veritable
See also: véritable
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Middle French veritable, from Old French veritable, from Latin veritabilis.
PronunciationEdit
AdjectiveEdit
veritable (comparative more veritable, superlative most veritable)
- True; genuine.
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- Life in the Middle Ages was a colossal religious game. The dominant value was salvation in a life hereafter. Emphasizing that "to divorce medieval hysteria from its time and place is not possible," Gallinek observes: It was the aim of man to leave all things worldly as far behind as possible, and already during lifetime to approach the kingdom of heaven. The aim was salvation. Salvation was the Christian master motive.—The ideal man of the Middle Ages was free of all fear because he was sure of salvation, certain of eternal bliss. He was the saint, and the saint, not the knight nor the troubadour, is the veritable ideal of the Middle Ages.
- He is a veritable genius.
- A fair is a veritable smorgasbord. (From Charlotte's Web).
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CatalanEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Latin veritabilis.
PronunciationEdit
- (Balearic) IPA(key): /və.ɾiˈta.blə/
- (Central) IPA(key): /bə.ɾiˈta.blə/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /ve.ɾiˈta.ble/
AdjectiveEdit
veritable (masculine and feminine plural veritables)
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Further readingEdit
- “veritable” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “veritable”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
- “veritable” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “veritable” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Middle FrenchEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old French veritable.
AdjectiveEdit
veritable m or f (plural veritables)
DescendantsEdit
Old FrenchEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Latin veritabilis. See also Catalan veritable.
AdjectiveEdit
veritable m (oblique and nominative feminine singular veritable)
- true; real; not fake
- circa 1170, Chrétien de Troyes, Érec et Énide:
- Li rois respont: "N'est mie fable,
Ceste parole est veritable:- The king responded "it's not a fairytale
this story is true["]
- The king responded "it's not a fairytale