notable

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EnglishEdit

Etymology 1Edit

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 formsEdit

• nottable

PronunciationEdit

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

• Audio (US)

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AdjectiveEdit

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 termsEdit

• noteful

Etymology 2Edit

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

PronunciationEdit

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

• Audio (US)

  (file)

AdjectiveEdit

notable (comparative more notable, superlative most notable)

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

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

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

     A notable lubber, as thou reportest him to be.

AntonymsEdit

• non-notable

Derived termsEdit

• notability

TranslationsEdit

capable of being noted; noticeable

• Dutch: waarneembaar (nl)
• Indonesian: termasyhur (id)
• Latin: spectabilis

• Mandarin: 值得注意的
• Maori: taiea, taumata rau (of a person), hira

worthy of notice; remarkable

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

  Mandarin: 著名的

• Dutch: opmerkelijk (nl), bemerkenswaardig
• Finnish: huomionarvoinen, merkittävä (fi)
• French: remarquable (fr), notable (fr)
• Galician: notable (gl)
• German: bemerkenswert (de)
• Greek: αξιοσημείωτος (el) (axiosimeíotos), ξεχωριστός (el) (xechoristós)

• Indonesian: terkenal (id)
• Italian: notevole (it)
• Japanese: 顕著な (けんちょな, kenchona)
• Latin: notābilis, spectabilis
• Latvian: redzams, ievērojams
• Maori: taiea
• Portuguese: notável (pt)
• Romanian: notabil (ro), remarcabil (ro)
• Spanish: notable (es), destacable
• Swedish: anmärkningsvärd (sv), framstående (sv), betydande (sv)

NounEdit

notable (plural notables)

1. A person or thing of distinction.

TranslationsEdit

person or thing of distinction

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 名人 (zh), 显要人物

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

• Italian: (person) ^{(please verify)} notabile (it) m, ^{(please verify)} persona importante f, ^{(please verify)} cosa importante f
• Portuguese: notável (pt) m, f
• Russian: знатный (ru) (znatnyj)
• Spanish: notable (es) m, f

Related termsEdit

• note
• of note
• noted
• notably

AnagramsEdit

• Labonte

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AsturianEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin notābilis.

AdjectiveEdit

notable (epicene, plural notables)

1. notable

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CatalanEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin notābilis.

AdjectiveEdit

notable (masculine and feminine plural notables)

1. notable

Derived termsEdit

• notablement

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FrenchEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin notābilis.

AdjectiveEdit

notable (plural notables)

1. notable

Derived termsEdit

• notablement

NounEdit

notable m (plural notables)

1. notable

Further readingEdit

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

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GalicianEdit

Alternative formsEdit

• notábel

EtymologyEdit

From Latin notābilis.

AdjectiveEdit

notable m, f (plural notables)

1. notable

Derived termsEdit

• notablemente

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Middle FrenchEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin notābilis.

AdjectiveEdit

notable m, f (plural notables)

1. important; significant

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SpanishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin notābilis.

AdjectiveEdit

notable (plural notables)

1. notable

Derived termsEdit

• notablemente