disponible

See also: dispoñible

English

Etymology

From French disponible and similar words in related languages. Doublet of disposable.

Adjective

disponible

1. (nonstandard, rare, non-native speakers' English) Available.
   • 2009, Lucy Wadham, The Secret Life of France, Faber & Faber, →ISBN, page 22:

     'Well, I'm not disponible.' During that dinner with Laurent, then, he had got the idea that I was available.

Usage notes

• Generally an error made by non-native speakers. Available is about 3,000 times more common.

Derived terms

• disponibility

Asturian

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin dispōnibilis. By surface analysis, disponer +‎ -ible.

Adjective

disponible (epicene, plural disponibles)

1. available

Related terms

• disponer

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin dispōnibilis. By surface analysis, dispondre, an alternative form of disposar (“to have available”), + -ible.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central) [dis.puˈnib.blə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [dis.poˈni.ble]
• IPA^(key): (Northwestern) [dis.poˈnib.ble]

• Audio (Catalonia):

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Adjective

disponible m or f (masculine and feminine plural disponibles)

1. available

   Antonym: indisponible

Derived terms

• disponibilitat
• indisponible

Further reading

• “disponible”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “disponible”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “disponible” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “disponible”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)

French

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin dispōnibilis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dis.pɔ.nibl/

• Audio (France (Vosges)):

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Adjective

disponible (plural disponibles)

1. available (pour for, à to)

Derived terms

• disponibilité

Further reading

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

Norwegian Bokmål

Adjective

disponible

1. definite singular of disponibel
2. plural of disponibel

Norwegian Nynorsk

Adjective

disponible

1. definite singular of disponibel
2. plural of disponibel

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁

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Proto-Indo-European *trísinflu.

Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is-

Proto-Italic *dis-

Latin dis-

Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep

Proto-Indo-European *-o

Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó

Proto-Indo-European *h₂pó

Proto-Italic *po

Proto-Indo-European *teḱ-

Proto-Indo-European *-éyti

Proto-Indo-European *tḱéytibf.

Proto-Indo-European *tḱey-

Proto-Indo-European *-né-

Proto-Indo-European *-ti

Proto-Indo-European *tḱinéti

Proto-Italic *sinō

Proto-Italic *pozinō

Latin pōnō

Latin dispōnō

Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom

Proto-Italic *-ðlom

Proto-Italic *-ðlis

Latin -bilis

Medieval Latin dispōnibilislbor.

Spanish disponible

Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin dispōnibilis. By surface analysis, disponer (“to have available”) + -ible.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dispoˈnible/ [d̪is.poˈni.β̞le]

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ible
• Syllabification: dis‧po‧ni‧ble

Adjective

disponible m or f (masculine and feminine plural disponibles)

1. available

Derived terms

• disponibilidad

Further reading

• “disponible”, 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