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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈpɒs.ə.bəl/
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• Received-Pronunciation: [ˈpɒs.ə.bɫ̩]
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• Northern-England: /ˈpɒs.ɪ.bl̩/
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• Northern-England: [ˈpɒs.ɪ.bɫ̩]
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• General-American, dialectal: /ˈpɑ.sə.bəl/ of Canada
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• General-American, dialectal: [ˈpɑ.sə.bɫ̩] of Canada
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• Canada, dialectal: /ˈpɒs.ə.bəl/ of the US
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• Canada, dialectal: [ˈpɒs.ə.bɫ̩] of the US
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• Australian: /ˈpɔs.ə.bəl/
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• Australian: [ˈpɔs.ə.bɫ̩]
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• New-Zealand: /ˈpɒs.ə.bəl/
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• New-Zealand: [ˈpɔ̟s.ə.bɫ̩]
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• CMU ARPABET: P AA1 S AH0 B AH0 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English possible, from Old French possible, from Latin possibilis (“possible”), from posse, possum (“to be able”); see power. Displaced Middle English acumendlic (“possible”), from Old English ācumendlīċ (“possible”). Compare also Old English mihtelīċ (“strong, capable, powerful, possible”), which was cognate with Old High German mahtlīh (“possible”) and Old Norse máttulígr (“mighty, possible”). Compare also Dutch mogelijk (“possible”) and German möglich (“possible”).

139 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: مُمْكِن (mumkin) — able but not certain to happen
• Arabic: ممكن (mumkin) — able but not certain to happen
• Armenian: հնարավոր (hnaravor) — able but not certain to happen
• Asturian: posible — able but not certain to happen
• Azerbaijani: mümkün — able but not certain to happen
• Belarusian: магчы́мы (mahčýmy) — able but not certain to happen
• Belarusian: мажлі́вы (mažlívy) — able but not certain to happen
• Bulgarian: възмо́жен (vǎzmóžen) — able but not certain to happen
• Carpathian Rusyn: можный (možnŷj) — able but not certain to happen
• Catalan: possible — able but not certain to happen
• Chinese Mandarin: 可能 (kěnéng) — able but not certain to happen
• Czech: možný — able but not certain to happen
• Danish: mulig — able but not certain to happen
• Dutch: mogelijk — able but not certain to happen
• Esperanto: eventuala — able but not certain to happen
• Esperanto: ebla — able but not certain to happen
• Estonian: võimalik — able but not certain to happen
• Faroese: møguligur — able but not certain to happen
• Fijian: rawa — able but not certain to happen
• Finnish: mahdollinen — able but not certain to happen
• French: possible — able but not certain to happen
• Galician: posible — able but not certain to happen
• Galician: posíbel — able but not certain to happen
• Georgian: შეიძლება (šeiʒleba) — able but not certain to happen
• German: möglich — able but not certain to happen
• Greek: πιθανός (pithanós) — able but not certain to happen
• Hawaiian: hiki — able but not certain to happen
• Hebrew: אפשרי — able but not certain to happen
• Hindi: संभव (sambhav) — able but not certain to happen
• Hindi: मुमकिन (mumkin) — able but not certain to happen
• Hungarian: lehetséges — able but not certain to happen
• Icelandic: hægur — able but not certain to happen
• Icelandic: mögulegur — able but not certain to happen
• Interlingua: possibile — able but not certain to happen
• Italian: possibile — able but not certain to happen
• Japanese: ありうる (ariuru) — able but not certain to happen
• Japanese: 起こり得る (okoriuru) — able but not certain to happen
• Kashubian: mòżlëwi — able but not certain to happen
• Kazakh: мүмкін (mümkın) — able but not certain to happen
• Kazakh: ықтимал (yqtimal) — able but not certain to happen
• Khmer: អាច (aac) — able but not certain to happen
• Korean: 가능하다 (ganeunghada) — able but not certain to happen
• Latin: possibilis — able but not certain to happen
• Latvian: iespējams — able but not certain to happen
• Lithuanian: galimas — able but not certain to happen
• Livonian: võidõb — able but not certain to happen
• Luxembourgish: méiglech — able but not certain to happen
• Macedonian: можен (možen) — able but not certain to happen
• Malagasy: haizina — able but not certain to happen
• Maltese: possibbli — able but not certain to happen
• Nepali: सम्भव (sambhav) — able but not certain to happen
• Nepali: हुन सक्नु (huna saknu) — able but not certain to happen
• Norman: possibl'ye — able but not certain to happen
• Old English: mihtlīċ — able but not certain to happen
• Persian: ممکن (momken) — able but not certain to happen
• Polish: możliwy — able but not certain to happen
• Portuguese: possível — able but not certain to happen
• Romanian: posibil — able but not certain to happen
