desirable

See also: désirable

English

Etymology

From Old French desirable.

Morphologically desire +‎ -able.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /dɪˈzaɪəɹəbəl/, [dɪˈzaɪ(j)əɹəbəɫ]
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Adjective

desirable (comparative more desirable, superlative most desirable)

Worthy to be desired; pleasing; agreeable.
This applicant has almost all desirable properties.
- 1992, Rudolf M[athias] Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, New York, N.Y.: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, page vii:
  With fresh material, taxonomic conclusions are leavened by recognition that the material examined reflects the site it occupied; a herbarium packet gives one only a small fraction of the data desirable for sound conclusions. Herbarium material does not, indeed, allow one to extrapolate safely: what you see is what you get […]

Antonyms

undesirable

Derived terms

desirability
desirableness

Translations

suitable to be desired

Albanian: dëshirueshëm (sq)
Armenian: ցանկալի (hy) (cʿankali)
Bulgarian: желан (bg) (želan), желателен (bg) (želatelen)
Catalan: desitjable
Chinese:
Mandarin: 合意 (zh) (héyì), 合乎願望的／合乎愿望的 (héhū yuànwàng de), 令人滿意的／令人满意的 (zh) (lìng rén mǎnyì de)
Czech: žádoucí (cs)
Danish: ønskelig
Dutch: wenselijk (nl)
Esperanto: dezirinda
Finnish: toivottava (fi), toivottu (fi), haluttava (fi), haluttu (fi)
French: souhaitable (fr), désirable (fr)
Galician: desexábel (gl)
Georgian: სასურველი (sasurveli), სანატრელი (sanaṭreli)
German: erwünscht (de)
Greek: επιθυμητός (el) m (epithymitós)
Ancient: ἐφετός (ephetós)
Hebrew: רצוי‎ (he) m (ratsúy), מבוקש‎ m (mevukásh), נחשק‎ m (nekhshák)
Italian: desiderabile (it)
Japanese: 望ましい (ja) (のぞましい, nozomashii)
Latin: optābilis
Norwegian:
Bokmål: ønskelig (also: desired)
Nynorsk: ynskeleg, ynskjeleg, ønskeleg, ønskjeleg
Polish: pożądany (pl)
Portuguese: desejável (pt)
Romanian: de dorit m or f, dezirabil (ro)
Russian: жела́тельный (ru) (želátelʹnyj), жела́нный (ru) (želánnyj)
Spanish: deseable (es), conveniente (es)
Swedish: önskvärd (sv), eftersträvansvärd (sv)
Thai: พึงประสงค์ (peung bpràsŏng), เป็นที่ต้องการ (bpen têe dtông gaan), ตามปรารถนา (dtaam bpràattànăa)
Turkish: tatminkar

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German: (1) ^{(please verify)} wünschenswert (de), (2) ^{(please verify)} begehrenswert (de)
Swedish: (see önska) ^{(please verify)} önskad (sv)

Noun

desirable (plural desirables)

A thing that people want; something that is desirable.
There are plenty of desirables on display in the window.

Anagrams

barleeids, bride-ales, derisable, rideables

Middle French

Adjective

desirable m or f (plural desirables)

desirable