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語源

The adjective is derived from Late 中期英語 potable (“drinkable, potable”), from Middle French, Old French potable (modern French potable (“drinkable, potable”)), and from its etymon Late Latin pōtābilis (“drinkable, potable”), from Latin pōtāre (“to drink”) + -bilis (suffix forming adjectives indicating a capacity or worth of being acted upon). Pōtāre is the present active infinitive of pōtō (“to drink”), from Proto-Italic *pōtos, from Proto-Indo-European *peh₃- (“to drink”).

The English word is cognate with Catalan potable, Italian potabile, Spanish potable.

The noun is derived from the adjective.

発音

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈpəʊtəbəl/, (non-standard) /ˈpɒt-/
• (General American) IPA: /ˈpoʊtəbəl/, (non-standard) /ˈpɑt-/
• Homophone: pottable (non-standard)
• (Indic) IPA: /poː.ʈə.bᵻl/
  • Homophone: portable (non-rhotic)
• ハイフネーション: pot‧a‧ble

形容詞

potable (comparative more potable, superlative most potable)

1. (formal) Good for drinking without fear of waterborne disease or poisoning.

   Synonyms: drinkable, drinkworthy

   Hypernyms: ingestible, swallowable, consumable

   Coordinate terms: comestible, edible, eatable, eatworthy

   potable water

   The water from this river should not be considered potable without disinfection: you may be OK if you drink it raw, but you're gambling if you do so.

派生語

参考

名詞

potable (plural potables)

1. Any drinkable liquid; a beverage.
   • 1708, [John Philips], “(please specify the page)”, in Cyder. […], London: […] J[acob] Tonson, […], →OCLC:

     When solar beams / Parch thirsty human veins, the damask'd meads, / Unforc'd display ten thousand painted flow'rs / Useful in potables.

派生語

• potent potable

参照

Further reading

• drinking water on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

アナグラム

• optable

発音

• IPA: /pɔˈtaːbəl/, /pɔːˈtaːbəl/

形容詞

potable (rare, Late Middle English)

1. Suitable for drinking; potable.

派生した語

• English: potable

参照

• “pō̆tāble, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 22 August 2018.