potable

C2+ Topic:Food & Drink

US /ˈpoʊtəbəl/ UK /ˈpəʊtəbəl/ See IPA manual

adj noun

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adj
safe to drink; a beverage fit for drinking

The campers boiled the river water to make it potable.

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Synonyms

1 adj · safe to drink; a beverage... drinkable quaffable beverage drink

Opposites

undrinkablenonpotable

Word family

Derived forms potability

Related forms potationpotion

Etymology

From Late Latin potabilis ('drinkable'), from Latin potare ('to drink').

potabilis Latin potāre Latin *peh₃- Proto-Indo-European

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# potable

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** adj, noun
**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
- Food & Drink
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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