"endurable" meaning in English

See endurable in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ɪnˈd(j)ʊɹ.ɪ.bəl/ [General-American], /ɪnˈdɝ.ɪ.bəl/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Qwertygiy-endurable.wav Forms: more endurable [comparative], most endurable [superlative]
Etymology: From endure + -able. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|endure|able}} endure + -able Head templates: {{en-adj}} endurable (comparative more endurable, superlative most endurable)
  1. Able to be endured; tolerable; bearable. Translations (able to be endured; tolerable; bearable): φορητός (phorētós) (Ancient Greek), ἐμμενετός (emmenetós) (Ancient Greek), търпи́м (tǎrpím) (Bulgarian), поноси́м (ponosím) (Bulgarian), snesitelný [masculine] (Czech), draaglijk (Dutch), endurable (French), tolérable (French), erträglich (German), sofhulaingthe (Irish), tolerabilis (Latin), so-ymmyrkey (Manx), терпи́мый (terpímyj) (Russian), сно́сный (snósnyj) (Russian), выноси́мый (vynosímyj) (Russian), tolerable (Spanish)
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  2. Capable of enduring; likely to endure; durable. Translations (likely to endure; durable): траен (traen) (Bulgarian), snesitelný [masculine] (Czech), duurzaam (Dutch)
    Sense id: en-endurable-en-adj-g~xF9DM1 Disambiguation of 'likely to endure; durable': 7 93
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: indurable [archaic] Derived forms: endurability, endurableness, endurably, unendurable

Alternative forms

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    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "able to be endured; tolerable; bearable",
      "word": "tolerable"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "traen",
      "sense": "likely to endure; durable",
      "word": "траен"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "likely to endure; durable",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "snesitelný"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "likely to endure; durable",
      "word": "duurzaam"
    }
  ],
  "word": "endurable"
}

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