edible en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /ˈɛdəbəl/ (General-American)
- [ˈɛdəbɫ̩] (General-American)
- (Southern-England) audio
- [ˈedɪbɫ̩] (Australia)
- /ˈedɪbəl/ (Australia)
- [ˈɛdɪbɫ̩] (Received-Pronunciation)
- /ˈɛdɪbəl/ (Received-Pronunciation)
Etymology
From Late Latin edibilis, from Latin edō (“eat”). Doublet of eatable.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Capable of being eaten without harm; suitable for consumption; innocuous to humans.
edible fruit
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(not-comparable) Capable of being eaten without disgust or disrelish.
However, rather than try to place the Viceroy in a rigid, all-or-none category which implies more than the data show, the Viceroy is here considered more edible than its model, the Monarch, but initially less edible (except to C-2) than the non-mimetic butterflies used in these experiments.
1957, Jane Van Zandt Brower, “Experimental Stdies of Mimicry in Some North American Butterflies”, in Lynne D. Houck, Lee C. Drickamer, editors, Foundations of Animal Behavior: Classic Papers with Commentaries, published 1996, page 81:This gets to the heart of the matter because, in the parthenogenic state, the fruits are more edible (though there are also apparently advantages to pollinated figs, which may be bigger and stronger) and the trees more productive from the human's point of view.
2009, Ephraim Philip Lansky, Helena Maaria Paavilainen, Figs, page 4:Although stale, the bread was edible.
Recently germinated seeds are often even more nutritious from the point of view of humans because the stored chemicals are often transformed into more edible and palatable substances.
2006, Ernest Small, Culinary Herbs, page 17:
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(not-comparable) In which edible plants are grown for human consumption.
To get started, how about creating an edible window box? Sowed in the spring, salad seeds like radish, lettuce and spring onion will germinate so quickly that you'll be harvesting a crop in a month or two.
2021, Rose Ray, Caro Langton, Into Green: Everyday Ways to Find and Lose Yourself in Nature, page 62:Gardens do not contain flowers and ornamental plants, but edible plants. Although edible, these gardens are equally valued for their aesthetic qualities. It is women who collect from edible gardens, […]
2020, Valentina Peveri, The Edible Gardens of Ethiopia, page 7:
Antonyms
Coordinates
potable · delectable · drinkable
Deriveds
nonedible · unedible · edible frog · edible amaranth · edible crab · inedible · edibleness · edibility · edible snail · edible dormouse · edible bean · edible bird's nest · non-edible
Hypernyms
Relateds
Synonyms
palatable · consumable · esculent · stomachable · comestible · esculent · eatworthy · edible · eatable · nibbleable
Translations (97)
vi ăn được (that can be eaten without harm; suitable for consumption) · fy ytber (that can be eaten without harm; suitable for consumption) · ru съедо́бный (that can be eaten without harm; suitable for consumption) · cmn 食用的 (that can be eaten without harm; suitable for consumption) · cy bwytadwy (that can be eaten without harm; suitable for consumption) · br mat da zebriñ (that can be eaten without harm; suitable for consumption) · nl eetbaar (that can be eaten without harm; suitable for consumption) · pt comestível (that can be eaten without harm; suitable for consumption) · ka საკვებად ვარგისი (that can be eaten without harm; suitable for consumption) · sl užiten (that can be eaten without harm; suitable for consumption) · el φαγώσιμος (that can be eaten without harm; suitable for consumption) · eo manĝebla (that can be eaten without harm; suitable for consumption) · ja 食える (that can be eaten without harm; suitable for consumption) · cs jedlý (that can be eaten without harm; suitable for consumption) · lt valgomas (that can be eaten without harm; suitable for consumption) · ka საკვებად გამოსადეგი (that can be eaten without harm; suitable for consumption) · it commestibile (that can be eaten without harm; suitable for consumption) · uk їстівни́й (that can be eaten without harm; suitable for consumption) · fr comestible (that can be eaten without harm; suitable for consumption) · th กินได้ (that can be eaten without harm; suitable for consumption) · mk јадлив (that can be eaten without harm; suitable for consumption) · gl comestíbel (that can be eaten without harm; suitable for consumption) · la edūlis (that can be eaten without harm; suitable for consumption) · es edible (that can be eaten without disgust) · nb spiselig (that can be eaten without harm; suitable for consumption) · it edibile (that can be eaten without harm; suitable for consumption) · fi syömäkelpoinen (that can be eaten without harm; suitable for consumption) · grc βρώσιμος (that can be eaten without harm; suitable for consumption) · la comestibilis (that