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• /dɪsˈeɪbəl/
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• obsolete: /dɪzˈeɪbəl/
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• rhymes with -eɪbəl
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• CMU ARPABET: D IH0 S EY1 B AH0 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh1 Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is- Proto-Italic *dis- Latin dis- Old French des-bor. ▲ Latin dis-bor. Middle English dis- English dis- 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 English disable From dis- + able.

151 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: правя неспособен (pravja nesposoben) — to render unable; to take away the ability
• Dutch: onmogelijk maken — to render unable; to take away the ability
• Esperanto: malebligi — to render unable; to take away the ability
• Estonian: halvama — to render unable; to take away the ability
• Finnish: tehdä toimintakyvyttömäksi — to render unable; to take away the ability
• Finnish: lamauttaa — to render unable; to take away the ability
• Finnish: estää — to render unable; to take away the ability
• German: außerstand setzen — to render unable; to take away the ability
• German: außerstande setzen — to render unable; to take away the ability
• German: außer Stand setzen — to render unable; to take away the ability
• German: außer Stande setzen — to render unable; to take away the ability
• Hindi: अक्षम (akṣam) — to render unable; to take away the ability
• Hungarian: megbénít — to render unable; to take away the ability
• Hungarian: elgyengít — to render unable; to take away the ability
• Hungarian: használhatatlanná tesz — to render unable; to take away the ability
• Ido: nekapabligar — to render unable; to take away the ability
• Italian: disabilitare — to render unable; to take away the ability
• Japanese: 無力化する (muryoku-ka suru) — to render unable; to take away the ability
• Latin: dēbilitō — to render unable; to take away the ability
• Māori: whakakaurapa — to render unable; to take away the ability
• Norwegian: passivisere — to render unable; to take away the ability
• Norwegian: utmanøvrere — to render unable; to take away the ability
• Norwegian: sette ut av stand til — to render unable; to take away the ability
• Norwegian: deaktivere — to render unable; to take away the ability
• Polish: dezaktywować — to render unable; to take away the ability
• Polish: zdezaktywować — to render unable; to take away the ability
• Portuguese: desabilitar — to render unable; to take away the ability
• Russian: де́лать неспосо́бным (délatʹ nesposóbnym) — to render unable; to take away the ability
• Serbo-Croatian: онеспосо̀бити — to render unable; to take away the ability
• Serbo-Croatian: onesposòbiti — to render unable; to take away the ability
• Spanish: inutilizar — to render unable; to take away the ability
• Swedish: sätta ur stånd — to render unable; to take away the ability
• Afrikaans: onbekwaam maak — to impair the physical or mental abilities of
• Estonian: sandistama — to impair the physical or mental abilities of
• Finnish: vammauttaa — to impair the physical or mental abilities of
• German: behindern — to impair the physical or mental abilities of
• Hindi: विकलांग (viklāṅg) — to impair the physical or mental abilities of
• Hindi: अपाहिज (apāhij) — to impair the physical or mental abilities of
• Hungarian: munkaképtelenné tesz — to impair the physical or mental abilities of
• Hungarian: megnyomorít — to impair the physical or mental abilities of
• Hungarian: megbénít — to impair the physical or mental abilities of
• Māori: whakahauā — to impair the physical or mental abilities of
• Norwegian: funksjonshemme — to impair the physical or mental abilities of
• Norwegian: gjøre funksjonshemmet — to impair the physical or mental abilities of
• Portuguese: aleijar — to impair the physical or mental abilities of
• Portuguese: incapacitar — to impair the physical or mental abilities of
• Russian: кале́чить (kaléčitʹ) — to impair the physical or mental abilities of
• Russian: покале́чить (pokaléčitʹ) — to impair the physical or mental abilities of
• Spanish: incapacitar — to impair the physical or mental abilities of
• Spanish: discapacitar — to impair the physical or mental abilities of
• Spanish: mutilar — to impair the physical or mental abilities of
• Afrikaans: afskakel — to deactivate a function of an electronic or mechanical device
• Afrikaans: deaktiveer — to deactivate a function of an electronic or mechanical device
