potable
French, adjective/pɔ.tabl/
potable is spelled P-O-T-A-B-L-E (7 letters) and appears 9.1 times per million words in written French, the 7,166th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Potable is a French adjective meaning “potable” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Que l'on peut boire sans danger pour la santé, ou sans répugnance”.
What does potable mean in English?
adjective
- 1
potable
- 2
colloquialOK, passable
Tu penses quoi de la meuf de ton frère ? Potable, sans plus.
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Que l'on peut boire sans danger pour la santé, ou sans répugnance. 2. Acceptable ; correct.
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 potable
- potables plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce potable?
- /pɔ.tabl/
- \pɔ.tabl\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to potable
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is potable in French?
potable appears 9.1 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).