comparable
English
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle French comparable, from Latin comparābilis.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈkɒmp(ə)ɹəbl̩/, /kəmˈpæɹəbl̩/
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈkɑmp(ə)ɹəbl̩/, /kəmˈpæɹəbl̩/
- (US, Mary–marry–merry merger) IPA(key): /kəmˈpɛɹəbl̩/
Adjective
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.
- (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 a comparative and superlative form.
- "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.
Related terms
Translations
able to be compared
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similar — see similar
Noun
comparable (plural comparables)
- Something suitable for comparison.
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Asturian
Etymology
From Latin comparābilis.
Adjective
comparable (epicene, plural comparables)
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Catalan
Etymology
From Latin comparābilis.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Central) [kum.pəˈɾab.blə]
- IPA(key): (Balearic) [kom.pəˈɾab.blə]
- IPA(key): (Valencian) [kom.paˈɾa.ble]
Adjective
comparable m or f (masculine and feminine plural comparables)
- comparable
- Antonym: incomparable
Derived terms
Related terms
Further reading
- “comparable” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
French
Etymology
From Latin comparābilis.
Pronunciation
Adjective
comparable (plural comparables)
- comparable (suitable to be compared)
Related terms
Further reading
- “comparable”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Galician
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Latin comparābilis.
Adjective
comparable m or f (plural comparables)
Related terms
Further reading
- “comparable” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin comparābilis.
Pronunciation
Adjective
comparable m or f (masculine and feminine plural comparables)
- comparable
- Antonym: incomparable
Related terms
Further reading
- “comparable”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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