desirable

See also: désirable

English

Etymology

From Old French desirable.

Morphologically desire +‎ -able.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɪˈzaɪəɹəbəl/, [dɪˈzaɪ(j)əɹəbəɫ]

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Adjective

desirable (comparative more desirable, superlative most desirable)

1. Worthy to be desired; pleasing; agreeable.

   This applicant has almost all desirable properties.

   • 1992, Rudolf M[athias] Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, Chicago, Ill.: Field Museum of Natural History, →ISBN, page vii:

     With fresh material, taxonomic conclusions are leavened by recognition that the material examined reflects the site it occupied; a herbarium packet gives one only a small fraction of the data desirable for sound conclusions. Herbarium material does not, indeed, allow one to extrapolate safely: what you see is what you get […]

Antonyms

• undesirable

Derived terms

• desirability
• desirableness

Translations

suitable to be desired

• Albanian: dëshirueshëm (sq)
• Armenian: ցանկալի (hy) (cʻankali)
• Bulgarian: желан (bg) (želan), желателен (bg) (želatelen)
• Catalan: desitjable
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 合意 (zh) (héyì), 合乎願望的／合乎愿望的 (héhū yuànwàng de), 令人滿意的／令人满意的 (zh) (lìng rén mǎnyì de)

• Czech: žádoucí (cs)
• Danish: ønskelig
• Dutch: wenselijk (nl)
• Esperanto: dezirinda
• Finnish: toivottava (fi), toivottu (fi), haluttava (fi), haluttu (fi)
• French: souhaitable (fr), désirable (fr)
• Galician: desexábel (gl)
• Georgian: სასურველი (sasurveli), სანატრელი (sanaṭreli)
• German: erwünscht (de), wünschenswert (de), begehrenswert (de), erstrebenswert (de), erstrebsam
• Greek: επιθυμητός (el) m (epithymitós)

  Ancient: ἐφετός (ephetós)

• Hebrew: רצוי (he) m (ratsúy), מבוקש m (mevukásh), נחשק m (nekhshák)
• Italian: desiderabile (it)
• Japanese: 望ましい (ja) (のぞましい, nozomashii)
• Latin: optābilis
• Macedonian: пожелен (poželen), посакуван (posakuvan)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: ønskelig (also: desired)

  Nynorsk: ynskeleg, ynskjeleg, ønskeleg, ønskjeleg

• Polish: pożądany (pl)
• Portuguese: desejável (pt)
• Romanian: de dorit m or f, dezirabil (ro)
• Russian: жела́тельный (ru) (želátelʹnyj), жела́нный (ru) (želánnyj)
• Spanish: deseable (es), conveniente (es)
• Swedish: önskvärd (sv), eftersträvansvärd (sv)
• Thai: พึงประสงค์ (peung bpràsŏng), เป็นที่ต้องการ (bpen têe dtông gaan), ตามปรารถนา (dtaam bpràattànăa)
• Turkish: tatminkar

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• Swedish: (see önska) ^{(please verify)} önskad (sv)

Noun

desirable (plural desirables)

1. A thing that people want; something that is desirable.

   There are plenty of desirables on display in the window.

Anagrams

• barleeids, bride-ales, derisable, rideables

Middle French

Adjective

desirable m or f (plural desirables)

1. desirable