comestible

Etymology
Borrowed from, or its source, , from , from (English ) +  (as in English ), from  (whence also English ). Cognate with 🇨🇬.

Attested as adjective in late 15th century, from 🇨🇬, but fell from use in the 17th century, thence reintroduced from Modern French in 19th century.

Corresponding terms in various Romance languages, more distant cognates include Portuguese and Spanish.

Adjective

 * 1) Suitable to be eaten; edible.

Usage notes
Relatively formal; is the usual term, while  is rather informal.

Translations

 * Arabic: صَالِح لِلْأَكَل
 * Armenian:
 * Bulgarian: ядлив
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech:, poživatelný
 * Danish: spiselige
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:, syömäkelpoinen
 * French:
 * German:, , Speise-
 * Greek:
 * Italian:, ,
 * Japanese: 食べられる, 食用に適する
 * Korean: 먹을 수 있는
 * Mongolian: хүнсний нөөц
 * Norwegian: spiselig
 * Persian:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Slovak:, požívateľný
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish: ,
 * Turkish: yenebilir,
 * Ukrainian:

Noun

 * 1)  Anything that can be eaten; food.
 * 2) * June 4th, 1989, “Pete Granger” (username), Hack Tutorial, Part 03/03, :
 * For instance, a food ration can be polymorphed into a carrot, a tripe ration, or any other comestible.
 * 1) * June 4th, 1989, “Pete Granger” (username), Hack Tutorial, Part 03/03, :
 * For instance, a food ration can be polymorphed into a carrot, a tripe ration, or any other comestible.
 * For instance, a food ration can be polymorphed into a carrot, a tripe ration, or any other comestible.

Usage notes
Rather formal; the simple term is far more common. Similarly, the term often serves as a formal equivalent of the more common. In both cases, the more elevated term (comestible, beverage) is of French origin, while the plain term (food, drink) is of Old English origin, and this stylistic difference by origin is common; see.

Translations

 * Armenian: ,
 * Bulgarian:, хранителни продукти
 * Czech:, poživatina
 * Finnish:
 * German: ,
 * Greek: ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Volapük: fidadin

Etymology
Borrowed from, from.

Adjective

 * 1)  that can be eaten without harm; suitable for consumption

Etymology
, from.

Noun

 * 1)  comestibles, edibles

Etymology
, from.

Etymology
Borrowed from, from.

Adjective

 * 1) edible

Noun

 * , edible

Etymology
Borrowed from, from.

Adjective

 * 1) edible

Etymology
, from.

Adjective

 * 1) edible,

Usage notes

 * Not to be confused with.

Noun

 * 1)  groceries,, food