readable.
Legible, possible to read or at least decipher.
Meaning & usage
Legible, possible to read or at least decipher.
If that sign were still readable we'd know where we are!
Which can be read—i.e. accessed or played—by a certain technical type of device.
No sale, those aren't readable with my DVD-player!
Enjoyable to read, of an acceptable stylistic quality or at least functionally composed.
These assembly instructions aren't readable, I still don't have a clue how to start!
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree English read Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Italic *-ðlom Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English readable From read + -able.
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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.