notable

English

Etymology 1

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.

Alternative forms

• nottable

Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /ˈnəʊtəbəl/ or IPA: /ˈnɒtəbəl/
• (US) IPA: /ˈnəʊtəbəl/ or IPA: /ˈnɑtəbəl/

• Audio (US)

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Adjective

notable (comparative more notable, superlative most notable)

1. (obsolete) Useful; profitable.
   • 1754, James Howell, Epistolae Ho-Elianae: familiar letters domestic and foreign:

     Your honourable Uncle Sir Robert Mansel, 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; [...]

Related terms

• noteful

Etymology 2

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

Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /ˈnəʊtəbəl/
• (US) IPA: /ˈnəʊtəbəl/

• Audio (US)

  (file)

Adjective

notable (comparative more notable, superlative most notable)

1. (dated) Capable of being noted; noticeable; plain; evident.
2. Worthy of notice; remarkable; memorable; noted or distinguished.

Antonyms

• non-notable

Derived terms

• notability

Translations

capable of being noted; noticeable

• Dutch: waarneembaar (nl)

worthy of notice; remarkable

• Albanian: i shquar (sq), e shquar (sq)
• Asturian: notable (ast)
• Catalan: notable (ca)
• Chinese:

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• Dutch: opmerkelijk (nl), bemerkenswaardig (nl)
• Finnish: huomionarvoinen (fi), merkittävä (fi)
• French: remarquable (fr), notable (fr)
• Galician: notable (gl)

• German: bemerkenswert (de)
• Greek: αξιοσημείωτος (el) (axiosimeíotos), ξεχωριστός (el) (xechoristós)
• Italian: notevole (it)
• Japanese: 顕著な (けんちょな, kenchona)
• Latin: notābilis (la)
• Portuguese: notável (pt)
• Spanish: notable (es), destacable (es)
• Swedish: anmärkningsvärd (sv), framstående (sv), betydande (sv)

Noun

notable (plural notables)

1. A person or thing of distinction.

Translations

person or thing of distinction

• Chinese:

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• Dutch: notabele (nl) m
• Finnish: merkkihenkilö (fi) (person)
• French: notable (fr), personnage (fr) m

• Italian: notabile (it) m (person), persona (or cosa) importante f
• Portuguese: notável (pt) m and f
• Russian: знатный (ru) (znatnyj)
• Spanish: notable (es) m and f

Related terms

• note
• of note
• noted
• notably

Anagrams

• Labonte

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Asturian

Etymology

From Latin notābilis.

Adjective

notable (epicene, plural notables)

1. notable

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Catalan

Etymology

From Latin notābilis.

Adjective

notable m, f (masculine and feminine plural notables)

1. notable

Derived terms

• notablement

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French

Etymology

From Latin notābilis.

Adjective

notable (masculine and feminine, plural notables)

1. notable

Derived terms

• notablement

Noun

notable m (plural notables)

1. notable

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Galician

Alternative forms

• notábel

Etymology

From Latin notābilis.

Adjective

notable m and f (plural notables)

1. notable

Derived terms

• notablemente

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Middle French

Etymology

From Latin notābilis.

Adjective

notable m and f (plural notables)

1. important; significant

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin notābilis.

Adjective

notable m and f (plural notables)

1. notable

Derived terms

• notablemente