rentable

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

English rent

Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom

Proto-Italic *-ðlom

Proto-Italic *-ðlis

Latin -bilis

Latin -ābilis

Old French -ablebor.

Middle English -able

English -able

English rentable

From rent + -able.

Adjective

rentable (comparative more rentable, superlative most rentable)

1. suitable for, or capable of being, rented

   Antonym: unrentable

   That apartment isn't rentable because it failed its building inspection.

Derived terms

• nonrentable

Translations

suitable for, or capable of being, rented

• Hungarian: bérelhető (hu)

Anagrams

• Brantlee

Catalan

Etymology

From rentar +‎ -able.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central) [rənˈtab.blə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [renˈta.ble]
• IPA^(key): (Northwestern) [renˈtab.ble]

• Audio (Barcelona):

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• Rhymes: -ablə, -able

Adjective

rentable m or f (masculine and feminine plural rentables)

1. washable

French

Etymology

From rente +‎ -able.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁɑ̃.tabl/

Adjective

rentable (plural rentables)

1. profitable; cost-effective

Derived terms

• rentabiliser

Descendants

• → Danish: rentabel
• → Portuguese: rentável
• → Turkish: rantabl

Further reading

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

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Spanish renta

Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom

Proto-Italic *-ðlom

Proto-Italic *-ðlis

Latin -bilis

Latin -ābilis

Old Spanish -abile

Spanish -able

Spanish rentable

From renta (“income, revenue”) + -able.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /renˈtable/ [rẽn̪ˈt̪a.β̞le]
• Rhymes: -able
• Syllabification: ren‧ta‧ble

Adjective

rentable m or f (masculine and feminine plural rentables)

1. profitable, yielding income

   Synonym: lucrativo

Derived terms

• rentabilidad f

Further reading

• “rentable”, 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