applicable

English

Etymology

From Old French applicable, from Medieval Latin applicabilis.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, General American, Canada) IPA^(key): /əˈplɪk.ə.bəl/, [əˈplɪk.ə.bɫ̩], (traditional) /ˈæp.lɪ kə.bəl/, [ˈæp.lɪ.kə.bɫ̩]

  • Audio (California):

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• Rhymes: -ɪkəbəl
• Hyphenation: ap‧plic‧a‧ble

Adjective

applicable (comparative more applicable, superlative most applicable)

1. Suitable for application; relevant.

   This rule is not applicable to the longer-standing members of the club.

Synonyms

• appropriate; See also Thesaurus:suitable or Thesaurus:pertinent

Antonyms

• inapplicable
• non-applicable, nonapplicable

Derived terms

• applicability
• applicableness
• applicably
• if applicable
• inapplicable
• unapplicable

Related terms

• appliance
• application
• apply

Translations

suitable for application; relevant — see also pertinent,‎ apply

• Arabic: قابل للتطبيق
• Bulgarian: приложим (bg) (priložim)
• Catalan: aplicable
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 適用 / 适用 (zh) (shìyòng)

• Czech: aplikovatelný
• Danish: anvendelig
• Dutch: toepasselijk (nl)
• Finnish: sopiva (fi), soveltuva (fi)
• French: applicable (fr)
• Galician: aplicable (gl), aplicábel (gl)
• German: anwendbar (de), relevant (de)
• Greek: εφαρμόσιμος (el) m (efarmósimos)
• Hungarian: alkalmazható (hu)
• Indonesian: berlaku (id), sesuai (id)
• Korean: 적용할 수 있는 (jeogyonghal su inneun)
• Polish: odpowiedni (pl), dotyczący (pl), odnoszący się m
• Portuguese: aplicável (pt)
• Romanian: aplicabil (ro) m, adecvat (ro) m, potrivit (ro) m
• Russian: примени́мый (ru) (primenímyj), подходя́щий (ru) (podxodjáščij), приго́дный (ru) (prigódnyj)
• Spanish: aplicable, aplicadero
• Swedish: tillämplig (sv), passande (sv), användbar (sv)

French

Etymology

From appliquer +‎ -able.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.pli.kabl/

• Audio (France (Brétigny-sur-Orge)):

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• Audio (France (Somain)):

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Adjective

applicable (plural applicables)

1. applicable

Further reading

• “applicable”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012