notable

From Middle English notable, from Old French notable (“noteworthy”), from Latin notabilis (“noteworthy, extraordinary”), from notō (“note, mark”, verb), equivalent to note +‎ -able.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈnəʊtəbəl/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈnoʊtəbəl/

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notable (comparative more notable, superlative most notable)

1. Worthy of note; remarkable; memorable; noted or distinguished.
   • 1623, Shakespeare, William, Two Gentlemen of Verona:

     [...] how sayest thou, that my master is become a notable lover?

2. (dated) Capable of being noted; noticeable; plain; evident.
   • 1623, Shakespeare, William, Two Gentlemen of Verona:

     A notable lubber, as thou reportest him to be.

• (worthy of notice): eminent, noteworthy; see also Thesaurus:notable
• (capable of being noted): apparent, evident; see also Thesaurus:obvious

• (all): non-notable
• (worthy of notice): nameless, obscure
• (capable of being noted): subtle

• notability

notable (plural notables)

1. A person or thing of distinction.

• note
• of note
• noted
• notably

From Middle English notable (“usable, useful”), equivalent to note (“use, benefit”), from Old English notu (“enjoyment, use, profit, advantage, utility, employment”) +‎ -able. More at note.

• nottable (obsolete)

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈnəʊtəbəl/ or IPA^(key): /ˈnɒtəbəl/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈnoʊtəbəl/ or IPA^(key): /ˈnɑtəbəl/

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notable (comparative more notable, superlative most notable)

1. (obsolete) Useful; profitable.
   • 1618 March 5, James Howell, “V. To Dr. Fr. Mansell, at All-Souls in Oxford.”, in Epistolæ Ho-Elianæ. Familiar Letters Domestic and Forren. […], volume I, 3rd edition, London: Printed for Humphrey Mos[e]ley, […], published 1655, OCLC 84295516, section II, page 68:

     Your honourable Uncle Sir Robert Manſell, who is now in the Mediterranean, hath been very notable to me, and I ſhall ever acknowledge a good part of my education from him.

2. Prudent; clever; capable; industrious; thrifty.
   • 1863, Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell, Sylvia's lovers:

     Hester looked busy and notable with her gown pinned up behind her, and her hair all tucked away under a clean linen cap; […]

• noteful

• Labonte

From Latin notābilis.

notable (epicene, plural notables)

1. notable

From Latin notābilis.

notable (masculine and feminine plural notables)

1. notable

• notablement

From Latin notābilis.

notable (plural notables)

1. notable

• notablement

notable m (plural notables)

1. notable

• “notable” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

• notábel

From Latin notābilis.

notable m or f (plural notables)

1. notable

• notablemente

From Latin notābilis.

notable m or f (plural notables)

1. important; significant

From Latin notābilis.

notable (plural notables) (superlative notabilísimo)

1. notable

• notablemente