Meanings
comparative more drinkable · superlative most drinkable
- Able to be drunk (as liquid).
- Safe to drink.
Synonyms: potable, drinkworthy, safe to drink
- especiallybeveragesOf good or satisfactory quality.
plural drinkables
- in pluralThat which can be drunk.
During the course of the day we know how to face acute hunger, and learn the value of abstaining from using our eatables and drinkables.
1931, Qassim Ali Jairazbhoy, Fear Allah and take your own part, page 112
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveSafe to drink.
antonym(s) of “safe to drink”
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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Middle Englishdrinkable
- Englishdrinkable
From Middle English drinkable, drynkeable, equivalent to drink + -able.
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans drinkbaar
- drinkbaarsafe to drink
Bulgarian питеен, годен за пиене
- питеен (piteen)safe to drink
- годен за пиене (goden za piene)safe to drink
- пивък (pivăk)of good or satisfactory quality
Catalan potable
- potablesafe to drink
Chinese Mandarin 可飲用的 /可饮用的
- 可飲用的 /可饮用的 (kě yǐnyòng de)safe to drink
Czech pitný
- pitnýsafe to drink
Danish drikkelig, drikkelig
- drikkeligsafe to drink
- drikkeligof good or satisfactory quality
- værd at drikkeof good or satisfactory quality
Dutch drinkbaar
- drinkbaarsafe to drink
Esperanto trinkebla
- trinkeblasafe to drink
Finnish juomakelpoinen, juotava
- juomakelpoinensafe to drink
- juotavasafe to drink
- juotavaof good or satisfactory quality
French potable, buvable
- potablesafe to drink
- buvablesafe to drink
- buvableof good or satisfactory quality
German trinkbar, Trink-
- trinkbarsafe to drink
- Trink-safe to drink
- trinkbarof good or satisfactory quality
Greek πόσιμος
- πόσιμος (pósimos)safe to drink
Hebrew שָׁתִי
- שָׁתִי (shatí)safe to drink
Hindi पेय
- पेय (pey)safe to drink
Hungarian iható, iható
- ihatósafe to drink
- ihatóof good or satisfactory quality
Italian potabile
- potabilesafe to drink
Latin poculentus
- poculentussafe to drink
Norwegian Bokmål drikkelig, drikkbar
- drikkeligsafe to drink
- drikkbarsafe to drink
- drikkeligof good or satisfactory quality
- drikkbarof good or satisfactory quality
Polish pitny, zdatny do picia
- pitnysafe to drink
- zdatny do piciaof good or satisfactory quality
Portuguese potável, bebível
- potávelsafe to drink
- bebívelsafe to drink
Romanian potabil
- potabilsafe to drink
Russian питьево́й
- питьево́й (pitʹjevój)safe to drink
Spanish potable, bebedizo
- potablesafe to drink
- bebedizosafe to drink
- bebiblesafe to drink
- bebestiblesafe to drink
Ukrainian питни́й
- питни́й (pytnýj)safe to drink
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Cite this entry
drinkable. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/drinkable
“drinkable.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/drinkable. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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