Dictionary

legible en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈlɛd͡ʒəbl/

Etymology

From Late Latin legibilis (“that can be read”), from Latin legō.

Meanings

1. Clear enough to be read; readable, particularly of handwriting.
   • Despite hardly having any energy to lift a pen, she left a legible note on the paper.
2. Written or phrased so as to be easy to understand.
   • You can make this program code more legible by using meaningful variable names.

Forms

Antonyms

unreadable · unreadable · illegible

Deriveds

semilegible · legibleness · interlegible · hyperlegible

Relateds

intelligible · legibly · legibility

Synonyms

fair · readable · readable · clear · decipherable · decipherable · clean · clear

Translations (59)

ast lleíble (clear enough to be read) · pt legível (clear enough to be read) · nl leesbaar (clear enough to be read) · it leggibile (clear enough to be read) · ar مَقْرُوء (clear enough to be read) · sv läsbar (clear enough to be read) · uk читабельний (clear enough to be read) · hu kiolvasható (clear enough to be read) · de leserlich (clear enough to be read) · uk розбі́рливий (clear enough to be read) · hu elolvasható (clear enough to be read) · eu irakurterraz (clear enough to be read) · ru удобочита́емый (clear enough to be read) · da læsbar (clear enough to be read) · cmn 可讀的 /可读的 (clear enough to be read) · zyp fiang (clear enough to be read) · mt leġġibbli (clear enough to be read) · ro descifrabil (clear enough to be read) · io lektebla (clear enough to be read) · lb lieserlech (clear enough to be read) · es leíble (clear enough to be read) · ja 読める (clear enough to be read) · el ευανάγνωστος (clear enough to be read) · ro citeț (clear enough to be read) · bg четлив (clear enough to be read) · gl lexíbel (clear enough to be read) · es legible (clear enough to be read) · ro delușit (clear enough to be read) · tr okunabilir (clear enough to be read) · ja 読みやすい (clear enough to be read) · gv so-lhaih (clear enough to be read) · cs čitelný (clear enough to be read) · vi dễ đọc (clear enough to be read) · is læsilegur (clear enough to be read) · he קָרִיא (clear enough to be read) · ru разбо́рчивый (clear enough to be read) · gv lhaihagh (clear enough to be read) · da læselig (clear enough to be read) · yi לייענעוודיק (clear enough to be read) · ja 可読 (clear enough to be read) · bo ཀློག་བདེ་པོ (clear enough to be read) · gl lexible (clear enough to be read) · ga inléite (clear enough to be read) · oc legible (clear enough to be read) · pl czytelny (clear enough to be read) · tr okunaklı (clear enough to be read) · fr lisible (clear enough to be read) · hy ընթեռնելի (clear enough to be read) · ro lizibil (clear enough to be read) · az oxunaqlı (clear enough to be read) · ia legible (clear enough to be read) · fi lukukelpoinen (clear enough to be read) · fi luettava (clear enough to be read) · gv lhaihoil (clear enough to be read) · eo legebla (clear enough to be read) · el αναγνώσιμος (clear enough to be read) · sv läslig (clear enough to be read) · hu olvasható (clear enough to be read) · ca llegible (clear enough to be read)