Meaning

2 senses
  1. That which perishes or is short-lived.

    Vergängliches

  2. (in the plural)Food that does not keep for long.

    Verderbliches, Leichtverderbliches

    скоропортящиеся продуктыskoropórtjaščijesja prodúkty

More definitions
  • food that will decay rapidly if not refrigerated

Examples

13 sentences
  1. Please don't order anything perishable.

    deBestelle bitte nichts Leichtverderbliches!

    CC BY · Tatoeba · CK · C2Open on TatoebaReport a problem
  2. During hot season, perishables go bad easily.

    CC BY · Tatoeba · C2Open on TatoebaReport a problem
  3. Everything is perishable, but the good memories live.

    deAlles ist vergänglich, aber die schönen Erinnerungen leben.

    CC BY · Tatoeba · neron · C2Open on TatoebaReport a problem
  4. Fresh figs are very fragile and highly perishable.

    CC BY · Tatoeba · Amastan · C2Open on TatoebaReport a problem
  5. The body is perishable, but the soul is immortal.

    CC BY · Tatoeba · carlosalberto · C2Open on TatoebaReport a problem

Translations

3 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
food that does not keep:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
that which perishes:
food that does not keep:

Origin

From Middle English *persishable, perysabyl, equivalent to perish + -able. Compare Old Fre

From Middle English *persishable, perysabyl, equivalent to perish + -able. Compare Old French perissable (and modern French périssable).

Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0 · source

Forms

plural: perishables
Singularperishable
Pluralperishables

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • food that will decay rapidly if not refrigerated:spoilable

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
perishable — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto