potable
Any drinkable liquid; a beverageAny drinkable liquid; a beverage.
» The water is not potable.
Das Wasser ist nicht trinkbar.
Ця вода непридатна для пиття.
Вода непитна.
Meaning
1 sensesAny drinkable liquid; a beverage.
any liquid suitable for drinking
Examples
10 sentencesThe water is not potable.
Ця вода непридатна для пиття.
deDas Wasser ist nicht trinkbar.
The green water is not potable.
ruЗелёная вода непригодна для питья.
Use only potable water when cooking.
Water from that river is not potable.
I had barely enough potable water for a week.
Origin
The adjective is derived from Late Middle English potable (“drinkable, potable”), from MidThe adjective is derived from Late Middle English potable (“drinkable, potable”), from Middle French, Old French potable (modern French potable (“drinkable, potable”)), and from its etymon Late Latin pōtābilis (“drinkable, potable”), from Latin pōtāre (“to drink”) + -bilis (suffix forming adjectives indicating a capacity or worth of being acted upon). Pōtāre is the present active infinitive of pōtō (“to drink”), from Proto-Italic *pōtos, from Proto-Indo-European *peh₃- (“to drink”).
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