"maintainable" meaning in English

See maintainable in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: more maintainable [comparative], most maintainable [superlative]
Etymology: maintain + -able Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|maintain|able}} maintain + -able Head templates: {{en-adj}} maintainable (comparative more maintainable, superlative most maintainable)
  1. (chiefly in combination) Able to be maintained Tags: in-compounds Translations (Translations): wartbar (German), karbantartható (Hungarian), mantenibile [feminine, masculine] (Italian), sostenibile [feminine, masculine] (Italian), so-pholldey (Manx), so-hassoo (Manx), so-veaghee (Manx), bakılabilir (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-maintainable-en-adj-DkSPbC2N Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -able

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          "code": "de",
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
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      "word": "wartbar"
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
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      "word": "karbantartható"
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