"legible" meaning in English

See legible in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈlɛd͡ʒəbl/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-legible.wav Forms: more legible [comparative], most legible [superlative]
Rhymes: -ɛdʒəbl Etymology: From Late Latin legibilis (“that can be read”), from Latin legō. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|LL.|legibilis||that can be read}} Late Latin legibilis (“that can be read”), {{der|en|la|legō||}} Latin legō, {{root|en|ine-pro|*leǵ-}} Head templates: {{en-adj}} legible (comparative more legible, superlative most legible)
  1. Clear enough to be read; readable, particularly of handwriting. Synonyms: clean, clear, decipherable, fair, readable Translations (clear enough to be read): مَقْرُوء (maqrūʔ) (Arabic), ընթեռնելի (əntʻeṙneli) (Armenian), lleíble (Asturian), irakurterraz (Basque), четлив (četliv) (Bulgarian), llegible (Catalan), 可读的 (Chinese Mandarin), čitelný (Czech), læselig (Danish), læsbar (Danish), leesbaar (Dutch), legebla (Esperanto), luettava (Finnish), lukukelpoinen (Finnish), lisible (French), lexible (Galician), lexíbel (Galician), leserlich (German), ευανάγνωστος (evanágnostos) [masculine] (Greek), αναγνώσιμος (anagnósimos) [masculine] (Greek), קָרִיא (karí) (Hebrew), olvasható (Hungarian), elolvasható (Hungarian), kiolvasható (Hungarian), læsilegur (Icelandic), lektebla (Ido), legible (Interlingua), inléite (Irish), leggibile (Italian), 読める (yomeru) (Japanese), 読みやすい (yomiyasui) (Japanese), lieserlech (Luxembourgish), so-lhaih (Manx), lhaihagh (Manx), lhaihoil (Manx), czytelny (Polish), legível (Portuguese), lizibil (Romanian), citeț (Romanian), delușit (Romanian), descifrabil (Romanian), разбо́рчивый (razbórčivyj) (Russian), удобочита́емый (udobočitájemyj) (Russian), legible (Spanish), läslig (Swedish), läsbar (Swedish), ཀློག་བདེ་པོ (klog bde po) (Tibetan), okunaklı (Turkish), розбі́рливий (rozbírlyvyj) (Ukrainian), читабельний (čytabelʹnyj) (Ukrainian), dễ đọc (Vietnamese), לייענעוודיק (leyenevdik) (Yiddish)
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  2. Written or phrased so as to be easy to understand. Synonyms: clear, decipherable, readable
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: legibility, legibly, intelligible

Alternative forms

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          "word": "descifrabil"
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      "word": "مَقْرُوء"
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      "word": "lleíble"
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      "sense": "clear enough to be read",
      "word": "irakurterraz"
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      "word": "четлив"
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      "sense": "clear enough to be read",
      "word": "llegible"
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      "code": "cmn",
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      "sense": "clear enough to be read",
      "word": "可读的"
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      "sense": "clear enough to be read",
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      "sense": "clear enough to be read",
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      "sense": "clear enough to be read",
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      "sense": "clear enough to be read",
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      "sense": "clear enough to be read",
      "word": "legebla"
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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "clear enough to be read",
      "word": "luettava"
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      "word": "lisible"
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      "sense": "clear enough to be read",
      "word": "lexible"
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      "sense": "clear enough to be read",
      "word": "lexíbel"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "clear enough to be read",
      "word": "leserlich"
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      "sense": "clear enough to be read",
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      "code": "he",
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      "sense": "clear enough to be read",
      "word": "קָרִיא"
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "clear enough to be read",
      "word": "olvasható"
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "clear enough to be read",
      "word": "elolvasható"
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "clear enough to be read",
      "word": "kiolvasható"
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    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "clear enough to be read",
      "word": "læsilegur"
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      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "clear enough to be read",
      "word": "lektebla"
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      "code": "ia",
      "lang": "Interlingua",
      "sense": "clear enough to be read",
      "word": "legible"
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    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "clear enough to be read",
      "word": "inléite"
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    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "clear enough to be read",
      "word": "leggibile"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "yomeru",
      "sense": "clear enough to be read",
      "word": "読める"
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    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "yomiyasui",
      "sense": "clear enough to be read",
      "word": "読みやすい"
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      "code": "lb",
      "lang": "Luxembourgish",
      "sense": "clear enough to be read",
      "word": "lieserlech"
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    {
      "code": "gv",
      "lang": "Manx",
      "sense": "clear enough to be read",
      "word": "so-lhaih"
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      "code": "gv",
      "lang": "Manx",
      "sense": "clear enough to be read",
      "word": "lhaihagh"
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      "code": "gv",
      "lang": "Manx",
      "sense": "clear enough to be read",
      "word": "lhaihoil"
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    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "clear enough to be read",
      "word": "czytelny"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "clear enough to be read",
      "word": "legível"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "clear enough to be read",
      "word": "lizibil"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "clear enough to be read",
      "word": "citeț"
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    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "clear enough to be read",
      "word": "delușit"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "clear enough to be read",
      "word": "descifrabil"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "razbórčivyj",
      "sense": "clear enough to be read",
      "word": "разбо́рчивый"
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "udobočitájemyj",
      "sense": "clear enough to be read",
      "word": "удобочита́емый"
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "clear enough to be read",
      "word": "legible"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "clear enough to be read",
      "word": "läslig"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "clear enough to be read",
      "word": "läsbar"
    },
    {
      "code": "bo",
      "lang": "Tibetan",
      "roman": "klog bde po",
      "sense": "clear enough to be read",
      "word": "ཀློག་བདེ་པོ"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "clear enough to be read",
      "word": "okunaklı"
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      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "rozbírlyvyj",
      "sense": "clear enough to be read",
      "word": "розбі́рливий"
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    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "čytabelʹnyj",
      "sense": "clear enough to be read",
      "word": "читабельний"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "clear enough to be read",
      "word": "dễ đọc"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "leyenevdik",
      "sense": "clear enough to be read",
      "word": "לייענעוודיק"
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}

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