Edible

/ˈɛdəbəl/ adjective

Definition

Safe and able to be eaten; not poisonous or harmful if consumed.

Etymology

From Latin 'edibilis,' combining 'edere' (to eat) and the suffix '-ibilis' (able to be). The Latin root 'edere' is the same root that gives us 'comestible' and relates to eating.

Kelly Says

The word 'edible' reminds us that most things we touch aren't meant to be eaten—we had to invent a special word just to mark which things are safe! Babies put everything in their mouths, so this distinction became super important to our ancestors.

Translations

AMአማርኛ
በላ
be-la
ARالعربية
أكل
akl
BNবাংলা
খাদ্য
khaad-y
CACatalà
comestible
koh-mes-ti-ble
CSČeština
jíst
yeest
DADansk
spisbar
spis-bar
DEDeutsch
essbar
es-sar
ELΕλληνικά
φαγώσιμος
fa-go-si-mos
ESEspañol
comestible
koh-mes-ti-ble
FAفارسی
خوراکی
kho-ra-ki
FISuomi
syötävä
syö-tä-vä
FRFrançais
comestible
koh-mes-ti-ble
GUGU
ખાણીયું
khaani-yun
HAHA
abinci
a-bin-ci
HEעברית
אכיל
a-chil
HIहिन्दी
खाने योग्य
khaane yogya
HUMagyar
ehető
e-hű
IDBahasa Indonesia
bisa dimakan
bisa di-ma-kan
IGIG
ọkụ
o-ku
ITItaliano
edibile
e-dee-ble
JA日本語
食べられる
taberu koto ga dekiru
KKKK
жел
jel
KMKM
អាហារ
a-ha-ar
KO한국어
먹을 수 있는
meok-eul su isseun
MRMR
खाण्याजोगा
khaa-nya-jog-a
MSBahasa Melayu
makan
ma-kan
MYမြန်မာ
စားရပါ
sar-ya-pa
NLNederlands
eetbaar
eet-baar
NONorsk
edible
e-di-ble
PAPA
ਖਾਣਯੋਗ
khaan-yog
PLPolski
jadalny
ya-dal-ny
PTPortuguês
comestível
koh-mes-tee-vel
RORomână
comestibil
koh-mes-tee-bil
RUРусский
съедобный
sye-dob-nyy
SVSvenska
ätbar
ät-bar
SWKiswahili
kula
koo-la
TAதமிழ்
உண்ணக்கூடிய
un-na-ka-koo-di-ya
TEతెలుగు
తినగల
ti-na-ga-la
THไทย
กินได้
kin dai
TLTL
kain
kain
TRTürkçe
yenilebilir
yen-i-le-bir
UKУкраїнська
їстівний
yist-iv-nyy
URاردو
کھانے کے قابل
khan-ay kay ka-bal
VITiếng Việt
thức ăn được
thuc an duoc
YOYO
ẹ̀kọ́
e-ko
ZH中文
可食用的
kě shí yòng de
ZUZU
ngathwa
ngath-wa

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