• Amharic: አሰናክል (ʾäsänakl) — to deactivate a function of an electronic or mechanical device
• Armenian: անջատել (anǰatel) — to deactivate a function of an electronic or mechanical device
• Azerbaijani: deaktivləşdirmək — to deactivate a function of an electronic or mechanical device
• Azerbaijani: sıradan çıxartmaq — to deactivate a function of an electronic or mechanical device
• Basque: desaktibatu — to deactivate a function of an electronic or mechanical device
• Belarusian: дэактываваць (deaktyvavacʹ) — to deactivate a function of an electronic or mechanical device
• Belarusian: адключаць (adključacʹ) — to deactivate a function of an electronic or mechanical device
• Belarusian: выключаць (vyključacʹ) — to deactivate a function of an electronic or mechanical device
• Bulgarian: изключвам (izključvam) — to deactivate a function of an electronic or mechanical device
• Bulgarian: деактивирам (deaktiviram) — to deactivate a function of an electronic or mechanical device
• Catalan: desactivar — to deactivate a function of an electronic or mechanical device
• Czech: vypnout — to deactivate a function of an electronic or mechanical device
• Czech: deaktivovat — to deactivate a function of an electronic or mechanical device
• Dutch: uitschakelen — to deactivate a function of an electronic or mechanical device
• Dutch: deactiveren — to deactivate a function of an electronic or mechanical device
• Dutch: weigeren — to deactivate a function of an electronic or mechanical device
• Esperanto: senaktivigi — to deactivate a function of an electronic or mechanical device
• Esperanto: malaktivigi — to deactivate a function of an electronic or mechanical device
• Esperanto: malŝalti — to deactivate a function of an electronic or mechanical device
• Esperanto: elŝalti — to deactivate a function of an electronic or mechanical device
• Esperanto: malvalidigi — to deactivate a function of an electronic or mechanical device
• Estonian: lukustama — to deactivate a function of an electronic or mechanical device
• Estonian: välja lülitama — to deactivate a function of an electronic or mechanical device
• Estonian: deaktiveerima — to deactivate a function of an electronic or mechanical device
• Finnish: kytkeä pois päältä — to deactivate a function of an electronic or mechanical device
• Finnish: laittaa pois päältä — to deactivate a function of an electronic or mechanical device
• Finnish: poistaa käytöstä — to deactivate a function of an electronic or mechanical device
• Finnish: deaktivoida — to deactivate a function of an electronic or mechanical device
• French: désactiver — to deactivate a function of an electronic or mechanical device
• French: empêcher — to deactivate a function of an electronic or mechanical device
• Georgian: გამორთავს (gamortavs) — to deactivate a function of an electronic or mechanical device
• Georgian: თიშავს (tišavs) — to deactivate a function of an electronic or mechanical device
• German: deaktivieren — to deactivate a function of an electronic or mechanical device
• German: abschalten — to deactivate a function of an electronic or mechanical device
• Greek: απενεργοποιώ (apenergopoió) — to deactivate a function of an electronic or mechanical device
• Hindi: निष्क्रिय करना (niṣkriya karnā) — to deactivate a function of an electronic or mechanical device
• Hungarian: kikapcsol — to deactivate a function of an electronic or mechanical device
• Hungarian: deaktivál — to deactivate a function of an electronic or mechanical device
• Hungarian: inaktivál — to deactivate a function of an electronic or mechanical device
• Hungarian: letilt — to deactivate a function of an electronic or mechanical device
• Hungarian: kiiktat — to deactivate a function of an electronic or mechanical device
• Hungarian: üzemen kívül helyez — to deactivate a function of an electronic or mechanical device
• Indonesian: mematikan — to deactivate a function of an electronic or mechanical device
• Indonesian: menonaktifkan — to deactivate a function of an electronic or mechanical device
• Indonesian: mendisfungsikan — to deactivate a function of an electronic or mechanical device
• Italian: disattivare — to deactivate a function of an electronic or mechanical device
• Italian: disabilitare — to deactivate a function of an electronic or mechanical device
• Japanese: 無効にする (mukō ni suru) — to deactivate a function of an electronic or mechanical device
• Javanese: ꦩꦠꦼꦤꦶ (mateni) — to deactivate a function of an electronic or mechanical device
