accessible

accessible

English

Etymology

First attested in 1400, from French, from Late Latin accessibilis, from accessus, perfect passive participle of accēdō (“approach”)

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /əkˈsɛs.ə.bəl/

  • Audio (UK)

    (file)

Adjective

accessible (comparative more accessible, superlative most accessible)

1. Easy of access or approach. [from 1640s]

   Synonym: approachable

   an accessible town or mountain

2. (specifically) Built or designed as to be usable by people with disabilities.

   an accessible website

   accessible public transport

3. (of a person) Easy to get along with.

   Synonyms: easy-going, friendly, welcoming

4. (followed by to) Open to the influence of.
   • 1890, Thomas Babington Macaulay, The History of Herodotus:

     Minds accessible to reason.

5. Obtainable; to be got at.
   • 1849–1861, Thomas Babington Macaulay, The History of England from the Accession of James the Second, volume (please specify |volume=I to V), London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, OCLC 1069526323:

     The materials, however, which are at present accessible, are sufficient for the construction of a narrative not to be read without shame and loathing.

6. (art, literature) Easily understood or appreciated. [from 1961]
   • 2015, Rose Bretécher, Pure, →ISBN:

     But something new was rippling through a million MySpace profiles. The sound was electro, and bass-laced synthetic dance pop would soon start streaming in from producers in Paris, dizzying the twenteens of Britain with its accessible, anthemic funk.

7. Capable of being used or seen.

Antonyms

• inaccessible

Derived terms

• accessibility
• accessibly
• handicapped-accessible

Translations

easy of access or approach

Armenian: հասանելի (hy) (hasaneli) Belarusian: дасту́пны (be) (dastúpny), дасяга́льны (dasjahálʹny) Bulgarian: достъ́пен (bg) (dostǎ́pen), достижи́м (bg) (dostižím) Catalan: accessible (ca) Czech: dostupný (cs), přístupný (cs) Danish: tilgængelig (da) Dutch: toegankelijk (nl) Esperanto: alirebla Estonian: ligipääsetav Finnish: helppopääsyinen French: accessible (fr) Galician: accesible (gl), accesíbel (gl) Georgian: მისაწვდომი (misac̣vdomi) German: zugänglich (de) Greek: προσιτός (el) (prositós) Ancient: βάσιμος (básimos) Hungarian: megközelíthető (hu) Interlingua: accessibile Italian: accessibile (it) Kazakh: қолжетімді (qoljetımdı) Latin: patens Macedonian: достапен (dostapen) Norwegian: Bokmål: tilgjengelig (no) Nynorsk: tilgjengeleg Polish: dostępny (pl) Portuguese: acessível (pt) Romanian: accesibil (ro) Russian: досту́пный (ru) (dostúpnyj), достижи́мый (ru) (dostižímyj) Sanskrit: सुगम (sa) (sugama) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: до̀ступан, при̏ступа̄чан Roman: dòstupan (sh), prȉstupāčan (sh) Slovak: dostupný, prístupný Slovene: dostopen Spanish: accesible (es), asequible (es) Swedish: tillgänglig (sv) Turkish: erişilebilir (tr) Ukrainian: досту́пний (dostúpnyj), дося́жний (dosjážnyj), досяжни́й (dosjažnýj) Welsh: hygyrch

built or designed as to be usable by people with disabilities

Finnish: esteetön (fi) (built environment), saavutettava (fi) (digital services) German: barrierefrei (de) Hungarian: akadálymentes (hu), akadálymentesített (hu)

of a person, approachable

Catalan: accessible (ca) Danish: tilgængelig (da) Estonian: kättesaadav Finnish: lähestyttävä French: accessible (fr) Galician: accesible (gl), accesíbel (gl) German: zugänglich (de) Greek: προσιτός (el) (prositós) Portuguese: acessível (pt) Russian: досту́пный (ru) (dostúpnyj) Spanish: accesible (es), abordable (es) Swedish: tillgänglig (sv) Turkish: erişilebilir (tr)

obtainable

Bulgarian: постижи́м (bg) (postižím) Finnish: saatavilla oleva French: accessible (fr) Galician: accesible (gl), accesíbel (gl) Greek: προσιτός (el) (prositós) Hungarian: hozzáférhető (hu) Romanian: accesibil (ro) m or n Russian: досту́пный (ru) (dostúpnyj)

open to the influence of

Bulgarian: пода́тлив (bg) (podátliv) Danish: modtagelig Finnish: avoin (fi) Galician: accesible (gl), accesíbel (gl) Russian: поддаю́щийся (ru) (poddajúščijsja), пода́тливый (ru) (podátlivyj) Swedish: mottaglig (sv)

easily understood

Bulgarian: поня́тен (bg) (ponjáten) Danish: letforståelig Esperanto: facile komprenebla Finnish: ymmärrettävissä oleva Galician: accesible (gl), accesíbel (gl) German: zugänglich (de) Greek: προσιτός (el) (prositós) Italian: accessibile (it) Portuguese: acessível (pt) Russian: досту́пный (ru) (dostúpnyj), поня́тный (ru) (ponjátnyj) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: при̏ступа̄чан Roman: prȉstupāčan (sh) Swedish: lättbegriplig (sv) Turkish: kolayca anlaşılır, kolay anlaşılan

Further reading

• “accessible”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

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Catalan

Etymology

From Late Latin accessibilis (“accessible”), from accessus, perfect passive participle of accēdō (“approach”).

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /ək.səˈsi.blə/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ak.seˈsi.ble/

Adjective

accessible (masculine and feminine plural accessibles)

1. accessible
2. approachable (of people)
   • 2015 May 19, Andrés Vicent, ““Portem quatre anys de campanya intensa””, in El Punt Avui‎, retrieved 1 August 2022:

     Hem sigut gent molt accessible, hem fet tot el que ha estat a les nostres mans i coneguem els problemes socials de Silla.

     We've been very approachable people, we've done everything in our power and we know Silla's social issues.

Antonyms

• inaccessible

Derived terms

• accessibilitat
• inaccessible

Further reading

• “accessible” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

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French

Etymology

From Late Latin accessibilis (“accessible”), from accessus, perfect passive participle of accēdō (“approach”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ak.sɛ.sibl/, /ak.se.sibl/

• Audio (France, Paris)

  (file)

• Homophone: accessibles
• Hyphenation: ak‧se‧ssible

Adjective

accessible (plural accessibles)

1. (of a place, information, etc.) accessible, attainable, obtainable, available
2. (of a price) affordable
3. (of a person) approachable

Antonyms

• inaccessible

Derived terms

• accessibilité

Further reading

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