drinkable

English

Etymology

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

Adjective

drinkable (comparative more drinkable, superlative most drinkable)

1. Able to be drunk (as liquid).
2. (of water) Safe to drink.
3. (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

• (antonym(s) of “safe to drink”): impotable, undrinkable
• (antonym(s) of “of good or satisfactory quality”): undrinkable

Coordinate terms

• edible, eatable, comestible

Derived terms

• drinkableness

 

Translations

safe to drink

Afrikaans: drinkbaar Belarusian: пі́тны (pítny) Bulgarian: питеен (piteen), годен за пиене (goden za piene) Catalan: potable (ca) Chinese: Mandarin: 可飲用的 / 可饮用的 (zh) (kě yǐnyòng de) Czech: pitný (cs) Danish: drikkelig Dutch: drinkbaar (nl) Esperanto: trinkebla Finnish: juomakelpoinen, juotava (fi) French: potable (fr) m or f, buvable (fr) Friulian: potabil Galician: potable (gl) m or f Georgian: დასალევად ვარგისი (dasalevad vargisi), სასმელად ვარგისი (sasmelad vargisi), დალევადი (dalevadi) (nonstandard), სმადი (smadi) (nonstandard) German: trinkbar (de), Trink- (de) Greek: πόσιμος (el) m (pósimos) Hebrew: שָׁתִי (he) m (shatí) Hungarian: iható (hu) Italian: potabile (it) m or f Latin: poculentus Macedonian: пи́ток m (pítok), пи́тка f (pítka), пи́тко n (pítko) Manx: yn-iu, iuoil Mauritian Creole: potab Norman: potabl'ye (Jersey) Norwegian: Bokmål: drikkelig, drikkbar Nynorsk: drikkbar Piedmontese: beivìbil Plautdietsch: drinkjboa Polish: pitny (pl) Portuguese: potável (pt), bebível (pt) Romagnol: please add this translation if you can Romanian: potabil (ro) Russian: питьево́й (ru) (pitʹjevój) Spanish: potable (es), bebedizo, bebible, bebestible (informal, humorous) Tausug: mainum Ukrainian: питни́й (pytnýj)

of good or satisfactory quality

Bulgarian: пивък (pivǎk) Danish: drikkelig, værd at drikke Finnish: juotava (fi) French: buvable (fr) German: trinkbar (de) Hungarian: iható (hu) Macedonian: пи́вка (pívka), пи́вко (pívko) Norwegian: Bokmål: drikkelig, drikkbar Nynorsk: drikkbar

Noun

drinkable (plural drinkables)

1. (chiefly in the plural) That which can be drunk.
   • 1931, Qassim Ali Jairazbhoy, Fear Allah and take your own part, page 112:

     During the course of the day we know how to face acute hunger, and learn the value of abstaining from using our eatables and drinkables.

Anagrams

• Birkeland, brandlike