"capable" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

IPA: /ˈkeɪpəbəl/ Forms: more capable [comparative], most capable [superlative]
Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French capable, from Late Latin capābilis. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*keh₂p-}}, {{bor|en|frm|capable}} Middle French capable, {{der|en|LL.|capābilis}} Late Latin capābilis Head templates: {{en-adj}} capable (comparative more capable, superlative most capable)
  1. Able and efficient; having the ability needed for a specific task; having the disposition to do something; permitting or being susceptible to something. Translations (able and efficient): قَادِر (qādir) (Arabic), قادِر (gādir) [Hijazi-Arabic] (Arabic), putut (Aromanian), gai (Basque), здо́льны (zdólʹny) (Belarusian), спосо́бен (sposóben) (Bulgarian), кадъ́рен (kadǎ́ren) (Bulgarian), စွမ်း (cwam:) (Burmese), capaç (Catalan), 能幹 (Chinese Mandarin), 能干 (nénggàn) (Chinese Mandarin), 有能力 (yǒu nénglì) (Chinese Mandarin), schopný (Czech), zdatný (Czech), bekwaam (Dutch), kapabla (Esperanto), kyvykäs (Finnish), kykenevä (Finnish), capable (French), fähig (German), ικανός (ikanós) (Greek), सक्षम (sakṣam) [masculine] (Hindi), kapabla (Ido), capabile (Interlingua), cumasach (Irish), capace (Italian), 有能な (yūnō na) (alt: ゆうのうな) (Japanese), wayanta (Kaurna), ជំនាញ (cumniəñ) (Khmer), 유능하다 (yuneunghada) (Korean), kadir (Ladino), kapache (Ladino), kapachi (Monastir) (Ladino), potis (Latin), spējīgs (Latvian), способен (sposoben) (Macedonian), jargal (Manx), habil'ye (Norman), stać (note: a defective verb) (Polish), zdolny (Polish), capaz (Portuguese), kuti (Quechua), capabil (Romanian), спосо́бный (sposóbnyj) (Russian), comasach (Scottish Gaelic), спо̏собан [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), spȍsoban [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), schopný (Slovak), zdatný (Slovak), zmožen (Slovene), capaz (Spanish), kapabel (Swedish), cämpamo (Tocharian B), kapasiteli (Turkish), kapasitede (Turkish), зда́тний (zdátnyj) (Ukrainian), зді́бний (zdíbnyj) (Ukrainian), спромо́жний (spromóžnyj) (Ukrainian), قابل (Urdu), פֿעיִק (feik) (Yiddish)
    Sense id: en-capable-en-adj-gAVf8UOR Disambiguation of 'able and efficient': 95 5
  2. (obsolete) Of sufficient capacity or size for holding, containing, receiving or taking in; accessible to. Construed with of, for or an infinitive. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-capable-en-adj-ewBnqULT Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 14 86
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: capable Hyponyms: airworthy, roadworthy, seaworthy, spaceworthy Derived forms: capability [noun] Related terms: healthy, skillful

Adjective [French]

IPA: /ka.pabl/ Audio: Fr-capable.ogg Forms: capables [plural]
Etymology: From Latin capabilis. Etymology templates: {{uder|fr|la|-}} Latin Head templates: {{fr-adj}} capable (plural capables)
  1. able, capable Categories (topical): Personality Related terms: cap’
    Sense id: en-capable-fr-adj-q8O0KW1S Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header, French undefined derivations

Verb [Haitian Creole]

Etymology: From French capable (“capable”). Etymology templates: {{inh|ht|fr|capable|t=capable}} French capable (“capable”) Head templates: {{head|ht|verb}} capable
  1. (Saint-Domingue) (auxiliary) can, to be able to
    Sense id: en-capable-ht-verb-nvLSlBCa Categories (other): Haitian Creole entries with incorrect language header, Saint Dominican Creole French

