable)
- (formal) Good for drinking without fear of disease or poisoning.
- Synonyms: drinkable, drinkworthy
Coordinate terms
- comestible
- edible
- eatable
- eatworthy
Derived terms
- potability
- potable gold
- potableness
Translations
Noun
potable (plural potables)
- Any drinkable liquid; a beverage.
- 1708, John Philips, Cyder
- When solar beams / Parch thirsty human veins, the damask'd meads, / Unforc'd display ten thousand painted flow'rs / Useful in potables.
- 1708, John Philips, Cyder
Translations
References
Further reading
- drinking water on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
- optable
Asturian
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin p?t?bilis.
Adjective
potable (epicene, plural potables)
- potable (good for drinking)
Catalan
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin p?t?bilis.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic) IPA(key): /po?ta.bl?/
- (Central) IPA(key): /pu?ta.bl?/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /po?ta.ble/
Adjective
potable (masculine and feminine plural potables)
- potable
Further reading
- “potable” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin p?t?bilis, from Latin poto.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /p?.tabl/
Adjective
potable (plural potables)
- potable
- (colloquial) OK, passable.
- Tu penses quoi de la meuf de ton frère ? Potable, sans plus.
Further reading
- “potable” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Middle English
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French potable, from Latin p?t?bilis.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /p??ta?b?l/, /p???ta?b?l/
Adjective
potable (rare, Late Middle English)
- Suitable for drinking; potable.
Descendants
- English: potable
References
- “p??t?ble, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-08-22.
Old French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin p?t?bilis.
Adjective
potable m (oblique and nominative feminine singular potable)
- potable
Declension
Descendants
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin p?t?bilis.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /po?table/, [po?t?a.??le]
Adjective
potable (plural potables)
- potable, drinkable
Derived terms
- agua potable
Further reading
- “potable” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
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potability
English
Noun
potability (usually uncountable, plural potabilities)
- The quality of being potable
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