Dictionary

workability en · NOUN

Etymology

Etymology tree English work Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Italic *-ðlom Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Proto-Italic *-tāts Latin -tās Latin -abilitas Middle French -abletébor. Middle English -ablete English -ability English workability From work + -ability.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) The ease with which something can be worked or fashioned.
2. (countable, uncountable) The quality of being workable; practical capacity to succeed.
   • I dispute the workability of the new plan.

Forms

Deriveds

unworkability · teleworkability

Translations (4)

fi työstettävyys (ease with which something can be worked) · fr ouvrabilité (ease with which something can be worked) · ro lucrabilitate (ease with which something can be worked) · it lavorabilità (ease with which something can be worked)