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1775, Samuel Johnson, A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland (Works 10.479), page 304",
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      "roman": "qādir",
      "sense": "able and efficient",
      "word": "قَادِر"
    },
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      "sense": "able and efficient",
      "word": "putut"
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      "lang": "Basque",
      "sense": "able and efficient",
      "word": "gai"
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      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "zdólʹny",
      "sense": "able and efficient",
      "word": "здо́льны"
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      "sense": "able and efficient",
      "word": "спосо́бен"
    },
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      "code": "bg",
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      "sense": "able and efficient",
      "word": "кадъ́рен"
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      "roman": "cwam:",
      "sense": "able and efficient",
      "word": "စွမ်း"
    },
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      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "able and efficient",
      "word": "capaç"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "able and efficient",
      "word": "能幹"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "nénggàn",
      "sense": "able and efficient",
      "word": "能干"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
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      "roman": "yǒu nénglì",
      "sense": "able and efficient",
      "word": "有能力"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
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      "sense": "able and efficient",
      "word": "schopný"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "able and efficient",
      "word": "zdatný"
    },
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      "sense": "able and efficient",
      "word": "bekwaam"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "able and efficient",
      "word": "kapabla"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "able and efficient",
      "word": "kyvykäs"
    },
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "able and efficient",
      "word": "kykenevä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "able and efficient",
      "word": "capable"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "able and efficient",
      "word": "fähig"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "ikanós",
      "sense": "able and efficient",
      "word": "ικανός"
    },
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      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "sakṣam",
      "sense": "able and efficient",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "सक्षम"
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      "code": "io",
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      "sense": "able and efficient",
      "word": "kapabla"
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      "code": "ia",
      "lang": "Interlingua",
      "sense": "able and efficient",
      "word": "capabile"
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    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "able and efficient",
      "word": "cumasach"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "able and efficient",
      "word": "capace"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ゆうのうな",
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      "roman": "yūnō na",
      "sense": "able and efficient",
      "word": "有能な"
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      "code": "zku",
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      "sense": "able and efficient",
      "word": "wayanta"
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    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "cumniəñ",
      "sense": "able and efficient",
      "word": "ជំនាញ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "yuneunghada",
      "sense": "able and efficient",
      "word": "유능하다"
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      "code": "lad",
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      "sense": "able and efficient",
      "word": "kadir"
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    {
      "code": "lad",
      "lang": "Ladino",
      "sense": "able and efficient",
      "word": "kapache"
    },
    {
      "code": "lad",
      "lang": "Ladino",
      "sense": "able and efficient",
      "word": "kapachi (Monastir)"
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    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "able and efficient",
      "word": "potis"
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    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "able and efficient",
      "word": "spējīgs"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "sposoben",
      "sense": "able and efficient",
      "word": "способен"
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    {
      "code": "gv",
      "lang": "Manx",
      "sense": "able and efficient",
      "word": "jargal"
    },
    {
      "code": "nrf",
      "lang": "Norman",
      "sense": "able and efficient",
      "word": "habil'ye"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "note": "a defective verb",
      "sense": "able and efficient",
      "word": "stać"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "able and efficient",
      "word": "zdolny"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "able and efficient",
      "word": "capaz"
    },
    {
      "code": "qu",
      "lang": "Quechua",
      "sense": "able and efficient",
      "word": "kuti"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "able and efficient",
      "word": "capabil"
    },
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "sposóbnyj",
      "sense": "able and efficient",
      "word": "спосо́бный"
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      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "able and efficient",
      "word": "comasach"
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      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "able and efficient",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "спо̏собан"
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      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "able and efficient",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "spȍsoban"
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      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "able and efficient",
      "word": "schopný"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "able and efficient",
      "word": "zdatný"
    },
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      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "able and efficient",
      "word": "zmožen"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "able and efficient",
      "word": "capaz"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "able and efficient",
      "word": "kapabel"
    },
    {
      "code": "txb",
      "lang": "Tocharian B",
      "sense": "able and efficient",
      "word": "cämpamo"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "able and efficient",
      "word": "kapasiteli"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "able and efficient",
      "word": "kapasitede"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "zdátnyj",
      "sense": "able and efficient",
      "word": "зда́тний"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "zdíbnyj",
      "sense": "able and efficient",
      "word": "зді́бний"
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    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "spromóžnyj",
      "sense": "able and efficient",
      "word": "спромо́жний"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "sense": "able and efficient",
      "word": "قابل"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "feik",
      "sense": "able and efficient",
      "word": "פֿעיִק"
    }
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