degradable

See also: dégradable

English

Etymology

degrade +‎ -able

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): [dɪˈɡɹeɪdəbəɫ]

Adjective

degradable (comparative more degradable, superlative most degradable)

Able to be chemically or biologically degraded.

Derived terms

Related terms

degradation

Translations

that which can be degraded

Catalan: degradable
Dutch: afbreekbaar (nl)
Esperanto: degradebla
Finnish: hajoava (fi)
French: dégradable (fr)
Galician: degradable, degradábel
German: abbaubar (de)
Greek: αποικοδομήσιμος (el) (apoikodomísimos)
Hungarian: lebomló
Italian: degradabile (it)
Polish: podatny (pl) na (pl) rozkład (pl)
Portuguese: degradável
Spanish: degradable
Swedish: nedbrytbar, brytbar

Noun

degradable (plural degradables)

Any material that can be degraded or decomposed.

Galician

Alternative forms

degradábel

Etymology

From degradar +‎ -able.

Adjective

degradable m or f (plural degradables)

degradable

Derived terms

biodegradable

Related terms

degradación

Further reading

“degradable”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, since 2012

Spanish

Etymology

From degradar +‎ -able.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /deɡɾaˈdable/ [d̪e.ɣ̞ɾaˈð̞a.β̞le]
Rhymes: -able
Syllabification: de‧gra‧da‧ble

Adjective

degradable m or f (masculine and feminine plural degradables)

degradable

Derived terms

biodegradable

Related terms

degradación

Further reading

“degradable”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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