admirable

Borrowed from Middle French admirable, from Latin admirābilis.

• IPA^(key): /ˈæd.məɹ.ə.bəl/
• (Philippine) or (nonstandard) IPA^(key): /æd.ˈmaɪ.ɹə.bəl/

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admirable (comparative more admirable, superlative most admirable)

1. Deserving of the highest esteem or admiration.

   It's admirable that Shelley overcame her handicap and excelled in her work.

   • 1946 July and August, Cecil J. Allen, “British Locomotive Practice and Performance”, in Railway Magazine, page 213:

     The admirable smoothness of the riding also reflected the greatest credit on those who, despite the difficulties caused by the shortage of men and materials, have succeeded in maintaining the track in such first-class order.

Borrowed from Latin admirābilis.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [əm.miˈɾab.blə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [am.miˈɾa.ble]
• Rhymes: -ablə, -able

admirable m or f (masculine and feminine plural admirables)

1. admirable

• “admirable” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
• “admirable” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “admirable”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “admirable” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Inherited from Middle French admirable, borrowed from Latin admirābilis.

• IPA^(key): /ad.mi.ʁabl/

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admirable (plural admirables)

1. admirable

• “admirable”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

• admirábel

Learned borrowing from Latin admirābilis.

admirable m or f (plural admirables)

1. admirable

• “admirable”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, since 2012

Borrowed from Latin admirābilis.

admirable m or f (plural admirables)

1. admirable

• French: admirable

admirable (comparative mair admirable, superlative maist admirable)

1. admirable

• Eagle, Andy, ed. (2016) The Online Scots Dictionary, Scots Online.

Borrowed from Latin admirābilis.

• IPA^(key): /admiˈɾable/ [að̞.miˈɾa.β̞le]

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• Rhymes: -able
• Syllabification: ad‧mi‧ra‧ble

admirable m or f (masculine and feminine plural admirables)

1. admirable

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