# vendible
## English
### Alternative forms

* vendable

### Etymology

From Latin vendibilis, from vendere (“to sell”).

### Pronunciation

* (UK) IPA: /ˈvɛndɪb(ə)l/

### Adjective

vendible (comparative more vendible, superlative most vendible)
* Salable; able to be bought, sold, or traded.
** 1644, John Milton, Areopagitica; a Speech of Mr. John Milton for the Liberty of Unlicenc’d Printing, to the Parlament of England, London: [s.n.], →OCLC, page 28:But as for the multitude of Sermons ready printed and pil'd up, on every text that is not difficult, our London trading St. Thomas in his veſtry, and adde to boot St. Martin, and St. Hugh, have not within their hallow'd limits more vendible ware of all ſorts ready made: […]
** 1625, Francis [Bacon], “Of Seditions and Troubles”, in The Essayes […], 3rd edition, London: […] Iohn Haviland for Hanna Barret, →OCLC:the regulating of prices of things vendible
** 1837, Thomas Carlyle, The French Revolution: A History […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), London: Chapman and Hall, →OCLC, (please specify the book or page number):[I]f thou have any vendible faculty, nay if thou have but edacity and loquacity, come!

#### Usage notes

* Vendible indicates that something can be sold, whereas marketable signifies that it is proper or fit to be sold, according to regulations and customs.

#### Derived terms

* vendibility

#### Translations
### Noun

vendible (plural vendibles)
* Anything that can be bought and sold.
** 2008 June 12, “Americans Living in a Material World”, in New York Times‎:One thing for sure, with the way the free-market purists have turned everything from political representation to health care to spiritual redemption into mere vendibles, they won’t be pleased with him for pushing this particular line of inquiry.

## Catalan
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin vendibilis.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [bənˈdib.blə]
* IPA: (Balearic) [vənˈdib.blə]
* IPA: (Valencia) [venˈdi.ble]

### Adjective

vendible m or f (masculine and feminine plural vendibles)
* saleable, sellable
    Antonym: invendible

#### Derived terms

* invendible
* vendibilitat

#### Related terms

* vendre

### Further reading

* “vendible” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
* “vendible”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
* “vendible” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
* “vendible” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

## Galician
### Alternative forms

* vendíbel

### Etymology

From Latin vendibilis.

### Adjective

vendible m or f (plural vendibles)
* saleable, sellable
    Antonym: invendible

#### Related terms

* vender

### Further reading

* “vendible”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025

## Spanish
### Etymology

From Latin vendibilis.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /benˈdible/ [bẽn̪ˈd̪i.β̞le]
* Rhymes: -ible
* Syllabification: ven‧di‧ble

### Adjective

vendible m or f (masculine and feminine plural vendibles)
* saleable, sellable
    Antonym: invendible

#### Related terms

* vender

### Further reading

* “vendible”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10