plausible
English edit
Etymology edit
From Latin plausibilis (“deserving applause, praiseworthy, acceptable, pleasing”), from the participle stem of plaudere (“to applaud”).
Pronunciation edit
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈplɔː.zɪ.bəl/, /ˈplɔː.zə.bəl/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈplɑ.zɪ.bəl/
Audio (GA) (file)
- (General Australian) IPA(key): /ˈploː.zɪ.bəl/
Adjective edit
plausible (comparative more plausible, superlative most plausible)
- Seemingly or apparently valid, likely, or acceptable; conceivably true or likely.
- a plausible excuse
- 1988, Andrew Radford, Transformative Grammar: A First Course, Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 64:
- In short, the twin assumptions that syntactic rules are category-based, and that there are a highly restricted finite set of categories in any natural language (perhaps no more than a dozen major categories), together with the assumption that the child either knows (innately) or learns (by experience) that all rules are structure-dependent ( =category-based), provide a highly plausible model of language acquisition, in which languages become learnable in a relatively short, finite period of time (a few years).
- Obtaining approbation; specifically pleasing; apparently right; specious.
- a plausible pretext; plausible manners; a plausible delusion
- (obsolete) Worthy of being applauded; praiseworthy; commendable; ready.
- 1693, John Hacket, Scrinia reserata: a Memorial offered to the great Deservings of John Williams:
- capable of receiving a plauſible Anſwer
- 1955, William H. Townsend, Lincoln and the Bluegrass: Slavery and Civil War in Kentucky:
- […] a coachman named Richard, who was described as a "sensible, well-behaved yellow boy, who is plausible and can read and write."
Derived terms edit
Translations edit
likely, acceptable
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obtaining approbation
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worthy of being applauded
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Catalan edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin plausibilis.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
plausible m or f (masculine and feminine plural plausibles)
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “plausible” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “plausible”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “plausible” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “plausible” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
French edit
Etymology edit
Learned borrowing from Latin plausibilis.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
plausible (plural plausibles)
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “plausible”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Middle French edit
Adjective edit
plausible m or f (plural plausibles)
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
From Latin plausibilis.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
plausible m or f (masculine and feminine plural plausibles)
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “plausible”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014