Standard Lemma guide

edible

adj · noun · 8 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.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈɛdɪbəl/
  • Received-Pronunciation: [ˈɛdɪbɫ̩]
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • General-American: /ˈɛdəbəl/
  • General-American: [ˈɛdəbɫ̩]
  • Australian: /ˈedɪbəl/
  • Australian: [ˈedɪbɫ̩]
  • rhymes with -ɛdɪbəl
  • rhymes with -ɛdəbəl
  • CMU ARPABET: EH1 D AH0 B AH0 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Capable of being eaten without harm; suitable for consumption; innocuous to humans.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Examples

  • edible fruit

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

Capable of being eaten without disgust or disrelish.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Examples

  • Although stale, the bread was edible.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

adj

Meaning 3

In which edible plants are grown for human consumption.

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

4

noun

Meaning 4

Anything edible.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

Anything edible.

In particular, an edible mushroom.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: esculent

Antonyms: none provided

6

noun

Meaning 6

A foodstuff, usually a baked good, infused with tetrahydrocannabinol from cannabutter or other marijuana.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

adjective

Meaning 7

suitable for use as food

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: comestible, eatable

Antonyms: inedible

8

noun

Meaning 8

any substance that can be used as food

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: comestible, eatable, pabulum, victual, victuals

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: food, nutrient

Narrower terms: tuck

History

Etymology

From Late Latin edibilis, from Latin edō (“eat”). Doublet of eatable.

