filterable

English

Alternative forms

• filtrable

Etymology

Etymology tree

English filter

Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom

Proto-Italic *-ðlom

Proto-Italic *-ðlis

Latin -bilis

Latin -ābilis

Old French -ablebor.

Middle English -able

English -able

English filterable

From filter + -able.

Adjective

filterable (comparative more filterable, superlative most filterable)

1. Able to be separated by filtration
2. That can pass through a specified filter

Antonyms

• unfilterable

Derived terms

• filterable virus
• nonfilterable

Translations

able to be separated by filtration

• German: filtrierbar (de), filterfähig
• Hungarian: szűrhető (hu)
• Italian: filtrabile
• Manx: yn-sheeley
• Polish: przesączalny
• Portuguese: filtrável (pt)
• Romanian: filtrabil (ro)
• Tagalog: masasala
• Turkish: filtrelenebilir

that can pass through a specified filter

• Polish: przesączalny