crossable

/kɹˈɔsəbəl/ adj

Able to be crossed.

Word Origin Cross comes from Latin 'crux' meaning a cross or gallows — a structure of intersecting beams. Add the suffix -able (from Latin 'habere', to hold) and you get crossable: able to be crossed, like a river or a street. The same root gives us crosswalk, crossbow, and crossover, all built on that idea of intersecting lines.

adj Able to be crossed.

The shallow river was easily crossable by foot during the dry season.

(形容词) 可穿越的

这条浅河在旱季很容易徒步穿过。

(adjetivo) Que se puede cruzar; cruzable; atravesable.

El río poco profundo era fácilmente cruzable a pie durante la estación seca.

(adjectif) franchissable; traversable [Que l'on peut traverser; franchissable.]

La rivière peu profonde était facilement franchissable à pied pendant la saison sèche.

(Adjektiv) überquerbar; passierbar [So beschaffen, dass es überquert werden kann.]

Der flache Fluss war in der Trockenzeit problemlos **crossable**.

(形容詞) 渡ることができる、横断可能な

乾季にはその浅い川は歩いて簡単に渡ることができた。

(adjetivo) atravessável; transponível [Que pode ser atravessado.]

O rio raso era facilmente atravessável a pé durante a estação seca.

Word parts: cross + able

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