• Russian: возмо́жный (vozmóžnyj) — able but not certain to happen
• Russian: вероя́тный (verojátnyj) — able but not certain to happen
• Northern Sami: vejolaš — able but not certain to happen
• Serbo-Croatian: mȍgūć — able but not certain to happen
• Slovak: možný — able but not certain to happen
• Slovene: mogoč — able but not certain to happen
• Slovene: možen — able but not certain to happen
• Lower Sorbian: móžny — able but not certain to happen
• Upper Sorbian: móžny — able but not certain to happen
• Spanish: posible — able but not certain to happen
• Swedish: möjlig — able but not certain to happen
• Tagalog: posible — able but not certain to happen
• Tajik: мумкин (mumkin) — able but not certain to happen
• Thai: เป็นไปได้ — able but not certain to happen
• Turkish: olası — able but not certain to happen
• Turkish: mümkün — able but not certain to happen
• Ukrainian: можли́вий (možlývyj) — able but not certain to happen
• Urdu: ممکن (mumkin) — able but not certain to happen
• Uzbek: mumkin — able but not certain to happen
• Vietnamese: có thể — able but not certain to happen
• Volapük: mögik — able but not certain to happen
• Walloon: possibe — able but not certain to happen
• Welsh: dichonadwy — able but not certain to happen
• Welsh: posib — able but not certain to happen
• Yaghnobi: мумкин (mumkin) — able but not certain to happen
• Yiddish: מיגלעך (miglekh) — able but not certain to happen
• Yiddish: מעגלעך (meglekh) — able but not certain to happen
• Asturian: posible — capable of being done or achieved; feasible
• Azerbaijani: mümkün — capable of being done or achieved; feasible
• Azerbaijani: yerinə yetirilə bilən — capable of being done or achieved; feasible
• Azerbaijani: həyata keçirilə bilən — capable of being done or achieved; feasible
• Bulgarian: изпълним (izpǎlnim) — capable of being done or achieved; feasible
• Catalan: possible — capable of being done or achieved; feasible
• Danish: mulig — capable of being done or achieved; feasible
• Dutch: mogelijk — capable of being done or achieved; feasible
• Dutch: doenbaar — capable of being done or achieved; feasible
• Dutch: doenlijk — capable of being done or achieved; feasible
• Dutch: haalbaar — capable of being done or achieved; feasible
• Dutch: te doen — capable of being done or achieved; feasible
• Dutch: overwogen — capable of being done or achieved; feasible
• Esperanto: ebla — capable of being done or achieved; feasible
• Finnish: mahdollinen — capable of being done or achieved; feasible
• French: possible — capable of being done or achieved; feasible
• French: faisable — capable of being done or achieved; feasible
• Galician: posible — capable of being done or achieved; feasible
• Galician: posíbel — capable of being done or achieved; feasible
• Greek: εφικτός (efiktós) — capable of being done or achieved; feasible
• Hungarian: lehetséges — capable of being done or achieved; feasible
• Hungarian: lehető — capable of being done or achieved; feasible
• Icelandic: mögulegur — capable of being done or achieved; feasible
• Interlingua: possibile — capable of being done or achieved; feasible
• Irish: féideartha — capable of being done or achieved; feasible
• Japanese: 可能な (kanō na) — capable of being done or achieved; feasible
• Khmer: អាចទៅរួច (ʼaac tɨw ruəc) — capable of being done or achieved; feasible
• Latvian: iespējams — capable of being done or achieved; feasible
• Latvian: veicams — capable of being done or achieved; feasible
• Māori: āhei — capable of being done or achieved; feasible
• Portuguese: possível — capable of being done or achieved; feasible
• Russian: возмо́жный (vozmóžnyj) — capable of being done or achieved; feasible
• Russian: выполни́мый (vypolnímyj) — capable of being done or achieved; feasible
• Northern Sami: vejolaš — capable of being done or achieved; feasible
• Serbo-Croatian: izvòdljiv — capable of being done or achieved; feasible
• Serbo-Croatian: izvòdiv — capable of being done or achieved; feasible
• Serbo-Croatian: ostvàrljiv — capable of being done or achieved; feasible
• Spanish: posible — capable of being done or achieved; feasible
• Swedish: möjlig — capable of being done or achieved; feasible
• Tagalog: posible — capable of being done or achieved; feasible
• Thai: เป็นไปได้ — capable of being done or achieved; feasible
• Azerbaijani: mümkün — being considered, e.g. for a position
• Dutch: mogelijk — being considered, e.g. for a position
• Dutch: denkbaar — being considered, e.g. for a position
• German: möglich — being considered, e.g. for a position
• Greek: δυνατός (dynatós) — being considered, e.g. for a position
• Hungarian: szóba jöhető — being considered, e.g. for a position
• Hungarian: lehetséges — being considered, e.g. for a position
• Russian: подходя́щий (podxodjáščij) — being considered, e.g. for a position
• Swedish: möjlig — being considered, e.g. for a position
• Dutch: mogelijke — a possible choice
• Dutch: mogelijkheid — a possible choice
• Dutch: mogelijke kandidaat — a possible choice
• Dutch: mogelijkheid — a particular event that may happen