can be eaten without harm; suitable for consumption) · bg годен за ядене (that can be eaten without harm; suitable for consumption) · fi syötävä (that can be eaten without harm; suitable for consumption) · hy ուտելի (that can be eaten without harm; suitable for consumption) · el εδώδιμος (that can be eaten without harm; suitable for consumption) · ka ჭამადი (that can be eaten without harm; suitable for consumption) · es comible (that can be eaten without disgust) · kw dybradow (that can be eaten without harm; suitable for consumption) · ca comestible (that can be eaten without harm; suitable for consumption) · ast comestible (that can be eaten without harm; suitable for consumption) · de eßbar (that can be eaten without harm; suitable for consumption) · id yg dpt dimakan (that can be eaten without harm; suitable for consumption) · ka საჭმელად ვარგისი (that can be eaten without harm; suitable for consumption) · ro mâncabil (that can be eaten without harm; suitable for consumption) · de essbar (that can be eaten without harm; suitable for consumption) · sh jestiv (that can be eaten without harm; suitable for consumption) · ml ഭക്ഷ്യയോഗ്യമായ (that can be eaten without harm; suitable for consumption) · mr खाण्यायोग्य (that can be eaten without harm; suitable for consumption) · vo fidovik (that can be eaten without harm; suitable for consumption) · lo ກ້ານຈອງ (that can be eaten without harm; suitable for consumption) · sa खाद्य (that can be eaten without harm; suitable for consumption) · ro comestibil (that can be eaten without harm; suitable for consumption) · fr mangeable (that can be eaten without disgust) · pt edível (that can be eaten without harm; suitable for consumption) · sv ätlig (that can be eaten without harm; suitable for consumption) · ga inite (that can be eaten without harm; suitable for consumption) · la esculentus (that can be eaten without harm; suitable for consumption) · bg ядлив (that can be eaten without harm; suitable for consumption) · it edule (that can be eaten without harm; suitable for consumption) · pl zjadliwy (that can be eaten without disgust) · pt comível (that can be eaten without harm; suitable for consumption) · bg я́дък (that can be eaten without harm; suitable for consumption) · id bisa dimakan (that can be eaten without harm; suitable for consumption) · la edibilis (that can be eaten without harm; suitable for consumption) · az yeməli (that can be eaten without harm; suitable for consumption) · az yeyilə bilən (that can be eaten without harm; suitable for consumption) · ja 食用の (that can be eaten without harm; suitable for consumption) · mr खाद्य (that can be eaten without harm; suitable for consumption) · cmn 可吃的 (that can be eaten without harm; suitable for consumption) · ur کھادیہ (that can be eaten without harm; suitable for consumption) · sv ätbar (that can be eaten without harm; suitable for consumption) · az yeyilə biləcək (that can be eaten without harm; suitable for consumption) · ru го́дный в пи́щу (that can be eaten without harm; suitable for consumption) · sh јестив (that can be eaten without harm; suitable for consumption) · br debradus (that can be eaten without harm; suitable for consumption) · pl jadalny (that can be eaten without harm; suitable for consumption) · nrf mangeabl'ye (that can be eaten without harm; suitable for consumption) · scn mancìvili (that can be eaten without disgust) · ar صَالِح لِلْأَكَل (that can be eaten without harm; suitable for consumption) · scn mancìvili (that can be eaten without harm; suitable for consumption) · sk požívateľný (that can be eaten without harm; suitable for consumption) · ia comestibile (that can be eaten without harm; suitable for consumption) · da spiselig (that can be eaten without harm; suitable for consumption) · el βρώσιμος (that can be eaten without harm; suitable for consumption) · gv yn-ee (that can be eaten without harm; suitable for consumption) · fa خوراکی (that can be eaten without harm; suitable for consumption) · hi खाद्य (that can be eaten without harm; suitable for consumption) · es comestible (that can be eaten without harm; suitable for consumption) · eo manĝinda (that can be eaten without disgust) · oc comestible (that can be eaten without harm; suitable for consumption) · hu ehető (that can be eaten without harm; suitable for consumption) · gl comestible (that can be eaten without harm; suitable for consumption) · ja 食べられる (that can be eaten without harm; suitable for consumption) · he אכיל (that can be eaten without harm; suitable for consumption) · be ядо́мы (that can be eaten without harm; suitable for consumption) · eu jangarri (that can be eaten without harm; suitable for consumption) · sk jedlý (that can be eaten without harm; suitable for consumption) · cs poživatelný (that can be eaten without harm; suitable for consumption) · tr yenilebilir (that can be eaten without harm; suitable for consumption)