Across languages

Translations

117 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: صَالِح لِلْأَكَل (ṣāliḥ lilʔakal) — that can be eaten without harm; suitable for consumption
  • Armenian: ուտելի (uteli) — that can be eaten without harm; suitable for consumption
  • Asturian: comestible — that can be eaten without harm; suitable for consumption
  • Azerbaijani: yeməli — that can be eaten without harm; suitable for consumption
  • Azerbaijani: yeyilə bilən — that can be eaten without harm; suitable for consumption
  • Azerbaijani: yeyilə biləcək — that can be eaten without harm; suitable for consumption
  • Basque: jangarri — that can be eaten without harm; suitable for consumption
  • Belarusian: ядо́мы (jadómy) — that can be eaten without harm; suitable for consumption
  • Breton: debradus — that can be eaten without harm; suitable for consumption
  • Breton: mat da zebriñ — that can be eaten without harm; suitable for consumption
  • Bulgarian: я́дък (jádǎk) — that can be eaten without harm; suitable for consumption
  • Bulgarian: ядлив (jadliv) — that can be eaten without harm; suitable for consumption
  • Bulgarian: годен за ядене (goden za jadene) — that can be eaten without harm; suitable for consumption
  • Catalan: comestible — that can be eaten without harm; suitable for consumption
  • Chinese Mandarin: 食用的 (shíyòng de) — that can be eaten without harm; suitable for consumption
  • Chinese Mandarin: 可吃的 (kěchī de) — that can be eaten without harm; suitable for consumption
  • Cornish: dybradow — that can be eaten without harm; suitable for consumption
  • Czech: jedlý — that can be eaten without harm; suitable for consumption
  • Czech: poživatelný — that can be eaten without harm; suitable for consumption
  • Danish: spiselig — that can be eaten without harm; suitable for consumption
  • Dutch: eetbaar — that can be eaten without harm; suitable for consumption
  • Esperanto: manĝebla — that can be eaten without harm; suitable for consumption
  • Finnish: syötävä — that can be eaten without harm; suitable for consumption
  • Finnish: syömäkelpoinen — that can be eaten without harm; suitable for consumption
  • French: comestible — that can be eaten without harm; suitable for consumption
  • West-Frisian: ytber — that can be eaten without harm; suitable for consumption
  • Galician: comestible — that can be eaten without harm; suitable for consumption
  • Galician: comestíbel — that can be eaten without harm; suitable for consumption
  • Georgian: საჭმელად ვარგისი (sač̣melad vargisi) — that can be eaten without harm; suitable for consumption
  • Georgian: საკვებად ვარგისი (saḳvebad vargisi) — that can be eaten without harm; suitable for consumption
  • Georgian: საკვებად გამოსადეგი (saḳvebad gamosadegi) — that can be eaten without harm; suitable for consumption
  • Georgian: ჭამადი (č̣amadi) — that can be eaten without harm; suitable for consumption
  • German: essbar — that can be eaten without harm; suitable for consumption
  • German: eßbar — that can be eaten without harm; suitable for consumption
  • Greek: βρώσιμος (vrósimos) — that can be eaten without harm; suitable for consumption
  • Greek: φαγώσιμος (fagósimos) — that can be eaten without harm; suitable for consumption
  • Greek: εδώδιμος (edódimos) — that can be eaten without harm; suitable for consumption
  • Ancient Greek: βρώσιμος (brṓsimos) — that can be eaten without harm; suitable for consumption
  • Hebrew: אכיל (akhil) — that can be eaten without harm; suitable for consumption
  • Hindi: खाद्य (khādya) — that can be eaten without harm; suitable for consumption
  • Hungarian: ehető — that can be eaten without harm; suitable for consumption
  • Indonesian: bisa dimakan — that can be eaten without harm; suitable for consumption
  • Indonesian: yg dpt dimakan — that can be eaten without harm; suitable for consumption
  • Interlingua: comestibile — that can be eaten without harm; suitable for consumption
  • Irish: inite — that can be eaten without harm; suitable for consumption
  • Italian: commestibile — that can be eaten without harm; suitable for consumption
  • Italian: edibile — that can be eaten without harm; suitable for consumption
  • Italian: edule — that can be eaten without harm; suitable for consumption
  • Japanese: 食用の (shokuyō no) — that can be eaten without harm; suitable for consumption
  • Japanese: 食べられる (taberareru) — that can be eaten without harm; suitable for consumption
  • Japanese: 食える (kueru) — that can be eaten without harm; suitable for consumption
  • Lao: ກ້ານຈອງ (kān chǭng) — that can be eaten without harm; suitable for consumption
  • Latin: edūlis — that can be eaten without harm; suitable for consumption
  • Latin: esculentus — that can be eaten without harm; suitable for consumption
  • Latin: comestibilis — that can be eaten without harm; suitable for consumption
  • Latin: edibilis — that can be eaten without harm; suitable for consumption
  • Lithuanian: valgomas — that can be eaten without harm; suitable for consumption
  • Macedonian: јадлив (jadliv) — that can be eaten without harm; suitable for consumption
  • Malayalam: ഭക്ഷ്യയോഗ്യമായ (bhakṣyayōgyamāya) — that can be eaten without harm; suitable for consumption
  • Manx: yn-ee — that can be eaten without harm; suitable for consumption
  • Marathi: खाण्यायोग्य (khāṇyāyogya) — that can be eaten without harm; suitable for consumption
  • Marathi: खाद्य (khādya) — that can be eaten without harm; suitable for consumption
  • Norman: mangeabl'ye — that can be eaten without harm; suitable for consumption
  • Norwegian Bokmål: spiselig — that can be eaten without harm; suitable for consumption
  • Occitan: comestible — that can be eaten without harm; suitable for consumption
  • Persian: خوراکی (xorâki) — that can be eaten without harm; suitable for consumption
  • Polish: jadalny — that can be eaten without harm; suitable for consumption
  • Portuguese: comestível — that can be eaten without harm; suitable for consumption
  • Portuguese: edível — that can be eaten without harm; suitable for consumption
  • Portuguese: comível — that can be eaten without harm; suitable for consumption
  • Romanian: comestibil — that can be eaten without harm; suitable for consumption
  • Romanian: mâncabil — that can be eaten without harm; suitable for consumption
  • Russian: съедо́бный (sʺjedóbnyj) — that can be eaten without harm; suitable for consumption
  • Russian: го́дный в пи́щу (gódnyj v píšču) — that can be eaten without harm; suitable for consumption
  • Sanskrit: खाद्य (khādya) — that can be eaten without harm; suitable for consumption
  • Serbo-Croatian: јестив — that can be eaten without harm; suitable for consumption
  • Serbo-Croatian: jestiv — that can be eaten without harm; suitable for consumption
  • Sicilian: mancìvili — that can be eaten without harm; suitable for consumption
  • Slovak: jedlý — that can be eaten without harm; suitable for consumption
  • Slovak: požívateľný — that can be eaten without harm; suitable for consumption
  • Slovene: užiten — that can be eaten without harm; suitable for consumption
  • Spanish: comestible — that can be eaten without harm; suitable for consumption
  • Swedish: ätbar — that can be eaten without harm; suitable for consumption
  • Swedish: ätlig — that can be eaten without harm; suitable for consumption
  • Thai: กินได้ — that can be eaten without harm; suitable for consumption
  • Turkish: yenilebilir — that can be eaten without harm; suitable for consumption
  • Ukrainian: їстівни́й (jistivnýj) — that can be eaten without harm; suitable for consumption
  • Urdu: کھادیہ (khādya) — that can be eaten without harm; suitable for consumption
  • Vietnamese: ăn được — that can be eaten without harm; suitable for consumption
  • Volapük: fidovik — that can be eaten without harm; suitable for consumption
  • Welsh: bwytadwy — that can be eaten without harm; suitable for consumption
  • Esperanto: manĝinda — that can be eaten without disgust
  • French: mangeable — that can be eaten without disgust
  • Polish: zjadliwy — that can be eaten without disgust
  • Sicilian: mancìvili — that can be eaten without disgust
  • Spanish: comible — that can be eaten without disgust
  • Spanish: edible — that can be eaten without disgust
  • Asturian: comestible — anything edible
  • Bulgarian: храна (hrana) — anything edible
  • Czech: jídlo — anything edible
  • Czech: potravina — anything edible
  • Czech: poživatina — anything edible
  • Finnish: syötävä — anything edible
  • French: comestible — anything edible
  • Galician: comestible — anything edible
  • Greek: φαγώσιμα (fagósima) — anything edible
  • Greek: εδώδιμα (edódima) — anything edible
  • Macedonian: јадење (jadenje) — anything edible
  • Macedonian: храна (hrana) — anything edible
  • Macedonian: јадачка (jadačka) — anything edible
  • Macedonian: лапачка (lapačka) — anything edible
  • Malayalam: ഭക്ഷ്യയോഗ്യം (bhakṣyayōgyaṁ) — anything edible
  • Polish: pokarm — anything edible
  • Polish: pożywienie — anything edible
  • Russian: съестно́е (sʺjestnóje) — anything edible
  • Swedish: matvara — anything edible
  • Turkish: yenilebilir — anything edible
Real reading context

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