Standard Lemma guide

profitable

adj · 3 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: /ˈpɹɒf.ɪ.tə.bl̩/
  • General-American: /ˈpɹɑ.fɪ.tə.bl̩/
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  • /ˈpɹɑ.fɪ.ɾə.bl̩/ t-flapping
  • CMU ARPABET: P R AA1 F AH0 T AH0 B AH0 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Producing a profit.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

Beneficial, serviceable, of use.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

adjective

Meaning 3

yielding material gain or profit

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • profitable speculation on the stock market

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: unprofitable

History

Etymology

From Old French profitable, equivalent to profit + -able.

Across languages

Translations

93 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Asturian: rentable — producing profit
  • Azerbaijani: gəlirli — producing profit
  • Azerbaijani: qazanclı — producing profit
  • Belarusian: кары́сны (karýsny) — producing profit
  • Belarusian: вы́гадны (výhadny) — producing profit
  • Belarusian: дахо́дны (daxódny) — producing profit
  • Belarusian: прыбытко́вы (prybytkóvy) — producing profit
  • Belarusian: рэнта́бельны (rentábjelʹny) — producing profit
  • Bulgarian: дохо́ден (dohóden) — producing profit
  • Catalan: profitós — producing profit
  • Catalan: rendible — producing profit
  • Chinese Mandarin: 可獲利的 /可获利的 (kě huòlì de) — producing profit
  • Chinese Mandarin: 有利可圖 /有利可图 (yǒulìkětú) — producing profit
  • Chinese Mandarin: 有益 (yǒuyì) — producing profit
  • Czech: ziskový — producing profit
  • Czech: výhodný — producing profit
  • Danish: rentabel — producing profit
  • Danish: fortjenstgivende — producing profit
  • Dutch: winstgevend — producing profit
  • Esperanto: profitodona — producing profit
  • Esperanto: profitebla — producing profit
  • Estonian: kasumlik — producing profit
  • Finnish: tuottava — producing profit
  • Finnish: tuottoisa — producing profit
  • Finnish: kannattava — producing profit
  • French: profitable — producing profit
  • French: fructueux — producing profit
  • French: lucratif — producing profit
  • French: rentable — producing profit
  • Galician: rendible — producing profit
  • Georgian: მომგებიანი (momgebiani) — producing profit
  • Georgian: შემოსავლიანი (šemosavliani) — producing profit
  • Georgian: სარფიანი (sarpiani) — producing profit
  • Georgian: რენტაბელური (renṭabeluri) — producing profit
  • German: gewinnbringend — producing profit
  • German: profitabel — producing profit
  • German: lukrativ — producing profit
  • German: einträglich — producing profit
  • German: rentabel — producing profit
  • Gothic: 𐌱𐍂𐌿𐌺𐍃 (bruks) — producing profit
  • Ancient Greek: ὀνήσιμος (onḗsimos) — producing profit
  • Hindi: लाभदायक (lābhdāyak) — producing profit
  • Hindi: लाभप्रद (lābhaprad) — producing profit
  • Hindi: लाभकारी (lābhkārī) — producing profit
  • Hindi: लाभदायी (lābhdāyī) — producing profit
  • Hindi: लाभकारक (lābhkārak) — producing profit
  • Hungarian: nyereséges — producing profit
  • Hungarian: profitábilis — producing profit
  • Hungarian: rentábilis — producing profit
  • Hungarian: kifizetődő — producing profit
  • Hungarian: megtérülő — producing profit
  • Hungarian: jövedelmező — producing profit
  • Hungarian: hasznot hajtó — producing profit
  • Irish: airgeadúil — producing profit
  • Italian: redditizio — producing profit
  • Italian: fruttifero — producing profit
  • Italian: remunerativo — producing profit
  • Japanese: 有益な (yūeki na) — producing profit
  • Japanese: 利益になる (rieki ni naru) — producing profit
  • Korean: 유익하다 (yuikhada) — producing profit
  • Korean: 유리하다 (yurihada) — producing profit
  • Latin: lucrōsus — producing profit
  • Latin: lucrificus — producing profit
  • Macedonian: доходовен (dohodoven) — producing profit
  • Macedonian: доходен (dohoden) — producing profit
  • Māori: whaihua — producing profit
  • Norwegian Bokmål: lønnsom — producing profit
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: lønsam — producing profit
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: lønnsam — producing profit
  • Polish: dochodowy — producing profit
  • Polish: korzystny — producing profit
  • Portuguese: lucrativo — producing profit
  • Romanian: profitabil — producing profit
  • Romanian: fructuos — producing profit
  • Romanian: lucrativ — producing profit
  • Russian: вы́годный (výgodnyj) — producing profit
  • Russian: при́быльный (príbylʹnyj) — producing profit
  • Russian: дохо́дный (doxódnyj) — producing profit
  • Russian: рента́бельный (rentábelʹnyj) — producing profit
  • Sanskrit: सफल (saphala) — producing profit
  • Serbo-Croatian: isplativ — producing profit
  • Serbo-Croatian: unosan — producing profit
  • Spanish: rentable — producing profit
  • Spanish: provechoso — producing profit
  • Spanish: proficuo — producing profit
  • Swedish: lönsam — producing profit
  • Swedish: vinstgivande — producing profit
  • Turkish: kârlı — producing profit
  • Turkish: kazançlı — producing profit
  • Ukrainian: ви́гідний (výhidnyj) — producing profit
  • Ukrainian: дохі́дний (doxídnyj) — producing profit
  • Ukrainian: прибутко́вий (prybutkóvyj) — producing profit
  • Ukrainian: рента́бельний (rentábelʹnyj) — producing profit
Real reading context

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