laudable

English

Etymology

From Middle English laudable, from Old French laudable or directly from Latin laudabilis; equivalent to laud +‎ -able.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɔːdəbl/

• Audio (US):

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Adjective

laudable (comparative more laudable, superlative most laudable)

1. Worthy of being lauded; praiseworthy; commendable

   laudable motives

   laudable actions

   laudable ambition

2. Healthy; salubrious; having a disposition to promote healing

   Antonym: noxious

   laudable juices of the body

   laudable pus

Synonyms

• praiseworthy, commendable

Translations

worthy of being lauded

• Belarusian: пахва́льны (paxválʹny)
• Bulgarian: похвален (bg) (pohvalen)
• Catalan: lloable
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 值得讚賞的／值得赞赏的 (zhídé zànshǎng de)

• Dutch: lovenswaardig (nl), verdienstelijk (nl)
• Esperanto: laŭdinda, laŭdebla
• Finnish: kunnioitettava (fi), ansiokas (fi), kiitettävä (fi)
• French: louable (fr) m or f
• Galician: loable (gl)
• German: lobenswert (de), löblich (de)
• Greek: αινετός (el) (ainetós)

  Ancient: ἐπαινετός (epainetós)

• Hindi: प्रशंसनीय (hi) (praśansnīya)
• Hungarian: dicséretes (hu), dicséretre méltó
• Italian: lodabile (it), lodevole (it), encomiabile (it), meritorio (it) m, benemerito (it) m, elogiabile (it)
• Latin: laudābilis
• Macedonian: по́фален (pófalen), у́бав (úbav)
• Ottoman Turkish: مندوب (mendub), مبرور (mebrur)
• Polish: godny pochwały
• Portuguese: louvável (pt)
• Russian: похва́льный (ru) (poxválʹnyj)
• Sanskrit: ईड्य (sa) (īḍya)
• Scottish Gaelic: cliùiteach
• Serbo-Croatian: хвале вредан (hvale vredan), за похвалу (za pohvalu)
• Spanish: loable (es), laudable (es), encomiable (es), meritorio (es), benemérito (es), elogiable (es)
• Swedish: lovvärd (sv)
• Ukrainian: похва́льний (poxválʹnyj)

References

• “laudable”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
• “laudable”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin laudābilis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lauˈdable/ [lau̯ˈð̞a.β̞le]
• Rhymes: -able
• Syllabification: lau‧da‧ble

Adjective

laudable m or f (masculine and feminine plural laudables)

1. praiseworthy

Related terms

• laudar

 

Further reading

• “laudable”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014