"profitable" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈpɹɒf.ɪ.tə.bl̩/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈpɹɑ.fɪ.tə.bl̩/ [General-American] Audio: en-us-profitable.ogg [US] Forms: more profitable [comparative], most profitable [superlative]
Etymology: Old French profitable. Etymology templates: {{der|en|fro|profitable}} Old French profitable Head templates: {{en-adj}} profitable (comparative more profitable, superlative most profitable)
  1. Producing a profit. Translations (producing profit): ὀνήσιμος (onḗsimos) (Ancient Greek), rentable (Asturian), кары́сны (karýsny) (Belarusian), вы́гадны (výhadny) (Belarusian), дахо́дны (daxódny) (Belarusian), прыбытко́вы (prybytkóvy) (Belarusian), рэнта́бельны (rentábjelʹny) (Belarusian), дохо́ден (dohóden) (Bulgarian), profitós (Catalan), rendible (Catalan), 可獲利的 (english: profitable, in terms of money) (Chinese Mandarin), 可获利的 (kě huòlì de) (Chinese Mandarin), 有利可圖 (Chinese Mandarin), 有利可图 (yǒulìkětú) (Chinese Mandarin), 有益 (yǒuyì) (english: beneficial) (Chinese Mandarin), ziskový [masculine] (Czech), výhodný (Czech), rentabel (Danish), fortjenstgivende (Danish), winstgevend (Dutch), profitodona (Esperanto), profitebla (Esperanto), kasumlik (Estonian), tuottava (Finnish), tuottoisa (Finnish), kannattava (Finnish), profitable (French), fructueux (French), lucratif (French), rentable (French), rendible (Galician), მომგებიანი (momgebiani) (Georgian), gewinnbringend (German), profitabel (German), lukrativ (German), einträglich (German), rentabel (German), 𐌱𐍂𐌿𐌺𐍃 (bruks) (Gothic), nyereséges (Hungarian), airgeadúil (Irish), redditizio (Italian), fruttifero (Italian), remunerativo (Italian), 有益な (yūeki na) (alt: ゆうえきな) (Japanese), 利益になる (rieki ni naru) (alt: りえきになる) (Japanese), 유익하다 (yuikhada) (Korean), 유리하다 (yurihada) (Korean), lucrōsus (Latin), lucrificus (Latin), доходовен (dohodoven) [masculine] (Macedonian), доходен (dohoden) [masculine] (Macedonian), whaihua (Maori), lønnsom (Norwegian Bokmål), lønsam (Norwegian Nynorsk), lønnsam (Norwegian Nynorsk), dochodowy (Polish), korzystny (Polish), lucrativo (Portuguese), profitabil (Romanian), fructuos (Romanian), lucrativ (Romanian), вы́годный (výgodnyj) (Russian), при́быльный (príbylʹnyj) (Russian), дохо́дный (doxódnyj) (Russian), рента́бельный (rentábelʹnyj) (Russian), सफल (saphala) (Sanskrit), isplativ (Serbo-Croatian), unosan (Serbo-Croatian), rentable (Spanish), provechoso (Spanish), lucrativo (Spanish), ventajoso (Spanish), remunerativo (Spanish), lönsam (Swedish), vinstgivande (Swedish), kârlı (Turkish), kazançlı (Turkish), ви́гідний (výhidnyj) (Ukrainian), дохі́дний (doxídnyj) (Ukrainian), прибутко́вий (prybutkóvyj) (Ukrainian), рента́бельний (rentábelʹnyj) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-profitable-en-adj-W2exwqYN Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 90 10 Disambiguation of 'producing profit': 93 7
