bearable en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ˈbɛəɹəbəɫ/
Etymology
From Middle English berable, equivalent to bear + -able.
Meanings
- (not-comparable) Able to be borne; tolerable; endurable.
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(not-comparable) Able to be borne or carried; portable.
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.
2015, Andrew Chignell, Terence Cuneo, Matthew C. Halteman, Philosophy Comes to Dinner: Arguments About the Ethics of Eating:
Deriveds
unbearable · bearably · semibearable · bearableness · inbearable
Synonyms
endurable · tolerable · handcarried · livable · transportable · carriable · withstandable · totable · portatile · portable · abideable · shiftable · grab-and-go · livable · survivable · bearable · transportable · portatile · supportable · abideable · shiftable · sufferable · fieldable · portable · portative · bearable · survivable
Translations (30)
it sopportabile (able to be borne) · bg сно́сен (able to be borne) · bg търпи́м (able to be borne) · grc φορητός (able to be borne) · es tolerable (able to be borne) · pl do wytrzymania (able to be borne) · grc ἀνεκτός (able to be borne) · es soportable (able to be borne) · cs snesitelný (able to be borne) · wa eduråve (able to be borne) · ru терпи́мый (able to be borne) · ru выноси́мый (able to be borne) · ga sofhulaingthe (able to be borne) · fr supportable (able to be borne) · wa sopoirtåve (able to be borne) · ang āberendlīċ (able to be borne) · pt suportável (able to be borne) · ca suportable (able to be borne) · es llevadero (able to be borne) · la tolerabilis (able to be borne) · hu elviselhető (able to be borne) · fr vivable (able to be borne) · nl draaglijk (able to be borne) · bg поноси́м (able to be borne) · ru сно́сный (able to be borne) · fi siedettävä (able to be borne) · de erträglich (able to be borne) · pl znośny (able to be borne) · el ανεκτός (able to be borne) · hu kibírható (able to be borne)