respirable

From respire +‎ -able.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɹɪˈspaɪ(ə)ɹəb(ə)l/, /ˈɹɛsp(ə)ɹəb(ə)l/^[1]

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈɹɛspəɹəb(ə)l/
• Hyphenation: re‧spir‧a‧ble

respirable (comparative more respirable, superlative most respirable)

1. Of air: breathable.

   Antonyms: irrespirable, nonrespirable, unrespirable

2. (biology) Of an organism: capable of respiration.

• reprisable

From respirer +‎ -able.

• IPA^(key): /ʁɛs.pi.ʁabl/

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respirable (plural respirables)

1. breathable, respirable

   Antonym: irrespirable

• irrespirable

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

Borrowed from Late Latin respirābilis, from Latin respirō. Equivalent to respirar +‎ -able.

• IPA^(key): /respiˈɾable/ [res.piˈɾa.β̞le]
• Rhymes: -able
• Syllabification: res‧pi‧ra‧ble

respirable m or f (masculine and feminine plural respirables)

1. breathable, respirable

• “respirable”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025