sustainability

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• Australian: /səˌstæɪnəˈbɪlɪti/
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Etymology tree English sustain Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dhlom Proto-Indo-European *-dhlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Proto-Indo-European *-teh2 Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh2ts Proto-Italic *-tāts Latin -tās Latin -abilitas Middle French -abletébor. Middle English -ablete English -ability English sustainability From sustain + -ability.

57 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: усто́йчивост (ustójčivost) — ability to sustain something
• Catalan: sostenibilitat — ability to sustain something
• Danish: bæredygtighed — ability to sustain something
• Danish: holdbarhed — ability to sustain something
• Dutch: houdbaarheid — ability to sustain something
• Esperanto: daŭripovo — ability to sustain something
• French: soutenabilité — ability to sustain something
• Galician: sustentabilidade — ability to sustain something
• Georgian: მდგრადობა (mdgradoba) — ability to sustain something
• German: Zukunftsfähigkeit — ability to sustain something
• Greek: αειφορία (aeiforía) — ability to sustain something
• Hungarian: fenntarthatóság — ability to sustain something
• Indonesian: keberlanjutan — ability to sustain something
• Indonesian: kelestarian — ability to sustain something
• Indonesian: keberlangsungan — ability to sustain something
• Italian: sostenibilità — ability to sustain something
• Latin: sustinābilitās — ability to sustain something
• Malay: kemampanan — ability to sustain something
• Māori: toitūtanga — ability to sustain something
• Norwegian Bokmål: bærekraft — ability to sustain something
• Norwegian Nynorsk: berekraft — ability to sustain something
• Portuguese: sustentabilidade — ability to sustain something
• Russian: усто́йчивость (ustójčivostʹ) — ability to sustain something
• Spanish: sostenibilidad — ability to sustain something
• Spanish: sustentabilidad — ability to sustain something
• Swedish: hållbarhet — ability to sustain something
• Swedish: uthållighet — ability to sustain something
• Swedish: långsiktighet — ability to sustain something
• Swedish: bärkraft — ability to sustain something
• Catalan: sostenibilitat — ecological sense
• Danish: bæredygtighed — ecological sense
• Dutch: duurzaamheid — ecological sense
• Esperanto: daŭripovo — ecological sense
• French: durabilité — ecological sense
• Georgian: მდგრადობა (mdgradoba) — ecological sense
• German: Nachhaltigkeit — ecological sense
• Greek: αειφορία (aeiforía) — ecological sense
• Hungarian: fenntarthatóság — ecological sense
• Indonesian: keberlangsungan — ecological sense
• Italian: sostenibilità — ecological sense
• Japanese: 持続可能性 (jizokukanōsei) — ecological sense
• Japanese: サステイナビリティ (sasuteinabiriti) — ecological sense
• Latin: sustinābilitās — ecological sense
• Latvian: ilgtspēja — ecological sense
• Māori: toitūtanga — ecological sense
• Norwegian Bokmål: bærekraft — ecological sense
• Portuguese: sustentabilidade — ecological sense
• Romanian: sustenabilitate — ecological sense
• Romanian: durabilitate — ecological sense
• Russian: экологическая устойчивость (ekologičeskaja ustojčivostʹ) — ecological sense
• Spanish: sostenibilidad — ecological sense
• Spanish: sustentabilidad — ecological sense
• Swahili: uendelevu — ecological sense
• Swedish: hållbarhet — ecological sense
• Turkish: sürdürebilirlik — ecological sense
• Turkish: sürdürülebilirlik — ecological sense
• Ukrainian: сталість довкілля (stalistʹ dovkillja) — ecological sense