viable
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English
Etymology
Borrowed from French viable, with semantic influence of Latin viābilis (“passable”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈvaɪəbəl/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
- Rhymes: -aɪəbəl
- Hyphenation: vi‧a‧ble
Adjective
viable (comparative more viable, superlative most viable)
- Able to live on its own (as for a newborn).
- Able to be done, possible, practicable, feasible.
- a viable option
- Capable of working successfully
- 2023 March 8, David Clough, “The long road that led to Beeching”, in RAIL, number 978, page 42:
- Barker believed that evidence was emerging that a "solid proportion" of operations were "grossly uneconomic", and that no amount of improvement in equipment would make them viable. He suggested that "while the superstructure of the report is correct, the foundations require radical re-examination".
- (biology) Able to live and develop.
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Translations
able to live on its own
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possible
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(biology) able to live and develop
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Noun
viable (plural viables)
- (biology) An organism that is able to live and develop.
Further reading
- “viable”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “viable”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
French
Etymology
Adjective
viable (plural viables)
Descendants
- → Portuguese: viável
Further reading
- “viable”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Spanish
Pronunciation
Adjective
viable m or f (masculine and feminine plural viables)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “viable”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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