Meanings
nounwalkability (usually uncountable, plural walkabilities)
plural walkabilities
- uncountableusuallyThe quality of being walkable.
This neighborhood has great walkability.
1 more example
For Darren Roach, 42, a Chicago native, walkability and night life were crucial when it came time to buy a home.
2019 November 19, Debra Kamin, “North Park, San Diego: The Rewards of ‘Walkability’”, in The New York Times
Origin
From walkable + -ity or walk + -ability.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Basque ibilgarritasun
- ibilgarritasunbeing walkable
Chinese Mandarin 可步行性
- 可步行性being walkable
Esperanto piedireblo
- piedireblobeing walkable
French marchabilité
- marchabilitébeing walkable
Italian camminabilità
- camminabilitàbeing walkable
Portuguese caminhabilidade
- caminhabilidadebeing walkable
Romanian accesibilitate pietonală, pietonalitate
- accesibilitate pietonalăbeing walkable
- pietonalitatebeing walkable
Spanish caminabilidad
- caminabilidadbeing walkable
Swedish promenadvänlighet
- promenadvänlighetbeing walkable
Cite this entry
APA
walkability. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/walkability
MLA
“walkability.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/walkability. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “walkability,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/walkability.
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