"sustainable" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

IPA: /səˈsteɪnəbəl/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-sustainable.wav [Southern-England] Forms: more sustainable [comparative], most sustainable [superlative]
Etymology: sustain + -able Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|sustain|able}} sustain + -able Head templates: {{en-adj}} sustainable (comparative more sustainable, superlative most sustainable)
  1. Able to be sustained. Translations (able to be sustained): sostenible (Catalan), 可持續的 (Chinese Mandarin), 可持续的 (kěchíxù de) (Chinese Mandarin), bæredygtig (Danish), holdbar (Danish), daŭrebla (Esperanto), jätkusuutlik (Estonian), kestlik (Estonian), pysyvä (Finnish), viable (French), sustentábel (Galician), nachhaltig (German), aufrechterhaltbar (German), aufrechtzuerhalten (German), sostenibile (Italian), 持続可能 (jizoku-kanō) (Japanese), ilgtspējīgs (Latvian), mampan (Malay), lestari (Malay), whakauka (Maori), bærekraftig (Norwegian), możliwy do utrzymania (Polish), podtrzymywalny (Polish), sustentável (Portuguese), жизнеспособный (žiznesposobnyj) (Russian), усто́йчивый (ustójčivyj) (Russian), sostenible (Spanish), hållbar (Swedish), surdurulebilir (Turkish) Translations (able to be sustained: environmental term): sostenible (Catalan), 可持續的 (Chinese Mandarin), 可持续的 (kěchíxù de) (Chinese Mandarin), udržitelný [masculine] (Czech), bæredygtig (Danish), duurzaam (Dutch), verantwoord (Dutch), daŭripova (Esperanto), jätkusuutlik (Estonian), säästev (Estonian), kestlik (Estonian), kestävä (Finnish), ympäristöä säästävä (Finnish), durable (French), sustentábel [feminine, masculine] (Galician), nachhaltig (German), בר-קיימא (Hebrew), fenntartható (Hungarian), sostenibile (Italian), 持続可能 (jizoku-kanō) (Japanese), ilgtspējīgs [masculine] (Latvian), mampan (Malay), lestari (Malay), toitū (Maori), bærekraftig (Norwegian), możliwy do utrzymania (Polish), podtrzymywalny (Polish), sustentável (Portuguese), экологичный (ekologičnyj) (Russian), возобновля́емый (vozobnovljájemyj) (Russian), усто́йчивый (ustójčivyj) (Russian), sostenible (Spanish), endelevu (Swahili), hållbar (Swedish), likas-kaya (Tagalog)
    Sense id: en-sustainable-en-adj-RomnlkxC Categories (other): English terms suffixed with -able Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -able: 40 33 27 Disambiguation of 'able to be sustained': 83 17 Disambiguation of 'able to be sustained: environmental term': 62 38
  2. Able to be produced or sustained for an indefinite period without damaging the environment, or without depleting a resource; renewable.
    Sense id: en-sustainable-en-adj-B~DiQ~6Q Categories (other): English terms suffixed with -able Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -able: 40 33 27
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: sustainability, sustainable development, sustainable tourist

Noun [English]

IPA: /səˈsteɪnəbəl/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-sustainable.wav [Southern-England] Forms: sustainables [plural]
Etymology: sustain + -able Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|sustain|able}} sustain + -able Head templates: {{en-noun}} sustainable (plural sustainables)
  1. A renewable energy source.
    Sense id: en-sustainable-en-noun-Fbn5pTOg Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -able Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 4 18 78 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -able: 40 33 27

Inflected forms

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      "sense": "able to be sustained",
      "word": "kestlik"
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      "word": "pysyvä"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "able to be sustained",
      "word": "aufrechterhaltbar"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "able to be sustained",
      "word": "aufrechtzuerhalten"
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      "sense": "able to be sustained",
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      "word": "możliwy do utrzymania"
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      "word": "hållbar"
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      "word": "duurzaam"
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      "word": "daŭripova"
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      "sense": "able to be sustained: environmental term",
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      "sense": "able to be sustained: environmental term",
      "word": "säästev"
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      "code": "et",
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      "sense": "able to be sustained: environmental term",
      "word": "kestlik"
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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "able to be sustained: environmental term",
      "word": "kestävä"
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      "word": "ympäristöä säästävä"
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      "word": "durable"
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      "code": "he",
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      "sense": "able to be sustained: environmental term",
      "word": "בר-קיימא"
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      "code": "hu",
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      "sense": "able to be sustained: environmental term",
      "word": "fenntartható"
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      "code": "it",
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      "code": "ja",
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      "code": "lv",
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    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "able to be sustained: environmental term",
      "word": "toitū"
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      "code": "no",
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      "sense": "able to be sustained: environmental term",
      "word": "bærekraftig"
    },
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      "sense": "able to be sustained: environmental term",
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      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "able to be sustained: environmental term",
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      "sense": "able to be sustained: environmental term",
      "word": "sostenible"
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      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "able to be sustained: environmental term",
      "word": "endelevu"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "able to be sustained: environmental term",
      "word": "hållbar"
    },
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      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "able to be sustained: environmental term",
      "word": "likas-kaya"
    }
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}

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