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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.
- Synonyms: ephemeral, shortlived
- Antonyms: imperishable, unperishable
Derived terms
Translations
liable to perish
- Bulgarian: нетраен (bg) (netraen)
- 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)
- Macedonian: нетраен (netraen), расиплив (rasipliv)
- Manx: çherraghtagh
- Marathi: नाशिवंत (nāśivanta)
- Norwegian: lettbedervelig
- Polish: nietrwały (pl)
- Portuguese: perecível (pt)
- Russian: бре́нный (ru) (brénnyj), тле́нный (ru) (tlénnyj), сме́ртный (ru) (smértnyj) (mortal), преходя́щий (ru) (prexodjáščij) (transient)
- Spanish: perecedero (es), caduco (es), efímero (es), perecible
- Welsh: darfodus
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Noun
perishable (plural perishables)
- That which perishes or is short-lived.
- (in the plural) Food that does not keep for long.
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