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Definition of potable - 6 dictionary results

po⋅ta⋅ble

  [poh-tuh-buhl]
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–adjective
1. fit or suitable for drinking: potable water.
–noun
2. Usually, potables. drinkable liquids; beverages.
Origin:
1565–75; < LL pōtābilis drinkable, equiv. to L pōtā(re) to drink + -bilis -ble

Related forms:
po⋅ta⋅bil⋅i⋅ty, po⋅ta⋅ble⋅ness, noun
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po·ta·ble   (pō'tə-bəl)   
adj.  Fit to drink.
n.  A beverage, especially an alcoholic beverage: wine and other potables.

[Middle English, from Old French, from Late Latin pōtābilis, from Latin pōtāre, to drink, from pōtus, a drink; see pō(i)- in Indo-European roots.]
po'ta·bil'i·ty, po'ta·ble·ness n.
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Word Origin & History

potable 
1572, from O.Fr. potable (14c.), from L.L. potabilis "drinkable," from L. potare "to drink" (see potion).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: 1po·ta·ble
Pronunciation: 'pOt-&-b&l
Function: adjective
: suitable for drinking <potable water>

Main Entry: 2potable
Function: noun
: a liquid that is suitable for drinking; especially : an alcoholic beverage
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potable po·ta·ble (pō'tə-bəl)
adj.
Fit to drink; drinkable.

po'ta·bil'i·ty or po'ta·ble·ness n.

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