comestible
co·mes·ti·ble
comestible · comestibles
Nahrungsmittel, Essen
pokarm, pożywienie
comestível
Anything that can be eatenAnything that can be eaten; food.
/kəˈmɛstɪbl̩/
Translations
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By meaning 1
anything that can be eaten; food:
Meaning
1 senses(in the plural)Anything that can be eaten; food.
Nahrungsmittel, Essen
any substance that can be used as food
Origin
Borrowed from Middle French comestible, or its source, Late Latin comestibilis, from LatinBorrowed from Middle French comestible, or its source, Late Latin comestibilis, from Latin comedō (“to eat”), from com- (English com-) + edō (“I eat”) (as in English edible), from Proto-Indo-European (whence also English eat). Cognate with Spanish comestible (“grocery”).
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Forms
plural: comestibles| Singular | comestible |
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regular
Synonyms
40 synonymsSee also
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