perishable

English

Etymology

From Middle English *persishable, perysabyl, equivalent to perish +‎ -able. Compare Old French perissable (and modern French périssable).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

perishable (comparative more perishable, superlative most perishable)

1. Liable to perish, especially naturally subject to quick decomposition or decay.

   Synonyms: ephemeral, shortlived

   Antonyms: imperishable, unperishable

   perishable goods

   perishable foodstuffs

Derived terms

• nonperishable
• perishability
• perishableness
• perishably

Translations

liable to perish

Bulgarian: нетраен (bg) (netraen) Catalan: perible (ca) Dutch: beperkt houdbaar, bederfelijk (nl) Finnish: pilaantuva (fi) French: périssable (fr) German: verderblich (de), leichtverderblich (especially food), vergänglich (de), kurzlebig (de), begrenzt haltbar Gothic: 𐍂𐌹𐌿𐍂𐌴𐌹𐍃 (riureis) Hindi: विनाशी (hi) (vināśī), नश्वर (hi) (naśvar) Hungarian: romlandó (hu) Italian: deperibile (it) Macedonian: нетраен (netraen), расиплив (rasipliv) Manx: çherraghtagh Marathi: नाशिवंत (nāśivanta) Norwegian: lettbedervelig Polish: nietrwały (pl) Portuguese: perecível (pt) Russian: бре́нный (ru) (brénnyj), тле́нный (ru) (tlénnyj), сме́ртный (ru) (smértnyj) (mortal), преходя́щий (ru) (prexodjáščij) (transient) Spanish: perecedero (es), caduco (es), efímero (es), perecible, fallidero (dated) Welsh: darfodus

Noun

perishable (plural perishables)

1. That which perishes or is short-lived.
2. (in the plural) Food that does not keep for long.

Translations

that which perishes

German: Vergängliches n

food that does not keep

Chinese: Mandarin: (please verify) 易腐壞的 / 易腐坏的 (yìfǔhuài de) Dutch: bederfelijke eetwaren pl, bederfelijke levensmiddelen pl Finnish: tuoretuote French: denrées périssables f pl German: Verderbliches n, Leichtverderbliches n Japanese: (please verify) 腐りやすい (くさりやすい, kusariyasui) Macedonian: расиплива храна f (rasipliva hrana) Russian: скоропортящиеся продукты m pl (skoropórtjaščijesja prodúkty)