potable C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities US /ˈpoʊtəbəl/ UK /ˈpəʊtəbəl/ See IPA manual Meanings 1 adj safe to drink; a beverage fit for drinking The campers boiled the river water to make it potable. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 adj · safe to drink; a beverage... drinkablequaffablebeveragedrink ↔ Opposites undrinkablenonpotable Word family Derived forms potability Related forms potationpotion Etymology AI details From Late Latin potabilis ('drinkable'), from Latin potare ('to drink'). potabilis Latin potāre Latin *peh₃- Proto-Indo-European View etymology graph -> Topics Describing Qualities Word Formation & Derivatives External links Google Images Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary # potable **Type:** Word **Level:** C2+ **Part of speech:** adj **IPA (US):** /ˈpoʊtəbəl/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈpəʊtəbəl/ ## Meanings 1. safe to drink; a beverage fit for drinking ## Examples - The campers boiled the river water to make it potable. ## Synonyms - drinkable - quaffable - beverage - drink ## Antonyms - undrinkable - nonpotable ## Derived Forms - potability ## Related Forms - potation - potion ## Roots and Affixes - Root: potabilis - Root: potāre - Root: *peh₃- ## Etymology From Late Latin potabilis ('drinkable'), from Latin potare ('to drink'). ## AI Etymology Potable is from Late Latin potabilis ('drinkable'), from Latin potare ('to drink'). Important recorded forms include potabilis (Latin), potāre (Latin), and *peh₃- (Proto-Indo-European). The modern sense follows that older lexical line closely. In current use it covers safe to drink; a beverage fit for drinking. The wider family includes derived forms such as potability and related words such as potation and potion. ## Topics - Describing Qualities - Word Formation & Derivatives markdown