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/ˈlɛd͡ʒəbl/
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Clear enough to be read; readable, particularly of handwriting.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
Despite hardly having any energy to lift a pen, she left a legible note on the paper.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: clean, clear, decipherable, fair, readable
Antonyms: illegible, unreadable
Written or phrased so as to be easy to understand.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
You can make this program code more legible by using meaningful variable names.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: clear, decipherable, readable
Antonyms: unreadable
(of handwriting, print, etc.) capable of being read or deciphered
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: illegible
From Late Latin legibilis (“that can be read”), from Latin legō.
Across languages
Translations
56 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Arabic :
مَقْرُوء
(maqrūʔ)
— clear enough to be read
Armenian :
ընթեռնելի
(əntʻeṙneli)
— clear enough to be read
Asturian :
lleíble
— clear enough to be read
Basque :
irakurterraz
— clear enough to be read
Bulgarian :
четлив
(četliv)
— clear enough to be read
Catalan :
llegible
— clear enough to be read
Chinese Mandarin :
可讀的 /可读的
— clear enough to be read
Czech :
čitelný
— clear enough to be read
Danish :
læselig
— clear enough to be read
Danish :
læsbar
— clear enough to be read
Dutch :
leesbaar
— clear enough to be read
Esperanto :
legebla
— clear enough to be read
Finnish :
luettava
— clear enough to be read
Finnish :
lukukelpoinen
— clear enough to be read
French :
lisible
— clear enough to be read
Galician :
lexible
— clear enough to be read
Galician :
lexíbel
— clear enough to be read
German :
leserlich
— clear enough to be read
Greek :
ευανάγνωστος
(evanágnostos)
— clear enough to be read
Greek :
αναγνώσιμος
(anagnósimos)
— clear enough to be read
Hebrew :
קָרִיא
(karí)
— clear enough to be read
Hungarian :
olvasható
— clear enough to be read
Hungarian :
elolvasható
— clear enough to be read
Hungarian :
kiolvasható
— clear enough to be read
Icelandic :
læsilegur
— clear enough to be read
Ido :
lektebla
— clear enough to be read
Interlingua :
legible
— clear enough to be read
Irish :
inléite
— clear enough to be read
Italian :
leggibile
— clear enough to be read
Japanese :
読める
(yomeru)
— clear enough to be read
Japanese :
読みやすい
(yomiyasui)
— clear enough to be read
Japanese :
可読
(kadoku)
— clear enough to be read
Luxembourgish :
lieserlech
— clear enough to be read
Manx :
so-lhaih
— clear enough to be read
Manx :
lhaihagh
— clear enough to be read
Manx :
lhaihoil
— clear enough to be read
Occitan :
legible
— clear enough to be read
Polish :
czytelny
— clear enough to be read
Portuguese :
legível
— clear enough to be read
Romanian :
lizibil
— clear enough to be read
Romanian :
citeț
— clear enough to be read
Romanian :
delușit
— clear enough to be read
Romanian :
descifrabil
— clear enough to be read
Russian :
разбо́рчивый
(razbórčivyj)
— clear enough to be read
Russian :
удобочита́емый
(udobočitájemyj)
— clear enough to be read
Spanish :
legible
— clear enough to be read
Spanish :
leíble
— clear enough to be read
Swedish :
läslig
— clear enough to be read
Swedish :
läsbar
— clear enough to be read
Tibetan :
ཀློག་བདེ་པོ
(klog bde po)
— clear enough to be read
Turkish :
okunaklı
— clear enough to be read
Ukrainian :
розбі́рливий
(rozbírlyvyj)
— clear enough to be read
Ukrainian :
читабельний
(čytabelʹnyj)
— clear enough to be read
Vietnamese :
dễ đọc
— clear enough to be read
Yiddish :
לייענעוודיק
(leyenevdik)
— clear enough to be read
Zyphe :
fiang
— clear enough to be read