# practicable
## English
### Alternative forms

* practiceable
* practisable, practiseable (rare)

### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin prācticābilis, partly modelled on Middle French praticable. By surface analysis, practice (verb) +‎ -able.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpɹæktɪkəbəl/
* Audio (US):(file)

### Adjective

practicable (not comparable)
* Capable of being accomplished; feasible.
** 1986, Fred Matheny, Solo Cycling: How to Train and Race Bicycle Time Trials, page 136:The law in most states says that cyclists must ride as far to the right as is practicable.
** 2010 September 13, Publishers Weekly, Gaza in Crisis: Reflections on Israel's War Against the Palestinians‎:This sober and unflinching analysis should be read and reckoned with by anyone concerned with practicable change in the long-suffering region.
** 2023 May 4, Jack Bantock, “Tee-k Tock: The ‘appalling’ slow play controversy riling golf’s biggest stars”, in CNN‎:“The player should usually be able to play more quickly than that and is encouraged to do so,” the guidelines state, with golfers that exceed 40 seconds – AKA “bad time” – “informed as soon as practicable” by a tournament official.
** 2025 January 21, Christian Edwards, “What is the World Health Organization and why does Trump want to leave it?”, in CNN‎:Monday’s executive order called on the secretary of state and director of the Office of Management and Budget to pause funding “with all practicable speed.”
* Serving a useful function; useful, functional or handy.
* Available for use; accessible or employable.
** 1897, Richard Marsh, The Beetle:I glanced up, — there was no trap door which led to the roof. No practicable nook or cranny, in which a living being could lie concealed, was anywhere at hand.

#### Usage notes

Example of use contrasted with practical:
* "While others might agree that it was practical to rewrite the entire section, it was not truly practicable given other considerations."

#### Synonyms

* (capable of being accomplished): feasible, workable
* usable

#### Antonyms

* impracticable

#### Derived terms

* practicability
* practicableness
* practicably

#### Related terms

* practical

#### Translations

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### References

* ↑ “practicable, adj. and n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.

## Catalan
### Etymology

From practicar +‎ -able.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [pɾək.tiˈkab.blə]
* IPA: (Valencia) [pɾak.tiˈka.ble]

### Adjective

practicable m or f (masculine and feminine plural practicables)
* practicable, feasible
    Antonym: impracticable

#### Derived terms

* impracticable

### Further reading

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

## Spanish
### Etymology

From practicar +‎ -able.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /pɾaɡtiˈkable/ [pɾaɣ̞.t̪iˈka.β̞le]
* Rhymes: -able
* Syllabification: prac‧ti‧ca‧ble

### Adjective

practicable m or f (masculine and feminine plural practicables)
* practicable, feasible
    Antonym: impracticable

#### Derived terms

* impracticable
* practicabilidad

### Further reading

* “practicable”, 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