Meaning

3 senses
  1. That may be passed or traversed.

    passierbar

    able to be passed or traversed or crossed

  2. Tolerable; adequate; no more than satisfactory.

    passabel

  3. Able to "pass", or be accepted as a member of a race, sex or other group to which society would not otherwise regard one as belonging.

Examples

5 sentences
  1. Tom speaks passable Hindi and Russian.

    ruТом довольно сносно говорит на хинди и на русском. — marafon

    deTom spricht ganz passabel Hindi und Russisch. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  2. It's passable. Nothing out of the ordinary.

    ruТак себе. Ничего особенного. — marafon

  3. He speaks passable French, but he is clearly more fluent in German.

  4. Tom speaks French as fluently as a native speaker, and he also speaks passable English.

  5. Although I speak passable French, don't expect me to be able to give a speech at Jérôme's wedding.

Translations

5 languages
Deutsch
By meaning 2
That may be passed or traversed:
Tolerable; satisfactory; adequate:

Origin

From French passable, equivalent to pass + -able.

From French passable, equivalent to pass + -able.

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Forms

more passable, most passable
Comparativemore passable Lesson
Superlativemost passable Lesson

regular

Synonyms

4 synonyms
Close in meaning

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

4 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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