passable
French, adjective/pa.sabl/
passable is spelled P-A-S-S-A-B-L-E (8 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 41,708th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Passable is a French adjective meaning “passable; tolerable; fair” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui peut passer, qui peut être admis, comme n’étant pas mauvais dans son genre”.
What does passable mean in English?
adjective
- 1
passable; tolerable; fair
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui peut passer, qui peut être admis, comme n’étant pas mauvais dans son genre.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of passable
- passables plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce passable?
- /pa.sabl/
- /pɑ.sabl/
- \pa.sabl\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to passable
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is passable in French?
passable appears about once in every 2 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).