"friendable" meaning in All languages combined

See friendable on Wiktionary

Adjective [English]

Forms: more friendable [comparative], most friendable [superlative]
Etymology: From friend + -able. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|friend|able}} friend + -able Head templates: {{en-adj}} friendable (comparative more friendable, superlative most friendable)
  1. (informal) Capable or worthy of being someone’s friend. Tags: informal
    Sense id: en-friendable-en-adj-GPyEaxjC
  2. (rare) Able to be added to a list of friends on a social networking site. Tags: rare
    Sense id: en-friendable-en-adj-oM6hh0EW Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -able, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 4 96 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -able: 16 84 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 0 100 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 0 100
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: unfriendable Related terms: boyfriendable, girlfriendable
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