edible

ed·i·ble  (d-bl)

adj.

Fit to be eaten: edible roots; an edible mushroom.

n.

Something fit to be eaten; food: edibles such as vegetables and meat.

---

[Late Latin edibilis, from Latin edere, to eat; see ed- in Indo-European roots.]

---

edi·bili·ty, edi·ble·ness n.

---

edible

Adjective

fit to be eaten; eatable [Latin edere to eat]

edibility n

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	edible - any substance that can be used as food comestible, eatable, pabulum, victual, victuals food, nutrient - any substance that can be metabolized by an animal to give energy and build tissue tuck - eatables (especially sweets)
Adj.	1.	edible - suitable for use as food comestible, eatable digestible - capable of being converted into assimilable condition in the alimentary canal palatable, toothsome - acceptable to the taste or mind; "palatable food"; "a palatable solution to the problem" tender - easy to cut or chew; "tender beef" inedible, uneatable - not suitable for food

---

edible

adjective safe to eat, harmless, wholesome, palatable, digestible, eatable, comestible (rare) fit to eat, good << OPPOSITE inedible

Translations

edible [ˈɛdɪbl] adj → comestible

---

edible [ˈɛdɪbl] adj → comestible; [meal] → mangeable

---

edible [ˈɛdɪbl] adj → essbar, genießbar

---

edible [ˈɛdɪbl] adj → commestibile; [meal] → mangiabile