"viable" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈvaɪəbəl/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-viable.wav Forms: more viable [comparative], most viable [superlative]
Rhymes: -aɪəbəl Etymology: Borrowed from French viable, with semantic influence of Latin viābilis (“passable”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*gʷeyh₃-}}, {{der|en|fr|viable}} French viable Head templates: {{en-adj}} viable (comparative more viable, superlative most viable)
  1. Able to live on its own (as for a newborn). Translations (able to live on its own): βιώσιμος (biṓsimos) (Ancient Greek), жыццяздо́льны (žyccjazdólʹny) (Belarusian), жизнеспосо́бен (žiznesposóben) (Bulgarian), viable (Catalan), životaschopný [masculine] (Czech), levedygtig (Danish), levensvatbaar (Dutch), vivipova (Esperanto), vivebla (Esperanto), eluvõimeline (Estonian), elujõuline (Estonian), elinkelpoinen (Finnish), viable (French), lebensfähig (German), βιώσιμος (viósimos) (Greek), בר־חיות (bar-khiyút) [masculine] (Hebrew), בר־קיימה (bar-kayamá) [masculine] (Hebrew), életképes (Hungarian), vivibile (Italian), 生きられる (ikirareru) (Japanese), 生き残れる (ikinokoreru) (Japanese), viável (Portuguese), жизнеспособный (žiznesposobnyj) (Russian), viable (Spanish), livsduglig (Swedish), життєзда́тний (žyttjezdátnyj) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-viable-en-adj-~W~35ziQ Disambiguation of 'able to live on its own': 69 11 2 18
  2. Able to be done, possible, practicable, feasible. Translations (possible): възмо́жен (vǎzmóžen) (Bulgarian), осъществи́м (osǎštestvím) (Bulgarian), viable (Catalan), uitvoerbaar (Dutch), farebla (Esperanto), elluviidav (Estonian), mahdollinen (Finnish), viable (French), machbar (German), εφικτός (efiktós) (Greek), πραγματοποιήσιμος (pragmatopoiísimos) (Greek), אפשרי (efsharí) [masculine] (Hebrew), בעל היתכנות (báal hitakhnút) [masculine] (Hebrew), járható (Hungarian), attuabile (Italian), fattibile (Italian), praticabile (Italian), viável (Portuguese), возмо́жный (vozmóžnyj) (Russian), осуществи́мый (osuščestvímyj) (Russian), viable (Spanish), genomförbar (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-viable-en-adj-7SxIwj9B Disambiguation of 'possible': 2 93 2 2
  3. Capable of working successfully
    Sense id: en-viable-en-adj-zGi3vSN4
  4. (biology) Able to live and develop. Categories (topical): Biology Translations ((biology) able to live and develop): βιώσιμος (biṓsimos) (Ancient Greek), жизнеспосо́бен (žiznesposóben) (Bulgarian), überlebensfähig (German), lebensfähig (German), entwicklungsfähig (German), בר־חיות (bar-khiyút) [masculine] (Hebrew), viable (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-viable-en-adj-hEJtXM6C Topics: biology, natural-sciences Disambiguation of '(biology) able to live and develop': 24 15 2 59
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: minimal viable product, minimum viable product, viability, viably

Noun

IPA: /ˈvaɪəbəl/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-viable.wav Forms: viables [plural]
Rhymes: -aɪəbəl Etymology: Borrowed from French viable, with semantic influence of Latin viābilis (“passable”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*gʷeyh₃-}}, {{der|en|fr|viable}} French viable Head templates: {{en-noun}} viable (plural viables)
  1. (biology) An organism that is able to live and develop. Categories (topical): Biology
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Inflected forms

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-12-15 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-12-04 using wiktextract (8a39820 and 4401a4c). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.