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English

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French valide (“healthy, sound, in good order”), from Latin validus, from vale? (“I am strong, I am healthy, I am worth”) +? -idus, from Proto-Indo-European *h?welh?- (“be strong”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?væl?d/

Adjective

valid (comparative more valid, superlative most valid)

1. Well grounded or justifiable, pertinent.

2. Acceptable, proper or correct; in accordance with the rules.

3. Related to the current topic, or presented within context, relevant.
4. (logic) Of a formula or system: such that it evaluates to true regardless of the input values.
5. (logic) Of an argument: whose conclusion is always true whenever its premises are true.

6. (Christianity, theology) Effective.

Antonyms

• invalid
• nonvalid

Hyponyms

• (in logic: argument whose conclusion is always true whenever its premises are all true): sound

Related terms

• validate
• validation
• validator

Translations

Anagrams

• Advil, davil

German

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin validus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /va?li?t/

Adjective

valid (not comparable)

1. valid

Declension

Further reading

• “valid” in Duden online

Indonesian

Etymology

From English valid, from Middle French valide (“healthy, sound, in good order”), from Latin validus, from vale? (“I am strong, I am healthy, I am worth”) +? -idus, from Proto-Indo-European *h?welh?- (“be strong”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?val?t?]
• Hyphenation: va?lid

Noun

valid (first-person possessive validku, second-person possessive validmu, third-person possessive validnya)

1. valid

   Synonyms: berlaku, sahih

Related terms

Further reading

• “valid” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin validus.

Adjective

valid (neuter singular valid, definite singular and plural valide)

1. valid

References

• “valid” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin validus.

Adjective

valid (neuter singular valid, definite singular and plural valide)

1. valid

References

• “valid” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Romanian

Etymology

From French valide

Adjective

valid m or n (feminine singular valid?, masculine plural valizi, feminine and neuter plural valide)

1. valid

Declension

Related terms

• validitate

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