"salvageable" meaning in All languages combined

See salvageable on Wiktionary

Adjective [English]

Forms: more salvageable [comparative], most salvageable [superlative], salvagable [alternative]
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  1. Capable of being salvaged, saved or repaired. Worth rescuing and keeping rather discarding or replacing. Derived forms: unsalvageable Translations (capable of being salvaged): te redden (Dutch), korjauskelpoinen (Finnish), récupérable (French), sauvable (French), zu retten (German), διασώσιμος (diasósimos) (Greek), recuperabile (Italian), do uratowania (Polish), salvable (Spanish), rescatable (Spanish), recuperable (Spanish), reutilizable (Spanish), restaurable (Spanish)

Alternative forms

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