fordable

• Adjectif désignant un cours d'eau que l'on peut traverser à gué, c'est-à-dire à pied sans être submergé. S'emploie surtout pour une rivière ou un ruisseau peu profond.

An archaic adjective meaning 'capable of being forded' (crossed by a stream or river). It is no longer in common use.

1. Crossable by wadingC1formal

   Shallow enough to be crossed by walking, riding, or driving through water.

   guéable

   • The river was fordable only during the dry season.
   • They found a fordable section of the stream to cross.
   • The old map marked several fordable points along the route.

   Synonymesnegotiablepassable

   Antonymesdeep