"approachable" meaning in English

See approachable in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /əˈpɹəʊ.t͡ʃə.bəl/ [Received-Pronunciation], [əˈpɹəʊ.t͡ʃə.bl̩] [Received-Pronunciation], /əˈpɹoʊ.t͡ʃə.bəl/ [Canada, General-American], [əˈpɹoʊ.t͡ʃə.bl̩] [Canada, General-American], /əˈpɹəʉ.t͡ʃə.bəl/ [General-Australian], [əˈpɹəʉ.t͡ʃə.bl̩] [General-Australian] Forms: more approachable [comparative], most approachable [superlative]
Etymology: From approach + -able. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|approach|able}} approach + -able Head templates: {{en-adj}} approachable (comparative more approachable, superlative most approachable)
  1. Easily approached; easy to talk to. Derived forms: approachability, approachableness, inapproachable, unapproachable Translations (easy to talk to): достъ́пен (dostǎ́pen) (Bulgarian), достижи́м (dostižím) (Bulgarian), 容易接近的 (róngyì jiējìn de) (Chinese Mandarin), přístupný [masculine] (Czech), benaderbaar (Dutch), helposti lähestyttävä (Finnish), approchable (French), abordable [masculine] (French), zugänglich (German), προσιτός (prositós) (Greek), megközelíthető (Hungarian), intrābilis (Latin), пристапен (pristapen) [masculine] (Macedonian), пресретлив (presretliv) (Macedonian), afável (Portuguese), abordável (Portuguese), acessível (Portuguese), accesibil [masculine] (Romanian), abordabil [masculine] (Romanian), досту́пный (dostúpnyj) (Russian), достижи́мый (dostižímyj) (Russian), охо́тно иду́щий навстре́чу (oxótno idúščij navstréču) (Russian), prístupný [masculine] (Slovak), accesible (Spanish), abordable (Spanish), lättillgänglig (Swedish), కలుపుగోలు (kalupugōlu) (Telugu)
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          "sense": "easy to talk to",
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