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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle English comparable, from Middle French comparable, from Latin comparābilis.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈkɒmp(ə)ɹəbl̩/, /kəmˈpæɹəbl̩/
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈkɑmp(ə)ɹəbl̩/, /kəmˈpæɹəbl̩/
- (US, Mary–marry–merry merger) IPA(key): /kəmˈpɛɹəbl̩/
Adjective[edit]
comparable (comparative more comparable, superlative most comparable)
- (often with to) Able to be compared (to).
- An elephant is comparable in size to a double-decker bus.
- You can't say that robbing a bank is like pickpocketing. The two are just not comparable.
- 2022 January 12, Sir Michael Holden, “Reform of the workforce or death by a thousand cuts?”, in RAIL, number 948, page 22:
- As yet, we don't know what the comparable figures will be like for the current financial year which ends in March 2022, but we can have a good stab at approximating them.
- (often with to) Similar (to); like.
- 2013 July-August, Philip J. Bushnell, “Solvents, Ethanol, Car Crashes & Tolerance”, in American Scientist:
- Furthermore, this increase in risk is comparable to the risk of death from leukemia after long-term exposure to benzene, another solvent, which has the well-known property of causing this type of cancer.
- (mathematics) Constituting a pair in a particular partial order.
- Six and forty-two are comparable in the divides order, but six and nine are not.
- (grammar) Said of an adjective that has comparative and superlative forms.
- "Big" is a comparable adjective, since it can take the forms "bigger" and "biggest"; but "unique" is not comparable, except in disputed, but common, usage.
Usage notes[edit]
The pronunciation /ˈkɒmp(ə)ɹəbl̩/ is almost never used for sense 4.
Related terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
able to be compared
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similar — see similar
Noun[edit]
comparable (plural comparables)
- Something suitable for comparison.
- 2009, January 2, “Fred A. Bernstein”, in Catskill Home Prices: How Low Will They Go?[1]:
- And the appraiser said he couldn't come up with comparables, because there hadn't been any sales nearby in several months.
Asturian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin comparābilis.
Adjective[edit]
comparable (epicene, plural comparables)
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Catalan[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin comparābilis.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Balearic) IPA(key): /kom.pəˈɾa.blə/
- (Central) IPA(key): /kum.pəˈɾa.blə/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /kom.paˈɾa.ble/
Adjective[edit]
comparable (masculine and feminine plural comparables)
- comparable
- Antonym: incomparable
Derived terms[edit]
Related terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “comparable” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin comparābilis.
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
comparable (plural comparables)
- comparable (suitable to be compared)
Related terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “comparable”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Galician[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin comparābilis.
Adjective[edit]
comparable m or f (plural comparables)
Related terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “comparable” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.
Middle English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Middle French comparable, from Latin comparābilis; equivalent to comparen + -able.
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
comparable (Late Middle English)
- Of identical or similar value; comparing favourably.
- Comparable, commensurable; suitable for comparison.
Descendants[edit]
- English: comparable
References[edit]
- “comparāble, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Spanish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin comparābilis.
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
comparable (plural comparables)
- comparable
- Antonym: incomparable
Derived terms[edit]
Related terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “comparable”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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