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digestible

adj · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • UK: /daɪˈdʒɛstəbəɫ/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: D AY0 JH EH1 S T AH0 B AH0 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Capable of being digested.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adjective

Meaning 2

capable of being converted into assimilable condition in the alimentary canal

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: indigestible

History

Etymology

From Old French digestible, equivalent to digest + -ible.

Across languages

Translations

23 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: смилаем (smilaem) — capable of being digested
  • Catalan: digerible — capable of being digested
  • Czech: stravitelný — capable of being digested
  • Dutch: verteerbaar — capable of being digested
  • Finnish: sulava — capable of being digested
  • French: digestible — capable of being digested
  • German: verdaulich — capable of being digested
  • Hungarian: emészthető — capable of being digested
  • Italian: assimilabile — capable of being digested
  • Italian: digeribile — capable of being digested
  • Macedonian: сварлив (svarliv) — capable of being digested
  • Manx: yn-lheie — capable of being digested
  • Polish: strawny — capable of being digested
  • Polish: przyswajalny — capable of being digested
  • Portuguese: digerível — capable of being digested
  • Portuguese: disgestível — capable of being digested
  • Romanian: digerabil — capable of being digested
  • Romanian: digestibil — capable of being digested
  • Russian: удобовари́мый (udobovarímyj) — capable of being digested
  • Scottish Gaelic: meirbheach — capable of being digested
  • Serbo-Croatian: проба̀вљив — capable of being digested
  • Serbo-Croatian: probàvljiv — capable of being digested
  • Volapük: dicetovik — capable of being digested