potable

Betekenis (Engels)

Adj

Good for drinking without fear of waterborne disease or poisoning.

Noun

Any drinkable liquid; a beverage.

Sinonieme

drinkable

drink

🥤

beverage

drinking

potation

nontoxic

nonvenomous

refresher

refreshment

sanitary

soft drink

uncontaminated

unpolluted

bevvy

nonharmful

fresh

imbibing

imbibition

liquor

Vertalings

potable

potável

potabile

potable

bevibile

πόσιμος

trinkbar

drinkbaar

beguda

ποτό

buvable

bevanda

boisson

potable

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ˈpəʊtəbəl/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle English: potable

Verwante met Frans: potable

Verwante met Katalaans: potable

Verwante met Italiaans: potabile

Verwante met Spaans: potable

In summary

The adjective is derived from Late Middle English potable (“drinkable, potable”), from Middle French, Old French potable (modern French potable (“drinkable, potable”)), and from its etymon Late Latin pōtābilis (“drinkable, potable”), from Latin pōtāre (“to drink”) + -bilis (suffix forming adjectives indicating a capacity or worth of being acted upon). Pōtāre is the present active infinitive of pōtō (“to drink”), from Proto-Italic *pōtos, from Proto-Indo-European *peh₃- (“to drink”).
The English word is cognate with Catalan potable, Italian potabile, Spanish potable.
The noun is derived from the adjective.