viable

From French, from Medieval Latin *vītābilis (“capable of life”), from Latin vīta (“life”); see vital.

• IPA^(key): /ˈvaɪəbəl/

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• Rhymes: -aɪəbəl
• Hyphenation: vi‧a‧ble

viable (comparative more viable, superlative most viable)

1. Able to live on its own (as for a newborn).
2. Able to be done, possible.

   a viable option

3. (biology) Able to live and develop.

• inviable

• viability

viable (plural viables)

1. (biology) An organism that is able to live and develop.

• viable in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• viable in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911

viable (plural viables)

1. viable, feasible

• → Portuguese: viável

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈbjable/ [ˈbja.β̞le]
• Rhymes: -able
• Syllabification: via‧ble

viable (plural viables)

1. viable

• inviable
• viabilidad

• “viable”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014