usable

English

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Etymology

From Old French usable, from the verb user (“to use”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈjuː.zə.bəl/
  • Audio (Southern England):(file)

Adjective

usable (comparative more usable, superlative most usable)

  1. Capable of being used.
    • 2023 March 8, Howard Johnston, “Was Marples the real railway wrecker?”, in RAIL, number 978, page 53:
      The late Professor Pat White was an outspoken critic. In his 1986 book Forgotten Railways, he dismissed as smoke and mirrors the oft-used argument that 33% of rail routes carried only 1% of the traffic, as it ignores the fact that a third of the national road network also only carried 2% of cars and lorries. But unlike rail, road got away with it because no mention was made of how much it cost the taxpayer to keep them usable.
    Antonym: unusable
  2. Easy to use; exhibiting good usability.
    Synonym: user-friendly
  3. homosexual
    • 2019 episode 1 A Very English Scandal
      Are you telling me that you were useable?

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Etymology

    From usar +‎ -able.

    Pronunciation

    Adjective

    usable m or f (masculine and feminine plural usables)

    1. usable
      Synonym: utilitzable
      Antonym: inusable

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    Spanish

    Etymology

    Etymology tree
    Early Medieval Latin ūsāre
    Spanish usar
    Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom
    Proto-Italic *-ðlom
    Proto-Italic *-ðlis
    Latin -bilis
    Latin -ābilis
    Old Spanish -abile
    Spanish -able
    Spanish usable

      From usar + -able.

      Pronunciation

      • IPA(key): /uˈsable/ [uˈsa.β̞le]
      • Rhymes: -able
      • Syllabification: u‧sa‧ble

      Adjective

      usable m or f (masculine and feminine plural usables)

      1. usable
        Synonym: utilizable
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