perishable

English

Etymology

From Middle English *persishable, perysabyl, equivalent to perish +‎ -able. Compare Old French perissable (and modern French périssable).

Adjective

perishable (comparative more perishable, superlative most perishable)

Liable to perish, especially naturally subject to quick decomposition or decay.

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liable to perish

Catalan: perible (ca)
Dutch: beperkt houdbaar, bederfelijk (nl)
Finnish: pilaantuva (fi)
French: périssable (fr)
German: verderblich (de), leichtverderblich (especially food), vergänglich (de), kurzlebig (de), begrenzt haltbar
Gothic: 𐍂𐌹𐌿𐍂𐌴𐌹𐍃 (riureis)
Hungarian: romlandó (hu)
Italian: deperibile (it)
Manx: çherraghtagh
Marathi: नाशिवंत (mr) (nāśivanta)
Norwegian: lettbedervelig
Portuguese: perecível
Spanish: perecedero (es), caduco (es), efímero (es)

Noun

perishable (plural perishables)

That which perishes or is short-lived.
(in the plural) food that does not keep for long.

Translations

that which perishes

Bulgarian: нетраен (bg) (netraen)
German: Vergängliches n
Russian: бре́нный (ru) (brénnyj), тле́нный (ru) (tlénnyj), сме́ртный (ru) (smértnyj) (mortal), преходя́щий (ru) (prexodjáščij) (transient)

food that does not keep

Bulgarian: бързоразвалящ се (bǎrzorazvaljašt se)
Catalan: perible (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 易腐壞的／易腐坏的 (yìfǔhuài de)
Finnish: tuoretuote
French: périssable (fr)
German: Verderbliches n, Leichtverderbliches n
Japanese: 腐りやすい (くさりやすい, kusariyasui)
Russian: по́ртящийся (ru) (pórtjaščijsja), скоропо́ртящийся (ru) (skoropórtjaščijsja)
Spanish: perecedero (es)

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