admirable

admirable

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French admirable, from Latin admirabilis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈæd.məɹ.ə.bəl/
• (Philippine) or (nonstandard) IPA^(key): /æd.ˈmaɪ.ɹə.bəl/

• Audio (US)

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Adjective

admirable (comparative more admirable, superlative most admirable)

1. Deserving of the highest esteem or admiration.

   It's admirable that Shelley overcame her handicap and excelled in her work.

   • 1946 July and August, Cecil J. Allen, “British Locomotive Practice and Performance”, in Railway Magazine, page 213:

     The admirable smoothness of the riding also reflected the greatest credit on those who, despite the difficulties caused by the shortage of men and materials, have succeeded in maintaining the track in such first-class order.

Derived terms

• red admirable

Translations

deserving of the highest esteem or admiration

Bulgarian: възхитителен (bg) (vǎzhititelen) Catalan: admirable (ca) Chinese: Mandarin: 令人欽佩的／令人钦佩的 (zh) (lìng rén qīnpèi de), 令人讚美的／令人赞美的, 令人赞美的 (lìng rén zànměi de) Czech: obdivuhodný Danish: beundringsværdig, imponerende Dutch: bewonderenswaardig (nl) Esperanto: admirinda Faroese: undranarverdur, virðingarverdur, frálíkur, óførur Finnish: ihailtava (fi), vaikuttava (fi) French: admirable (fr) Galician: admirable (gl), admirábel (gl) German: bewundernswert (de) Greek: Ancient: περίβλεπτος (períbleptos) Icelandic: aðdáanlegur (is), aðdáunarverður (is) Japanese: 立派 (ja) (りっぱな, rippa na), 見事な (ja) (みごとな, migoto na), 感心な (ja) (かんしんな, kanshin na) Korean: 칭찬할 만한 (chingchanhal manhan), 감탄할 만한 (gamtanhal manhan), 기특한 (giteukhan) Latin: admīrābilis, spectabilis Malayalam: പ്രശംസനീയ (ml) (praśaṃsanīya), ആരാധ്യ (ml) (ārādhya) Maori: kairangaitra Norwegian: Bokmål: beundringsverdig (no), imponerende (no) Nynorsk: beundringsverdig, imponerande Occitan: admirable (oc) Polish: godny podziwu m Portuguese: admirável (pt) Romanian: admirabil (ro) Russian: восхити́тельный (ru) (vosxitítelʹnyj) Spanish: admirable (es), loable (es) Swedish: beundransvärd (sv), imponerande (sv)

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Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin admirabilis.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /əm.miˈɾa.blə/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /am.miˈɾa.ble/
• Rhymes: -ablə, -able

Adjective

admirable (masculine and feminine plural admirables)

1. admirable

Derived terms

• admirablement

Related terms

• admiració
• admirar

Further reading

• “admirable” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

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French

Etymology

From Middle French admirable, borrowed from Latin admirabilis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ad.mi.ʁabl/

• Audio

  (file)

Adjective

admirable (plural admirables)

1. admirable

Related terms

• admirer

Further reading

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

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Galician

Alternative forms

• admirábel

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin admirabilis.

Adjective

admirable m or f (plural admirables)

1. admirable

Derived terms

• admirablemente

Related terms

• admiración
• admirar

Further reading

• “admirable” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.

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Middle French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin admirabilis.

Adjective

admirable m or f (plural admirables)

1. admirable

Descendants

• French: admirable

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Scots

Adjective

admirable (comparative mair admirable, superlative maist admirable)

1. admirable

References

• Eagle, Andy, ed. (2016) The Online Scots Dictionary, Scots Online.

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Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin admirabilis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /admiˈɾable/ [að̞.miˈɾa.β̞le]
• Rhymes: -able
• Syllabification: ad‧mi‧ra‧ble

Adjective

admirable (plural admirables)

1. admirable

Derived terms

• admirablemente

Related terms

• admiración
• admirar

Further reading

• “admirable”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014