presentable
See also: présentable
English
Etymology
From Middle French presentable, from Old French, as if present + -able.
Pronunciation
- (UK, US) IPA(key): /pɹəˈzɛntəbəl/
Adjective
presentable (comparative more presentable, superlative most presentable)
- In good enough shape to be shown or offered to other people; tidy; attractive.
- Before we go out, let me just go to the washroom and make myself presentable.
- 1900 May 17, L[yman] Frank Baum, chapter 23, in The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Chicago, Ill.; New York, N.Y.: Geo[rge] M. Hill Co., OCLC 297099816:
- Before they went to see Glinda, however, they were taken to a room of the Castle, where Dorothy washed her face and combed her hair, and the Lion shook the dust out of his mane, and the Scarecrow patted himself into his best shape, and the Woodman polished his tin and oiled his joints. When they were all quite presentable they followed the soldier girl into a big room where the Witch Glinda sat upon a throne of rubies.
- (ecclesiastical) Capable of being presented to a church living.
Derived terms
- presentably
- unpresentable
Translations
able to be presented
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Catalan
Etymology
From presentar + -able.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central) IPA(key): /pɾə.zənˈta.blə/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /pɾe.zenˈta.ble/
Adjective
presentable (masculine and feminine plural presentables)
- presentable
Spanish
Etymology
From presentar + -able.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pɾesenˈtable/ [pɾe.sẽn̪ˈt̪a.β̞le]
- Rhymes: -able
- Syllabification: pre‧sen‧ta‧ble
Adjective
presentable (plural presentables)
- presentable
- Antonym: impresentable
Further reading
- “presentable”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014