applicable

English

Etymology

From Old French applicable, from Medieval Latin applicabilis.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /əˈplɪkəbəl/, /ˈæplɪkəbəl/^[1]
Audio (US): (file)

Adjective

applicable (comparative more applicable, superlative most applicable)

Suitable for application, relevant.
This rule is not applicable to the longer-standing members of the club.

Synonyms

appropriate; See also Thesaurus:suitable or Thesaurus:pertinent

Antonyms

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

suitable for application; relevant

Arabic: قابل للتطبيق
Bulgarian: приложим (bg) (priložim)
Catalan: aplicable
Chinese:
Mandarin: 適用 / 适用 (zh) (shìyòng)
Czech: aplikovatelný
Danish: anvendelig
Dutch: toepasselijk (nl)
Finnish: sopiva (fi), soveltuva (fi)
French: applicable (fr)
Galician: aplicable (gl), aplicábel (gl)
German: anwendbar (de), relevant (de)
Greek: εφαρμόσιμος (el) m (efarmósimos)
Hungarian: alkalmazható (hu)
Indonesian: berlaku (id), sesuai (id)
Korean: 적용할 수 있는 (jeogyonghal su inneun)
Polish: odpowiedni (pl), dotyczący (pl), odnoszący się m
Portuguese: aplicável (pt)
Romanian: aplicabil (ro) m, adecvat (ro) m, potrivit (ro) m
Russian: примени́мый (ru) (primenímyj), подходя́щий (ru) (podxodjáščij), приго́дный (ru) (prigódnyj)
Spanish: aplicable, pertinente (es), aplicadero (disused)
Swedish: tillämplig (sv), passande (sv), användbar (sv)

References

^ Ross, Alan S. C. (1970), “applicable”, in How to pronounce it‎^[1], London: Hamish Hamilton, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 36.

French

Etymology

From appliquer +‎ -able.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /a.pli.kabl/
Audio (France (Brétigny-sur-Orge)): (file)
Audio (France (Somain)): (file)

Adjective

applicable (plural applicables)

applicable

Further reading

“applicable”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.