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drinkable

/ˈdɹɪŋk.ə.bəl/

drinkable adjective: able to be drunk (as liquid).

Adjective

drinkable (comparative more drinkable, superlative most drinkable)

  1. Able to be drunk (as liquid).
  2. Safe to drink.
    Synonyms:
    potable, drinkworthy, safe to drink
  3. (especially) Of good or satisfactory quality.

Noun

drinkable (plural drinkables)

  1. (in plural) That which can be drunk.
    • During the course of the day we know how to face acute hunger, and learn the value of abstaining from using our eatables and drinkables.1931, Qassim Ali Jairazbhoy, Fear Allah and take your own part, page 112

drinkable meaning in Hindi, Bengali, Telugu and Malayalam

drinkable in Hindi

safe to drink
पेय pey

drinkable in Bengali

drinkable
পানীয় paniẏo

drinkable in Telugu

drinkable
పానీయము pānīyamu

drinkable in Malayalam

കുടിക്കത്തക്ക, കുടിക്കാൻ കൊളളാവുന്ന, പാനയോഗ്യമായ
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drinkable in Kannada
ಕುಡಿಯುವ, ಕುಡಿಯತಕ್ಕ
drinkable in Gujarati
પેય pey

Synonyms of drinkable

Antonyms

All synonyms and antonyms of drinkable

Forms of drinkable

Adjective
comparativemore drinkable
superlativemost drinkable
Noun
pluraldrinkables

Origin of drinkable

From Middle English drinkable, drynkeable, equivalent to drink + -able.

Words formed from drinkable

Questions about drinkable

What does drinkable mean?
Drinkable means able to be drunk (as liquid).
What is drinkable in Hindi?
Drinkable in Hindi is पेय (pey). See Drinkable meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is drinkable?
Drinkable can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce drinkable?
Drinkable is pronounced /ˈdɹɪŋk.ə.bəl/.

Words near drinkable in the dictionary

  1. drink-drivers
  2. drink-driving
  3. drink-table
  4. drink-tables
  5. drinkability
  6. drinkable
  7. drinkableness
  8. drinkables
  9. Drinkard
  10. Drinkards
  11. drinkathon

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: drinkable (page history and authors); পানীয় (Bengali) (page history and authors); పానీయము (Telugu) (page history and authors); drinkable (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); drinkable (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); પેય (Gujarati) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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