bearable
Etymology
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Etymology
From Middle English berable, equivalent to bear + -able.
Pronunciation- IPA: /ˈbɛəɹəbəɫ/
bearable (not comparable)
- Able to be borne; tolerable; endurable.
- Able to be borne or carried; portable.
- 2015, Andrew Chignell, Terence Cuneo, Matthew C. Halteman, Philosophy Comes to Dinner: Arguments About the Ethics of Eating:
- A joint cause is neither necessary nor sufficient for an effect—for example, any one of six pallbearers is a joint cause of carrying a coffin bearable by four.
- French: vivable, supportable
- German: erträglich
- Italian: sopportabile
- Portuguese: suportável
- Russian: терпи́мый
- Spanish: soportable, tolerable, llevadero
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