viable

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from French viable (further from Latin vīta), with semantic influence of Latin viābilis (“passable”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈvaɪəbəl/ Rhymes: -aɪəbəl Hyphenation: vi‧a‧ble === Adjective === viable (comparative more viable, superlative most viable) Able to live on its own (as for a newborn). Able to be done, possible, practicable, feasible. Capable of working successfully (biology) Able to live and develop. ==== Antonyms ==== inviable ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Noun === viable (plural viables) (biology) An organism that is able to live and develop. ==== Further reading ==== “viable”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. “viable”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, editors (1895–1910), “viable”, in The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. == French == === Etymology === From vie (“life”) +‎ -able. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /vjabl/ === Adjective === viable (plural viables) (biology) viable (that can live, that can survive) (figuratively) viable, feasible ==== Derived terms ==== viablement viabilité ==== Descendants ==== → Portuguese: viável ==== See also ==== durable === Further reading === “viable”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Spanish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbjable/ [ˈbja.β̞le] Rhymes: -able Syllabification: via‧ble === Adjective === viable m or f (masculine and feminine plural viables) viable ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “viable”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025