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.
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PronunciationEdit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈnəʊtəbəl/ or IPA(key): /ˈnɒtəbəl/
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈnəʊtəbəl/ or IPA(key): /ˈnɑtəbəl/
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AdjectiveEdit
notable (comparative more notable, superlative most notable)
- (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.
- 1754, James Howell, Epistolae Ho-Elianae: familiar letters domestic and foreign:
- 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; [...]
- 1863, Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell, Sylvia's lovers:
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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.
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AdjectiveEdit
notable (comparative more notable, superlative most notable)
- Worthy of notice; remarkable; memorable; noted or distinguished.
- Shakespeare, Two Gentlemen of Verona:
- [...] how sayest thou, that my master is become a notable lover?
- Shakespeare, Two Gentlemen of Verona:
- (dated) Capable of being noted; noticeable; plain; evident.
- Shakespeare, Two Gentlemen of Verona:
- A notable lubber, as thou reportest him to be.
- Shakespeare, Two Gentlemen of Verona:
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TranslationsEdit
capable of being noted; noticeable
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worthy of notice; remarkable
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NounEdit
notable (plural notables)
- A person or thing of distinction.
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person or thing of distinction
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FrenchEdit
EtymologyEdit
AdjectiveEdit
notable (masculine and feminine, plural notables)
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NounEdit
notable m (plural notables)
External linksEdit
- “notable” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).