adj
Meaning 1
Able to be drunk (as liquid).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
drinkable
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Sound
Pronunciation
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adj
Meaning 2
Safe to drink.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 3
Of good or satisfactory quality.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: especially
Topics: beverages, food, lifestyle, oenology, wine
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
That which can be drunk.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: in-plural
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Antonyms: none provided
adjective
Meaning 5
suitable for drinking
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: potable
Antonyms: undrinkable
noun
Meaning 6
any liquid suitable for drinking
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- may I take your beverage order?
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: beverage, drink, potable
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: food, nutrient, liquid
Narrower terms: milk, wish-wash, potion, alcohol, alcoholic drink, alcoholic beverage, intoxicant, inebriant, hydromel, oenomel, near beer, ginger beer, mixer, cooler, refresher, smoothie, fizz, cider, cyder, cocoa, chocolate, hot chocolate, drinking chocolate, fruit juice, fruit crush, fruit drink, ade, mate, soft drink, coffee, java, tea, tea-like drink, drinking water
History
Etymology
From Middle English drinkable, drynkeable, equivalent to drink + -able.
Across languages
Translations
64 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Afrikaans: drinkbaar — safe to drink
- Belarusian: пі́тны (pítny) — safe to drink
- Bulgarian: питеен (piteen) — safe to drink
- Bulgarian: годен за пиене (goden za piene) — safe to drink
- Catalan: potable — safe to drink
- Chinese Mandarin: 可飲用的 /可饮用的 (kě yǐnyòng de) — safe to drink
- Czech: pitný — safe to drink
- Danish: drikkelig — safe to drink
- Dutch: drinkbaar — safe to drink
- Esperanto: trinkebla — safe to drink
- Finnish: juomakelpoinen — safe to drink
- Finnish: juotava — safe to drink
- French: potable — safe to drink
- French: buvable — safe to drink
- Friulian: potabil — safe to drink
- Galician: potable — safe to drink
- Georgian: დასალევად ვარგისი (dasalevad vargisi) — safe to drink
- Georgian: სასმელად ვარგისი (sasmelad vargisi) — safe to drink
- Georgian: დალევადი (dalevadi) — safe to drink
- Georgian: სმადი (smadi) — safe to drink
- German: trinkbar — safe to drink
- German: Trink- — safe to drink
- Greek: πόσιμος (pósimos) — safe to drink
- Hebrew: שָׁתִי (shatí) — safe to drink
- Hindi: पेय (pey) — safe to drink
- Hungarian: iható — safe to drink
- Italian: potabile — safe to drink
- Latin: poculentus — safe to drink
- Macedonian: пи́ток (pítok) — safe to drink
- Macedonian: пи́тка (pítka) — safe to drink
- Macedonian: пи́тко (pítko) — safe to drink
- Manx: yn-iu — safe to drink
- Manx: iuoil — safe to drink
- Mauritian Creole: potab — safe to drink
- Norman: potabl'ye — safe to drink
- Norwegian Bokmål: drikkelig — safe to drink
- Norwegian Bokmål: drikkbar — safe to drink
- Norwegian Nynorsk: drikkbar — safe to drink
- Piedmontese: beivìbil — safe to drink
- Plautdietsch: drinkjboa — safe to drink
- Polish: pitny — safe to drink
- Portuguese: potável — safe to drink
- Portuguese: bebível — safe to drink
- Romanian: potabil — safe to drink
- Russian: питьево́й (pitʹjevój) — safe to drink
- Spanish: potable — safe to drink
- Spanish: bebedizo — safe to drink
- Spanish: bebible — safe to drink
- Spanish: bebestible — safe to drink
- Tausug: mainum — safe to drink
- Ukrainian: питни́й (pytnýj) — safe to drink
- Bulgarian: пивък (pivǎk) — of good or satisfactory quality
- Danish: drikkelig — of good or satisfactory quality
- Danish: værd at drikke — of good or satisfactory quality
- Finnish: juotava — of good or satisfactory quality
- French: buvable — of good or satisfactory quality
- German: trinkbar — of good or satisfactory quality
- Hungarian: iható — of good or satisfactory quality
- Macedonian: пи́вка (pívka) — of good or satisfactory quality
- Macedonian: пи́вко (pívko) — of good or satisfactory quality
- Norwegian Bokmål: drikkelig — of good or satisfactory quality
- Norwegian Bokmål: drikkbar — of good or satisfactory quality
- Norwegian Nynorsk: drikkbar — of good or satisfactory quality
- Polish: zdatny do picia — of good or satisfactory quality