• Latvian: izslēgt — to deactivate a function of an electronic or mechanical device
• Latvian: atspējot — to deactivate a function of an electronic or mechanical device
• Lithuanian: išjungti — to deactivate a function of an electronic or mechanical device
• Macedonian: исклучува (isklučuva) — to deactivate a function of an electronic or mechanical device
• Macedonian: деактивира (deaktivira) — to deactivate a function of an electronic or mechanical device
• Malay: mematikan — to deactivate a function of an electronic or mechanical device
• Malay: menyahaktifkan — to deactivate a function of an electronic or mechanical device
• Māori: mono — to deactivate a function of an electronic or mechanical device
• Nepali: बन्द गर्नु (banda garnu) — to deactivate a function of an electronic or mechanical device
• Nepali: निष्क्रिय गर्नु (niṣkriya garnu) — to deactivate a function of an electronic or mechanical device
• Norwegian: deaktivere — to deactivate a function of an electronic or mechanical device
• Polish: wyłączać — to deactivate a function of an electronic or mechanical device
• Polish: wyłączyć — to deactivate a function of an electronic or mechanical device
• Polish: dezaktywować — to deactivate a function of an electronic or mechanical device
• Polish: zdezaktywować — to deactivate a function of an electronic or mechanical device
• Polish: blokować — to deactivate a function of an electronic or mechanical device
• Polish: zablokować — to deactivate a function of an electronic or mechanical device
• Portuguese: desabilitar — to deactivate a function of an electronic or mechanical device
• Portuguese: desativar — to deactivate a function of an electronic or mechanical device
• Portuguese: desligar — to deactivate a function of an electronic or mechanical device
• Romanian: dezactiva — to deactivate a function of an electronic or mechanical device
• Russian: деактиви́ровать (deaktivírovatʹ) — to deactivate a function of an electronic or mechanical device
• Russian: отключа́ть (otključátʹ) — to deactivate a function of an electronic or mechanical device
• Russian: выключа́ть (vyključátʹ) — to deactivate a function of an electronic or mechanical device
• Serbo-Croatian: искљу́чити — to deactivate a function of an electronic or mechanical device
• Serbo-Croatian: деактиви́рати — to deactivate a function of an electronic or mechanical device
• Serbo-Croatian: блоки́рати — to deactivate a function of an electronic or mechanical device
• Serbo-Croatian: iskljúčiti — to deactivate a function of an electronic or mechanical device
• Serbo-Croatian: deaktivírati — to deactivate a function of an electronic or mechanical device
• Serbo-Croatian: blokírati — to deactivate a function of an electronic or mechanical device
• Slovak: vypnúť — to deactivate a function of an electronic or mechanical device
• Slovak: deaktivovať — to deactivate a function of an electronic or mechanical device
• Slovene: izključiti — to deactivate a function of an electronic or mechanical device
• Slovene: izklopiti — to deactivate a function of an electronic or mechanical device
• Slovene: ugasniti — to deactivate a function of an electronic or mechanical device
• Spanish: desactivar — to deactivate a function of an electronic or mechanical device
• Spanish: deshabilitar — to deactivate a function of an electronic or mechanical device
• Sundanese: ᮍᮔᮧᮔᮊ᮪ᮒᮤᮕ᮪ᮊᮩᮔ᮪ (nganonaktipkeun) — to deactivate a function of an electronic or mechanical device
• Sundanese: ᮙᮛᮩᮙᮔ᮪ (mareuman) — to deactivate a function of an electronic or mechanical device
• Swahili: kuzima — to deactivate a function of an electronic or mechanical device
• Swedish: inaktivera — to deactivate a function of an electronic or mechanical device
• Swedish: avaktivera — to deactivate a function of an electronic or mechanical device
• Turkish: devre dışı bırakmak — to deactivate a function of an electronic or mechanical device
• Turkmen: öçürmek — to deactivate a function of an electronic or mechanical device
• Turkmen: işlemeýän etmek — to deactivate a function of an electronic or mechanical device
• Ukrainian: деактивувати (deaktyvuvaty) — to deactivate a function of an electronic or mechanical device
• Ukrainian: вимикати (vymykaty) — to deactivate a function of an electronic or mechanical device
• Ukrainian: відключати (vidključaty) — to deactivate a function of an electronic or mechanical device
• Urdu: بند کرنا — to deactivate a function of an electronic or mechanical device