putrescible

English

WOTD – 19 July 2011

Etymology

From Latin putrescere (“to rot”) +‎ -ible.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /pjuːˈtɹɛsɪb(ə)l/

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Adjective

putrescible (comparative more putrescible, superlative most putrescible)

1. Decomposable; capable of becoming putrescent; rottable.
   • 1911, “Dry Rot”, in Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition:

     The burying of wood in water, which dissolves out or alters its putrescible constituents, has long been practised as a means of seasoning.

   • 1995, “Prudent Practices in the Laboratory: Handling and Disposing of Chemicals”, in U.S‎^[1], National Research Council, page 158:

     For waste that is putrescible or may be infectious, on-site incineration is ideal.

   • 2007 April 24, James Barron, “Museum Plans to Move to Its Symbolic Home, ‘Littler Italy’”, in New York Times‎^[2]:

     Some of the storefronts that sell dried clams and sea urchins and putrescible vegetables give it a kind of squalid character.”

Translations

Decomposable; capable of becoming putrescent; rottable

• Arabic: please add this translation if you can
• Armenian: նեխող (nexoġ), փչացող (pʻčʻacʻoġ)
• Catalan: putrescible
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 易腐烂的

• Czech: please add this translation if you can
• Dutch: bederfelijk (nl)
• Finnish: helposti mätänevä, helposti hajoava
• French: putrescible (fr)
• German: verfaulbar, verrottbar
• Hindi: please add this translation if you can
• Icelandic: sem getur rotnað
• Italian: putrescibili (it)
• Japanese: please add this translation if you can
• Korean: please add this translation if you can
• Polish: rozkładający się, rozkładalny, rozkładczy
• Portuguese: putrescível
• Russian: портящийся (ru) (portjaščijsja), подверженный (ru) (podveržennyj) гниению (ru) (gnijeniju)
• Spanish: putrescible (es)
• Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can

Catalan

Adjective

putrescible m or f (masculine and feminine plural putrescibles)

1. putrescible

French

Pronunciation

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Adjective

putrescible (plural putrescibles)

1. putrescible

Further reading

• “putrescible”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.