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• General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /ˈeɪ.bl̩/
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• General-American, Received-Pronunciation: [ˈeɪ̯.bɫ̩]
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• General-American: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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• [ˈeɪ̯.bw] L-Vocalisation
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• South-Asia: /ebl̩/
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• India, North: [eːbɐl]
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• India, South: [eːbɨɭ]
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• Australian: /ˈæbl̩/
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• homophone: Abel (most accents)
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• rhymes with -eɪbəl
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• CMU ARPABET: EY1 B AH0 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gheh1bh- Proto-Indo-European *-éh1ti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éh1yeti Proto-Indo-European *ghh1bhéh1yeti Proto-Italic *haβēō Latin habeō Proto-Indo-European *-elis Proto-Italic *-elis Latin -ilis Latin habilis Old French ablebor. Middle English able English able From Middle English able, from Old Northern French able, variant of Old French abile, habile, from Latin habilis (“easily managed, held, or handled; apt; skillful”). Doublet of habile.

From the first letter of the word. Suggested in the 1916 United States Army Signal Book to distinguish the letter when communicating via telephone, and later adopted in other radio and telephone signal standards.

From Middle English ablen, from Middle English able (adjective).

199 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: قَادِر (qādir) — permitted to
• Arabic: قادر (ʔāderr) — permitted to
• Armenian: ունակ (unak) — permitted to
• Armenian: կարող (karoġ) — permitted to
• Bulgarian: компетентен (kompetenten) — permitted to
• Bulgarian: позволен, в състояние да (pozvolen, v sǎstojanie da) — permitted to
• Burmese: စွမ်း (cwam:) — permitted to
• Catalan: capaç — permitted to
• Chinese Mandarin: 能 (néng) — permitted to
• Chinese Mandarin: 會 /会 (huì) — permitted to
• Chinese Mandarin: 可 (kě) — permitted to
• Czech: schopný — permitted to
• Danish: i stand til — permitted to
• Danish: have mulighed for — permitted to
• Dutch: in staat — permitted to
• Dutch: de mogelijkheid hebben (om te) — permitted to
• Dutch: bekwaam — permitted to
• Esperanto: povi — permitted to
• Esperanto: rajti — permitted to
• Estonian: suuteline — permitted to
• Estonian: võimeline — permitted to
• Finnish: kykenevä — permitted to
• Finnish: pystyvä — permitted to
• Finnish: vapaa — permitted to
• French: capable — permitted to
• German: imstande — permitted to
• German: fähig — permitted to
• Greek: δυνάμενος (dynámenos) — permitted to
• Greek: μπορώ να (boró na) — permitted to
• Greek: είμαι ικανός να (eímai ikanós na) — permitted to
• Hebrew: יָכֹל (yachol) — permitted to
• Hungarian: képes — permitted to
• Hungarian: -ható — permitted to
• Hungarian: -hető — permitted to
• Irish: ábalta — permitted to
• Irish: in ann — permitted to
• Italian: capace — permitted to
• Japanese: できる (dekiru) — permitted to
• Jingpho: dang di lu ai — permitted to
• Khmer: អាច (’aac) — permitted to
• Korean: 할 수 있는 (hal su inneun) — permitted to
• Latin: potis — permitted to
• Latin: potens — permitted to
• Latin: sanus — permitted to
• Latin: licens — permitted to
• Latvian: spējīgs — permitted to
• Luxembourgish: fäeg — permitted to
• Luxembourgish: capabel — permitted to
• Malay: dapat — permitted to
• Malayalam: കഴിയുന്ന (kaḻiyunna) — permitted to
• Malayalam: പറ്റുന്ന (paṟṟunna) — permitted to
• Maltese: kapaċi — permitted to
• Norwegian: i stand — permitted to
• Persian: توانستن (tavânestan) — permitted to
• Polish: móc — permitted to
• Polish: mieć możliwość — permitted to
• Polish: potrafić — permitted to
• Portuguese: possível — permitted to
• Portuguese: permitido — permitted to
• Rohingya: fare — permitted to
• Russian: спосо́бный (sposóbnyj) — permitted to
• Slovak: schopný — permitted to
• Spanish: capaz — permitted to
• Spanish: podiente — permitted to
• Swedish: kapabel — permitted to
• Swedish: i stånd att — permitted to
• Swedish: ha möjlighet att — permitted to
• Turkish: muktedir — permitted to
• Ukrainian: в стані (v stani) — permitted to
• Ukrainian: здатний (zdatnyj) — permitted to
• Uyghur: قابىل (qabil) — permitted to
• Uyghur: قادىر (qadir) — permitted to
• Vietnamese: có phép — permitted to
