understandable

understandable

English

Etymology

From Middle English understondable, equivalent to understand +‎ -able.

Adjective

understandable (comparative more understandable, superlative most understandable)

1. Capable of being understood; comprehensible.
2. Capable of being accepted or excused under the circumstances.

Synonyms

• (capable of being understood): comprehensible, understandable; See also Thesaurus:comprehensible
• (capable of being accepted): acceptable, excusable

Antonyms

• (capable of being understood): incomprehensible, unfathomable; See also Thesaurus:incomprehensible
• (capable of being accepted): inexcusable, unacceptable

Translations

capable of being understood

Albanian: kuptueshëm (sq) Arabic: مَفْهُوم‎ (ar) (mafhūm) Armenian: հասկանալի (hy) (haskanali) Catalan: comprensible Czech: pochopitelný (cs), srozumitelný (cs) Danish: forståelig, begribelig Dutch: begrijpelijk (nl) Esperanto: komprenebla Finnish: ymmärrettävä (fi) French: compréhensible (fr), (Canada) comprenable (fr) German: verständlich (de) Hungarian: érthető (hu) Icelandic: skiljanlegur (is), skilmerkilegur (is)

Italian: comprensibile (it) Manx: so-hoiggal Northern Sami: áddehahtti Norwegian: Bokmål: forståelig (no), begripelig, lettfattelig Nynorsk: forståeleg Polish: zrozumiały (pl) m Portuguese: compreensível (pt), entendível (pt) Russian: поня́тный (ru) (ponjátnyj) Serbo-Croatian: razumljiv (sh) Spanish: entendible (es) Swedish: förståelig (sv) Turkish: anlaşılabilir, kavranabilir, kavranılabilir

capable of being accepted or excused

Armenian: հասկանալի (hy) (haskanali) Catalan: comprensible German: verständlich (de) Italian: perdonabile (it), comprensibile (it)

Norwegian: Bokmål: forståelig (no), tilgivelig Portuguese: compreensível (pt) Swedish: förståelig (sv)