  2. Beneficial, serviceable, of use.
    Sense id: en-profitable-en-adj-bRxAfV-h
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: beneficial, lucrative Derived forms: disprofitable, hyperprofitable, improfitable, nonprofitable, profitableness, profitably, ramen profitable, superprofitable, unprofitable

Inflected forms

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          "word": "rentable"
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          "code": "bg",
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          "roman": "dohóden",
          "sense": "producing profit",
          "word": "дохо́ден"
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          "sense": "producing profit",
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          "_dis1": "93 7",
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          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "producing profit",
          "word": "rendible"
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          "_dis1": "93 7",
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          "english": "profitable, in terms of money",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "producing profit",
          "word": "可獲利的"
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          "_dis1": "93 7",
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          "roman": "kě huòlì de",
          "sense": "producing profit",
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          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "producing profit",
          "word": "výhodný"
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          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "producing profit",
          "word": "rentabel"
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        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "producing profit",
          "word": "fortjenstgivende"
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          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "producing profit",
          "word": "winstgevend"
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          "_dis1": "93 7",
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          "sense": "producing profit",
          "word": "kasumlik"
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          "sense": "producing profit",
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "producing profit",
          "word": "tuottoisa"
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "producing profit",
          "word": "kannattava"
        },
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          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "producing profit",
          "word": "profitable"
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          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "producing profit",
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          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "producing profit",
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          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "producing profit",
          "word": "rentable"
        },
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          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "producing profit",
          "word": "rendible"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "momgebiani",
          "sense": "producing profit",
          "word": "მომგებიანი"
        },
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          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "producing profit",
          "word": "gewinnbringend"
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          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "producing profit",
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          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "producing profit",
          "word": "lukrativ"
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          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "producing profit",
          "word": "einträglich"
        },
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          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "producing profit",
          "word": "rentabel"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "got",
          "lang": "Gothic",
          "roman": "bruks",
          "sense": "producing profit",
          "word": "𐌱𐍂𐌿𐌺𐍃"
        },
        {
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          "code": "grc",
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "onḗsimos",
          "sense": "producing profit",
          "word": "ὀνήσιμος"
        },
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          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "producing profit",
          "word": "nyereséges"
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          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "producing profit",
          "word": "airgeadúil"
        },
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          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "producing profit",
          "word": "redditizio"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "producing profit",
          "word": "fruttifero"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "producing profit",
          "word": "remunerativo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "alt": "ゆうえきな",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "yūeki na",
          "sense": "producing profit",
          "word": "有益な"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "alt": "りえきになる",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "rieki ni naru",
          "sense": "producing profit",
          "word": "利益になる"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "yuikhada",
          "sense": "producing profit",
          "word": "유익하다"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "yurihada",
          "sense": "producing profit",
          "word": "유리하다"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "producing profit",
          "word": "lucrōsus"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "producing profit",
          "word": "lucrificus"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "dohodoven",
          "sense": "producing profit",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "доходовен"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "dohoden",
          "sense": "producing profit",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "доходен"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "producing profit",
          "word": "whaihua"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "producing profit",
          "word": "lønnsom"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "nn",
          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
          "sense": "producing profit",
          "word": "lønsam"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "nn",
          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
          "sense": "producing profit",
          "word": "lønnsam"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "producing profit",
          "word": "dochodowy"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "producing profit",
          "word": "korzystny"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "producing profit",
          "word": "lucrativo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "producing profit",
          "word": "profitabil"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "producing profit",
          "word": "fructuos"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "producing profit",
          "word": "lucrativ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "výgodnyj",
          "sense": "producing profit",
          "word": "вы́годный"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "príbylʹnyj",
          "sense": "producing profit",
          "word": "при́быльный"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "doxódnyj",
          "sense": "producing profit",
          "word": "дохо́дный"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "rentábelʹnyj",
          "sense": "producing profit",
          "word": "рента́бельный"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "sa",
          "lang": "Sanskrit",
          "roman": "saphala",
          "sense": "producing profit",
          "word": "सफल"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "producing profit",
          "word": "isplativ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "producing profit",
          "word": "unosan"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "producing profit",
          "word": "rentable"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "producing profit",
          "word": "provechoso"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "producing profit",
          "word": "lucrativo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "producing profit",
          "word": "ventajoso"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "producing profit",
          "word": "remunerativo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "producing profit",
          "word": "lönsam"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "producing profit",
          "word": "vinstgivande"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "producing profit",
          "word": "kârlı"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "producing profit",
          "word": "kazançlı"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "výhidnyj",
          "sense": "producing profit",
          "word": "ви́гідний"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "doxídnyj",
          "sense": "producing profit",
          "word": "дохі́дний"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "prybutkóvyj",
          "sense": "producing profit",
          "word": "прибутко́вий"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "rentábelʹnyj",
          "sense": "producing profit",
          "word": "рента́бельний"
        }
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        {
          "ref": "c. 1521, John Skelton, Speke Parott",
          "text": "I wylbe ferme and ſtabyll\nAnd to yow ſeruyceabyll\nAnd also prophytabyll\nYf ye be agreabyll\nMy propyr Beſſe\nTo turne a gayne to me",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1953, Richmond Lattimore, Aeschylus, “Prometheus Bound”, in Greek Tragedies",
          "text": "It is a profitable thing, if one is wise, to seem foolish.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
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        "Beneficial, serviceable, of use."
