English [ edit ] Etymology [ edit ] suit -able
Pronunciation [ edit ] IPA (key ) : /ˈsuːtəbl/ , /ˈsjuːtəbl/ Adjective [ edit ] suitable (comparative more suitable , superlative most suitable )
Having sufficient or the required properties for a certain purpose or task; appropriate to a certain occasion .
2015 February 23, Rachel Janik, “Texas Teacher Will Donate a Kidney to 6-Year-Old Student”, in Time [1] Doctors told Matthew Parker’s family there was only a 1% chance of finding a suitable donor for Matthew because his body had rejected a previous transplant.
Synonyms [ edit ] Antonyms [ edit ] Derived terms [ edit ] Translations [ edit ] appropriate to a certain occasion
Arabic: مُنَاسِب ( munāsib ) , مُلَائِم ( mulāʔim ) , لَائِق ( lāʔiq )
Azerbaijani: uyğun (az)
Bulgarian: подходящ (bg) ( podhodjašt )
Catalan: apropiat (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 合適 ／ 合适 (zh) ( héshì ) , 適當 ／ 适当 (zh) ( shìdàng )
Czech: vhodný (cs) , vyhovující (cs)
Danish: passende egnet
Dutch: geschikt (nl) , passend (nl)
Esperanto: konvena taŭga
Finnish: sopiva (fi) , kelvollinen (fi)
French: approprié (fr) , convenable (fr) , opportun (fr) , idoine (fr)
Galician: axeitado (gl) m
German: geeignet (de) , passend (de) , angemessen (de)
Gothic: 𐍆𐌰𐌲𐍂𐍃 ( fagrs )
Greek: κατάλληλος (el) ( katállilos )
Ancient: πρόσφορος ( prósphoros ) , ἐπιεικής ( epieikḗs ) , ἄρτιος ( ártios )
Hebrew: ראוי (he) ( ra'uy ) , מתאים ( mat'im ) , הולם ( holem )
Hungarian: megfelelő (hu) , illő (hu)
Irish: oiriúnach fóirsteanach
Italian: adatto (it) , idoneo (it) , rispondente (it) , confacente (it) , indicato (it) , appropriato (it) , giusto (it)
Japanese: 相応しい (ja) ( ふさわしい, fusawashii ) , 相応な (ja) ( そうおうな, sōō na ) , 適切な (ja) ( てきせつな, tekisetsu na )
Latin: aptus (la) , idōneus
Latvian: piemērots atbilstošs piederīgs
Macedonian: погоден ( pogoden )
Malay: sesuai (ms)
Malayalam: അനുയോജ്യമായ ( anuyōjyamāya ) , അനുയോജ്യം (ml) ( anuyōjyaṁ )
Manx: cooie
Maori: arotau haratau tau (mi) , tōtika
Middle English: digne
Norwegian: passende (no) , egnet
Portuguese: apropriado (pt) , favorável (pt)
Romanian: adecvat (ro) , convenabil (ro) , potrivit (ro) , nimerit (ro)
Russian: подходя́щий (ru) ( podxodjáščij ) , го́дный (ru) ( gódnyj ) , приго́дный (ru) ( prigódnyj ) , примени́мый (ru) ( primenímyj ) , соотве́тствующий (ru) ( sootvétstvujuščij )
Scottish Gaelic: freagarrach iomchaidh
Slovene: ustrézen (sl)
Spanish: apropiado (es) , indicado (es)
Swedish: lämplig (sv)
Tagalog: hiyang kahiyang
Telugu: తగిన (te) ( tagina ) , యుక్తమైన (te) ( yuktamaina )
Tocharian B: ayāto
Turkish: uygun (tr) , yerinde (tr)
Ukrainian: підходящий ( pidxodjaščyj ) , відповідний ( vidpovidnyj ) , придатний ( prydatnyj )
Vietnamese: phù hợp (vi)
Welsh: addas (cy)
Yiddish: פּאַסיק ( pasik )
See also [ edit ] Further reading [ edit ] “suitable ”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary G. & C. Merriam , 1913 , →OCLC “suitable ”, in The Century Dictionary [ … ] The Century Co. , 1911 , →OCLC Anagrams [ edit ]