Meanings
adjectivefordable (comparative more fordable, superlative most fordable)
comparative more fordable · superlative most fordable
- Able to be forded.
However, there were a number of fordable spots in the vicinity.
1990, Peter Hopkirk, The Great Game, Folio Society, published 2010, page 661 more example
There, if you are in luck, you will find the tide out and the place fordable dryshod for a man on a horse.
1902, John Buchan, The Outgoing of the Tide
Synonyms & antonyms
Opposite
adjectiveshallow enough to be crossed by walking or riding on an animal or in a vehicle
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Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*per-
- Proto-Indo-European*pértus
- Proto-Germanic*furduz
- Proto-West Germanic*furdu
- Old Englishford
- Englishford
- Englishfordable
Translations
Ancient Greek διαβατός
- διαβατός (diabatós)able to be forded
Dutch doorwaadbaar
- doorwaadbaarable to be forded
Finnish kahlattava
- kahlattavaable to be forded
French guéable
- guéableable to be forded
German durchquerbar, seicht
- durchquerbarable to be forded
- seichtable to be forded
- durchwatbarable to be forded
Italian guadabile, guadoso
- guadabileable to be forded
- guadosoable to be forded
Polish dający się brodzić
- dający się brodzićable to be forded
Spanish vadeable
- vadeableable to be forded
Cite this entry
APA
fordable. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fordable
MLA
“fordable.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fordable. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “fordable,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fordable.
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