İngilizce

drinkable

gb/dɹˈɪŋkəbəl/ us/dɹˈɪŋkəbəl/
B2 İngilizce
Anlamlar
0 anlam
adjective B2 property
1

safe and suitable to drink

You can drink it safely.

Kullanım kalıbı: drinkable [liquid]
Sık yapılan hata:
Learners sometimes think drinkable means 'alcoholic'; it mainly means 'safe to drink'.
Eş anlamlılar
potable (More formal/technical, used especially for water.) | safe to drink (Common plain-language equivalent.)
Zıt anlamlılar
undrinkable (Not safe or not fit to drink.) | contaminated (Specifically emphasizes pollution or germs.)
Eşdizimler
drinkable water |drinkable tap water |drinkable supply |drinkable groundwater |clean and drinkable |safe and drinkable |fully drinkable |not drinkable |make it drinkable |treated to be drinkable
Konular
food_and_drink |health |daily_life |environment
Örnekler
  • After the storm, the city warned residents that the tap water was not drinkable.
  • The filter removes bacteria and makes the water drinkable.
  • In some villages, only one well provides drinkable water year-round.
Öğrenenler için örnekler
  • This water is drinkable.
  • Is the tap water drinkable here?
adjective B2 property
2

tastes good enough to drink

It tastes OK (not terrible).

Kullanım kalıbı: drinkable [drink]
Sık yapılan hata:
This meaning is about taste/quality, not safety; context usually makes that clear.
Eş anlamlılar
palatable (More formal; means 'pleasant enough to taste'.) | acceptable (Neutral; focuses on meeting a basic standard.)
Zıt anlamlılar
undrinkable (So unpleasant (or poor quality) that you cannot drink it.) | foul-tasting (Emphasizes very bad taste.)
Eşdizimler
barely drinkable |quite drinkable |surprisingly drinkable |perfectly drinkable |still drinkable |drinkable wine |drinkable coffee |drinkable beer |more drinkable |less drinkable
Konular
food_and_drink |daily_life
Örnekler
  • The instant coffee was weak, but still drinkable.
  • It’s not a great bottle of wine, but it’s drinkable.
  • By the time the ice melted, the soda was flat and barely drinkable.
Öğrenenler için örnekler
  • The tea is drinkable, but it needs sugar.
Dil bilgisi
Sözlük biçimi
drinkable
IPA
GB/dɹˈɪŋkəbəl/
US/dɹˈɪŋkəbəl/
Heceler ve vurgu
drink - able (2 hece)
Stress on 1st syllable (drink)
Kelime biçimleri
Adjective
  • Base: drinkable
Kelime ailesi
Core family
drink verb A1 drinker noun
Related words
drunk adjective A2 drunken adjective B2
Negative and opposite forms
undrinkable adjective
Advanced or less common
drinkability noun
İfadeler

make [something] drinkable

1
/mˈeɪk sˈʌmθɪŋ dɹˈɪŋkəbəl/
fixed phrase

treat liquid so it’s safe

Make it safe to drink.

Örnekler
  • Boiling the water for one minute will make it drinkable.
  • The new treatment plant can make river water drinkable in a few hours.
  • In an emergency, purification tablets can help make water drinkable.

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