"able-bodied" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈeɪ.bl̩ˌbɑ.did/ [US] Audio: en-us-able-bodied.ogg [US] Forms: more able-bodied [comparative], most able-bodied [superlative]
Etymology: From able body + -ed. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|able body|ed}} able body + -ed Head templates: {{en-adj|head=able-bodied}} able-bodied (comparative more able-bodied, superlative most able-bodied)
  1. (possessional) Having a sound, strong body; physically competent; robust; fit for service. Categories (topical): Body Translations (having a sound, strong body; physically competent; robust): robust (Catalan), arbejdsfør (Danish), volwaardig (Dutch), lichamelijk geschikt (Dutch), valide (Dutch), robust (Dutch), palveluskelpoinen (Finnish), kenttäkelpoinen (english: fit for military service) (Finnish), työkykyinen (english: capable of working) (Finnish), terve (english: sound) (Finnish), kynnelle kykenevä (Finnish), robuste (French), solide (French), infheidhme (Irish), mārōrō (Maori), marohi (Maori), mārohirohi (Maori), pessoa sem deficiência [feminine] (Portuguese), não-deficiente (Portuguese), capaz (Portuguese), robusto [masculine] (Portuguese), jak (Serbo-Croatian), čio (Serbo-Croatian), krepak (Serbo-Croatian), arbetsför (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-able-bodied-en-adj-aupJ6Rgd Disambiguation of Body: 50 50 Disambiguation of 'having a sound, strong body; physically competent; robust': 97 3
  2. (nautical) Capable of performing all requisite duties as a seaman, specifically in the Royal Navy, a rating between leading and ordinary. Categories (topical): Nautical, Body Translations ((Nautical)): volslagen (Dutch), bevaren (Dutch)
    Sense id: en-able-bodied-en-adj-VPXt-lBX Disambiguation of Body: 50 50 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -ed, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 9 91 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 12 88 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 10 90 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ed: 9 91 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 12 88 Topics: nautical, transport Disambiguation of '(Nautical)': 3 97
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: able-bodiedism, able-bodiedness, able-bodied seaman, non-able-bodied Related terms: ableism

Alternative forms

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      "sense": "having a sound, strong body; physically competent; robust",
      "word": "arbetsför"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "(Nautical)",
      "word": "volslagen"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "(Nautical)",
      "word": "bevaren"
    }
  ],
  "word": "able-bodied"
}
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  "msg": "unrecognized sense qualifier: possessional",
  "path": [
    "able-bodied"
  ],
  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "adjective",
  "title": "able-bodied",
  "trace": ""
}

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  "called_from": "form_descriptions/1831",
  "msg": "unrecognized sense qualifier: possessional",
  "path": [
    "able-bodied"
  ],
  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "adjective",
  "title": "able-bodied",
  "trace": ""
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-03 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (f4fd8c9 and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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