honorable
English
Alternative forms
- honble (obsolete)
- honourable
Etymology
From Old French honorable, honurable, from Latin honōrābilis, from honōrō (“I honour”); cognate with Italian onorabile, Spanish honorable. Synchronically analyzable as honor + -able.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: ŏnʹərəbl, ŏnʹrəbl, IPA(key): /ˈɒnəɹəbl̩/, /ˈɒnɹəbl̩/
- (General American) enPR: ŏnʹərəbl, ŏnʹrəbl, IPA(key): /ˈɑnəɹəbl̩/, /ˈɑnɹəbl̩/
Audio (US) (file)
- Hyphenation: hon‧or‧able, honor‧able
Adjective
honorable (comparative more honorable, superlative most honorable)
- (American spelling) Worthy of respect; respectable.
- (Commonwealth of Nations, politics) Misspelling of honourable.
Antonyms
Translations
worthy of respect
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Catalan
Etymology
From Latin honōrābilis.
Pronunciation
Derived terms
Further reading
- “honorable” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “honorable” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
- “honorable” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “honorable” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
French
Etymology
From Old French [Term?], borrowed from Latin honōrābilis.
Pronunciation
- (mute h) IPA(key): /ɔ.nɔ.ʁabl/
Audio (file)
Related terms
Further reading
- “honorable” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin honōrābilis. Equivalent to honor + -able.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /onoˈɾable/, [onoˈɾaβle]
Derived terms
Further reading
- “honorable” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
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