French Conversation · Level 23
90 words
French word
viabilité
Pronunciation
IPA/vjabilite/
Meaning
- feminine nounviability
Example
La viabilité de l'entreprise dépend des ventes.
The company's viability depends on sales.
More examples
La viabilité économique du projet est incertaine.
The project's economic viability is uncertain.
Core concept
A business passes both a financial gate and a technical gate before it can keep operating.
Common phrases
la viabilité économique
economic viability
la viabilité financière
financial viability
la viabilité d'un projet
viability of a project
Similar words
rentabilité: The state of producing enough profit to cover costs and yield a gain.
faisabilité: The practical possibility of carrying something out successfully.
Definition in French
Degré auquel une activité ou un projet peut continuer d'exister et fonctionner dans des conditions économiques et techniques acceptables.
Word origin
French adds -ité to viable to form viabilité, while viable ultimately reflects Latin vivere, 'to live', whose sense extended to practical workability.
Usage tips
- Viabilité often concerns whether an activity can work financially, whereas durabilité more often emphasizes lasting over time or environmental sustainability.
Other meanings
- economic viabilitynoun
- feasibilitynoun
Opposites
- impossibilitéimpossibilitynoun
- insoutenabilitéunsustainabilitynoun
Related words
- viableviableadjective
- viabilisermake viableverb