Meanings
importable1
comparative more importable · superlative most importable
- obsoleteInsupportable, unbearable.
So both attonce him charge on either side, / With hideous strokes, and importable powre […]
1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto VIII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC
importable2
comparative more importable · superlative most importable
- Capable of being imported.
plural importables
- Something that can be imported.
Then the nominal rates of assistance from these measures are calculated for 20 agricultural products, 14 of which are classified as exportables and 6 as importables.
2015 July, Peter Lloyd, Donald MacLaren, “Assistance to Australian Agriculture from Federation to World War II”, in Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics (via SSRN)
Origin
importable · adjective
- Middle Frenchimportable
- Middle Frenchimportable
- Englishimportable
Borrowed from Middle French importable.
More words from Middle French
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Catalan importable
- importableable to be imported
French importable
- importableable to be imported
Greek εισαγώγιμος
- εισαγώγιμος (eisagógimos)able to be imported
Italian importabile
- importabileable to be imported
Portuguese importável
- importávelable to be imported
Spanish importable
- importableable to be imported
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Cite this entry
importable. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/importable
“importable.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/importable. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “importable,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/importable.
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