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          "use",
          "use"
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      "tags": [
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    },
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      "ipa": "/ˈpɹɑ.fɪ.tə.bl̩/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
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      "tags": [
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      ],
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "beneficial"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "lucrative"
    }
  ],
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}
{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "word": "unprofitable"
    }
  ],
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    "English 4-syllable words",
    "English adjectives",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English terms derived from Old French",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "disprofitable"
    },
    {
      "word": "hyperprofitable"
    },
    {
      "word": "improfitable"
    },
    {
      "word": "nonprofitable"
    },
    {
      "word": "profitableness"
    },
    {
      "word": "profitably"
    },
    {
      "word": "ramen profitable"
    },
    {
      "word": "superprofitable"
    },
    {
      "word": "unprofitable"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "fro",
        "3": "profitable"
      },
      "expansion": "Old French profitable",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Old French profitable.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "more profitable",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most profitable",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {},
      "expansion": "profitable (comparative more profitable, superlative most profitable)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
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    "prof‧it‧a‧ble"
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
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        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
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        {
          "ref": "2013 June 21, Oliver Burkeman, “The tao of tech”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 2, page 27",
          "text": "The dirty secret of the internet is that all this distraction and interruption is immensely profitable. Web companies like to boast about \"creating compelling content\", or offering services that let you \"stay up to date with what your friends are doing\"[…]and so on. But the real way to build a successful online business is to be better than your rivals at undermining people's control of their own attention.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Producing a profit."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Producing",
          "produce"
        ],
        [
          "profit",
          "profit"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "c. 1521, John Skelton, Speke Parott",
          "text": "I wylbe ferme and ſtabyll\nAnd to yow ſeruyceabyll\nAnd also prophytabyll\nYf ye be agreabyll\nMy propyr Beſſe\nTo turne a gayne to me",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1953, Richmond Lattimore, Aeschylus, “Prometheus Bound”, in Greek Tragedies",
          "text": "It is a profitable thing, if one is wise, to seem foolish.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Beneficial, serviceable, of use."
      ],
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        [
          "Beneficial",
          "beneficial"
        ],
        [
          "serviceable",
          "serviceable"
        ],
        [
          "use",
          "use"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpɹɒf.ɪ.tə.bl̩/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpɹɑ.fɪ.tə.bl̩/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
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      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/25/En-us-profitable.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "beneficial"
    },
    {
      "word": "lucrative"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "ast",
      "lang": "Asturian",
      "sense": "producing profit",
      "word": "rentable"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "karýsny",
      "sense": "producing profit",
      "word": "кары́сны"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "výhadny",
      "sense": "producing profit",
      "word": "вы́гадны"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "daxódny",
      "sense": "producing profit",
      "word": "дахо́дны"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "prybytkóvy",
      "sense": "producing profit",
      "word": "прыбытко́вы"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "rentábjelʹny",
      "sense": "producing profit",
      "word": "рэнта́бельны"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "dohóden",
      "sense": "producing profit",
      "word": "дохо́ден"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "producing profit",
      "word": "profitós"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "producing profit",
      "word": "rendible"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "english": "profitable, in terms of money",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "producing profit",
      "word": "可獲利的"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "kě huòlì de",
      "sense": "producing profit",
      "word": "可获利的"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "producing profit",
      "word": "有利可圖"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "yǒulìkětú",
      "sense": "producing profit",
      "word": "有利可图"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "english": "beneficial",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "yǒuyì",
      "sense": "producing profit",
      "word": "有益"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "producing profit",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ziskový"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "producing profit",
      "word": "výhodný"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "producing profit",
      "word": "rentabel"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "producing profit",
      "word": "fortjenstgivende"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "producing profit",
      "word": "winstgevend"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "producing profit",
      "word": "profitodona"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "producing profit",
