"allowable" meaning in All languages combined

See allowable on Wiktionary

Adjective [English]

IPA: /əˈlaʊ.əbəl/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-allowable.wav [Southern-England] Forms: more allowable [comparative], most allowable [superlative]
Etymology: From Middle English allowable, alowable, a borrowing from Old French alouable (Modern French allouable), from allouer. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|allowable}} Middle English allowable, {{m|enm|alowable}} alowable, {{der|en|fro|alouable}} Old French alouable, {{m|fr|allouable}} allouable, {{m|fr|allouer}} allouer Head templates: {{en-adj}} allowable (comparative more allowable, superlative most allowable)
  1. Appropriate; satisfactory; acceptable.
    Sense id: en-allowable-en-adj-mvS-F2VN
  2. Intellectually admissible; valid; probable.
    Sense id: en-allowable-en-adj-Ebm5eMO2 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 6 15 11 31 36 1
  3. Able to be added or deducted in consideration of something.
    Sense id: en-allowable-en-adj-hiK5wM~m Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 6 15 11 31 36 1
  4. Permissible; tolerable; legitimate. Synonyms (permissible): leveful
    Sense id: en-allowable-en-adj-yd0F4R-q Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 6 15 11 31 36 1 Disambiguation of 'permissible': 2 5 4 75 14
  5. (obsolete) Praiseworthy. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-allowable-en-adj-IcB7OSZp Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 6 15 11 31 36 1
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: allowableness, allowably, nonallowable, unallowable

Noun [English]

IPA: /əˈlaʊ.əbəl/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-allowable.wav [Southern-England] Forms: allowables [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English allowable, alowable, a borrowing from Old French alouable (Modern French allouable), from allouer. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|allowable}} Middle English allowable, {{m|enm|alowable}} alowable, {{der|en|fro|alouable}} Old French alouable, {{m|fr|allouable}} allouable, {{m|fr|allouer}} allouer Head templates: {{en-noun}} allowable (plural allowables)
  1. A permitted amount or activity.
    Sense id: en-allowable-en-noun-AWQttWeF

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for allowable meaning in All languages combined (4.9kB)

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