• Volapük: fägik — permitted to
• Woiwurrung: kyinandoo — permitted to
• Arabic: قَادِر (qādir) — skillful
• Arabic: قَدِير (qadīr) — skillful
• Arabic: بَارِع (bāriʕ) — skillful
• Arabic: مَاهِر (māhir) — skillful
• Arabic: شاطر (šāṭer) — skillful
• Armenian: ընդունակ (əndunak) — skillful
• Armenian: ճարտար (čartar) — skillful
• Belarusian: здо́льны (zdólʹny) — skillful
• Bulgarian: способен, умел, годен (sposoben, umel, goden) — skillful
• Bulgarian: кадъ́рен (kadǎ́ren) — skillful
• Burmese: စွမ်း (cwam:) — skillful
• Catalan: capaç — skillful
• Chinese Mandarin: 能幹 /能干 (nénggàn) — skillful
• Chinese Mandarin: 得力 (délì) — skillful
• Czech: schopný — skillful
• Danish: habil — skillful
• Danish: kompetent — skillful
• Danish: dygtig — skillful
• Dutch: competent — skillful
• Dutch: handig — skillful
• Dutch: bedreven — skillful
• Dutch: kundig — skillful
• Esperanto: lerta — skillful
• Finnish: taitava — skillful
• Finnish: pystyvä — skillful
• Finnish: hyvä — skillful
• French: capable — skillful
• French: expérimenté — skillful
• West-Frisian: betûft — skillful
• Georgian: მარჯვე (marǯve) — skillful
• Georgian: უნარიანი (unariani) — skillful
• German: fähig — skillful
• German: tüchtig — skillful
• Greek: ικανός (ikanós) — skillful
• Hebrew: יכול (yakhool) — skillful
• Hebrew: מסוגל (mesugal) — skillful
• Hindi: समर्थ (samarth) — skillful
• Hungarian: rátermett — skillful
• Hungarian: ügyes — skillful
• Hungarian: tehetséges — skillful
• Hungarian: jó képességű — skillful
• Hungarian: hozzáértő — skillful
• Indonesian: sanggup — skillful
• Irish: ábalta — skillful
• Irish: in ann — skillful
• Italian: abile — skillful
• Japanese: 有能 (yūnō) — skillful
• Japanese: 腕利き (udekiki) — skillful
• Korean: 능란한 (neungnanhan) — skillful
• Latin: potis — skillful
• Latin: potens — skillful
• Latin: habilis — skillful
• Latvian: izdarīgs — skillful
• Latvian: veikls — skillful
• Luxembourgish: fäeg — skillful
• Luxembourgish: capabel — skillful
• Luxembourgish: dichteg — skillful
• Macedonian: способен (sposoben) — skillful
• Malay: boleh — skillful
• Malayalam: കഴിവുള്ള (kaḻivuḷḷa) — skillful
• Maltese: kapaċi — skillful
• Polish: umiejętny — skillful
• Polish: zręczny — skillful
• Polish: zdolny — skillful
• Portuguese: capaz — skillful
• Portuguese: hábil — skillful
• Quechua: kuti — skillful
• Romanian: abil — skillful
• Romanian: capabil — skillful
• Russian: спосо́бный (sposóbnyj) — skillful
• Russian: уме́лый (umélyj) — skillful
• Sanskrit: समर्थ (samartha) — skillful
• Scottish Gaelic: comasach — skillful
• Serbo-Croatian: sposoban — skillful
• Serbo-Croatian: способан — skillful
• Serbo-Croatian: vješt — skillful
• Serbo-Croatian: вјешт — skillful
• Serbo-Croatian: kadar — skillful
• Slovak: schopný — skillful
• Spanish: diestro — skillful
• Spanish: hábil — skillful
• Spanish: capaz — skillful
• Sundanese: kersa — skillful
• Swedish: kompetent — skillful
• Swedish: skicklig — skillful
• Tocharian B: cämpamo — skillful
• Ukrainian: здібний (zdibnyj) — skillful
• Vietnamese: có năng lực — skillful
• Vietnamese: có tài — skillful
• Volapük: skilik — skillful
• Bulgarian: компетентен (kompetenten) — legally qualified
• Catalan: competent — legally qualified
• Chinese Mandarin: 有資格 /有资格 (yǒu zīgé) — legally qualified
• Czech: způsobilý — legally qualified
• Dutch: competent — legally qualified
• Dutch: in aanmerking komend — legally qualified
• Dutch: gerechtigd — legally qualified
• Dutch: bevoegd — legally qualified
• Esperanto: kompetenta — legally qualified
• Estonian: pädev — legally qualified
• Finnish: pätevä — legally qualified
• French: habilité — legally qualified
• German: kompetent — legally qualified
• Greek: αρτιμελής (artimelís) — legally qualified
• Greek: έχων σώας τας φρένας (échon sóas tas frénas) — legally qualified
• Hungarian: jogosult — legally qualified
• Indonesian: boleh — legally qualified
• Japanese: 有資格の (yūshikaku-no) — legally qualified
• Korean: 유자격의 (yujagyeogui) — legally qualified
• Latin: potis — legally qualified
• Latin: potens — legally qualified
• Luxembourgish: kompetent — legally qualified
• Luxembourgish: fäeg — legally qualified
• Luxembourgish: dichteg — legally qualified
• Malayalam: കഴിയുന്ന (kaḻiyunna) — legally qualified
• Portuguese: competente — legally qualified
• Romanian: abilitat — legally qualified
• Romanian: competent — legally qualified
• Russian: компете́нтный (kompeténtnyj) — legally qualified
• Russian: полнопра́вный (polnoprávnyj) — legally qualified
• Slovak: kompetentný — legally qualified
• Spanish: competente — legally qualified
• Vietnamese: có đủ thẩm quyền — legally qualified
• Volapük: duinafägik — legally qualified