navigable

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(năv'ĭ-gə-bəl) pronunciation
adj.
  1. Sufficiently deep or wide to provide passage for vessels: navigable waters; a navigable river.
  2. That can be steered. Used of boats, ships, or aircraft.
navigability nav'i·ga·bil'i·ty or nav'i·ga·ble·ness n.
navigably nav'i·ga·bly adv.

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adjective

    Capable of being passed, traversed, or crossed: negotiable, passable. See open/close.

adj. (of a waterway or sea) able to be sailed on by ships or boats.

navigability n.

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - farbar, sejlbar

Nederlands (Dutch)
bevaarbaar, zeewaardig, bestuurbaar

Français (French)
adj. - navigable, dirigeable

Deutsch (German)
adj. - schiffbar, befahrbar, lenkbar, steuerbar

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - πλωτός

Italiano (Italian)
navigabile, manovrabile

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - navegável

Русский (Russian)
судоходный, управляемый

Español (Spanish)
adj. - navegable, gobernable, dirigible

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - segelbar, farbar, manöverduglig, styrbar

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
可航行的, 适于航行的, 可通船的

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 可航行的, 適於航行的, 可通船的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 항행할 수 있는, 조종이 가능한

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 航行可能な, 航行に耐え得る, 航行できる, 操縦できる

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) صالح للملاحه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮עביר (נהר וכו'), בר-ניווט, כשיר להפלגה‬


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