      "word": "profitebla"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "producing profit",
      "word": "kasumlik"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "producing profit",
      "word": "tuottava"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "producing profit",
      "word": "tuottoisa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "producing profit",
      "word": "kannattava"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "producing profit",
      "word": "profitable"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "producing profit",
      "word": "fructueux"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "producing profit",
      "word": "lucratif"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "producing profit",
      "word": "rentable"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "producing profit",
      "word": "rendible"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "momgebiani",
      "sense": "producing profit",
      "word": "მომგებიანი"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "producing profit",
      "word": "gewinnbringend"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "producing profit",
      "word": "profitabel"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "producing profit",
      "word": "lukrativ"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "producing profit",
      "word": "einträglich"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "producing profit",
      "word": "rentabel"
    },
    {
      "code": "got",
      "lang": "Gothic",
      "roman": "bruks",
      "sense": "producing profit",
      "word": "𐌱𐍂𐌿𐌺𐍃"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "onḗsimos",
      "sense": "producing profit",
      "word": "ὀνήσιμος"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "producing profit",
      "word": "nyereséges"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "producing profit",
      "word": "airgeadúil"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "producing profit",
      "word": "redditizio"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "producing profit",
      "word": "fruttifero"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "producing profit",
      "word": "remunerativo"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ゆうえきな",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "yūeki na",
      "sense": "producing profit",
      "word": "有益な"
    },
    {
      "alt": "りえきになる",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "rieki ni naru",
      "sense": "producing profit",
      "word": "利益になる"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "yuikhada",
      "sense": "producing profit",
      "word": "유익하다"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "yurihada",
      "sense": "producing profit",
      "word": "유리하다"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "producing profit",
      "word": "lucrōsus"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "producing profit",
      "word": "lucrificus"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "dohodoven",
      "sense": "producing profit",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "доходовен"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "dohoden",
      "sense": "producing profit",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "доходен"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "producing profit",
      "word": "whaihua"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "producing profit",
      "word": "lønnsom"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "producing profit",
      "word": "lønsam"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "producing profit",
      "word": "lønnsam"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "producing profit",
      "word": "dochodowy"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "producing profit",
      "word": "korzystny"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "producing profit",
      "word": "lucrativo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "producing profit",
      "word": "profitabil"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "producing profit",
      "word": "fructuos"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "producing profit",
      "word": "lucrativ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "výgodnyj",
      "sense": "producing profit",
      "word": "вы́годный"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "príbylʹnyj",
      "sense": "producing profit",
      "word": "при́быльный"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "doxódnyj",
      "sense": "producing profit",
      "word": "дохо́дный"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "rentábelʹnyj",
      "sense": "producing profit",
      "word": "рента́бельный"
    },
    {
      "code": "sa",
      "lang": "Sanskrit",
      "roman": "saphala",
      "sense": "producing profit",
      "word": "सफल"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "producing profit",
      "word": "isplativ"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "producing profit",
      "word": "unosan"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "producing profit",
      "word": "rentable"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "producing profit",
      "word": "provechoso"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "producing profit",
      "word": "lucrativo"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "producing profit",
      "word": "ventajoso"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "producing profit",
      "word": "remunerativo"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "producing profit",
      "word": "lönsam"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "producing profit",
      "word": "vinstgivande"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "producing profit",
      "word": "kârlı"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "producing profit",
      "word": "kazançlı"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "výhidnyj",
      "sense": "producing profit",
      "word": "ви́гідний"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "doxídnyj",
      "sense": "producing profit",
      "word": "дохі́дний"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "prybutkóvyj",
      "sense": "producing profit",
      "word": "прибутко́вий"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "rentábelʹnyj",
      "sense": "producing profit",
      "word": "рента́бельний"
    }
  ],
  "word": "profitable"
}

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