honorable

English

Alternative forms

• honble (obsolete)
• honourable

Etymology

From the Old French honorable, honurable, from the Latin honōrābilis, from honōrō (“I honour”); cognate with Italian onorabile, Spanish honorable.

Pronunciation

• (RP) enPR: ŏʹnərəbl, IPA: /ˈɒnəɹəbl/, X-SAMPA: /"Qn@r\@bl/

• Audio (US)

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Adjective

honorable (comparative more honorable, superlative most honorable)

1. Worthy of respect; respectable.

Translations

worthy of respect

• Catalan: honorable (ca)
• Dutch: eervol (nl)
• Finnish: kunnioitettava (fi), kunnianarvoisa (fi)
• French: honorable (fr)
• German: ehrbar (de)
• Greek: αξιότιμος (el) (axiótimos), εντιμότατος (el) (entimó̱tatos) 
• Italian: onorevole (it), onorabile (it)

• Latin: honorabile (la)
• Romanian: onorabil (ro)
• Russian: благородный (ru) (blagoródnyj) , уважаемый (ru) (uvažájemyj) , почтенный (ru) (počténnyj) , почётный (ru) (počótnyj) 
• Spanish: honorable (es)
• Telugu: గౌరవనీయ (te) (gauravaneeya)

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Catalan

Etymology

From Latin honōrābilis.

Adjective

honorable m, f (masculine and feminine plural honorables)

1. honorable

Derived terms

• honorablement

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French

Etymology

From honneur +‎ -able

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɔ.nɔ.ʁabl/

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Adjective

honorable (masculine and feminine, plural honorables)

1. honorable (all meanings)

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin honōrābilis.

Adjective

honorable m and f (plural honorables)

1. honorable

Derived terms

• honorablemente

Related terms

• honor
• honra
• honrar