bearable

English

Etymology

From Middle English berable, equivalent to bear +‎ -able.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɛəɹəbəɫ/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Adjective

bearable (not comparable)

1. Able to be borne; tolerable; endurable.
2. Able to be borne or carried; portable.
   • 2015, Andrew Chignell, Terence Cuneo, Matthew C. Halteman, Philosophy Comes to Dinner: Arguments About the Ethics of Eating:

     A joint cause is neither necessary nor sufficient for an effect—for example, any one of six pallbearers is a joint cause of carrying a coffin bearable by four.

Derived terms

• bearableness
• bearably
• inbearable
• semibearable
• unbearable

Translations

able to be borne

Bulgarian: търпи́м (bg) (tǎrpím), сно́сен (bg) (snósen), поноси́м (bg) (ponosím) Catalan: suportable Czech: snesitelný (cs) m Dutch: draaglijk (nl) Finnish: siedettävä (fi) French: vivable (fr), supportable (fr) German: erträglich (de) Greek: ανεκτός (el) (anektós) Ancient: ἀνεκτός (anektós), φορητός (phorētós) Hungarian: kibírható (hu), elviselhető (hu) Irish: sofhulaingthe Italian: sopportabile (it) Latin: tolerabilis Old English: āberendlīċ Polish: znośny (pl), do wytrzymania Portuguese: suportável (pt) Russian: терпи́мый (ru) (terpímyj), сно́сный (ru) (snósnyj), выноси́мый (ru) (vynosímyj) Spanish: soportable, tolerable (es), llevadero (es) Walloon: eduråve (wa) m or f, sopoirtåve (wa) m or f