honorable

English

Alternative forms

• honble (obsolete)
• honourable

Etymology

From Old French honorable, honurable, from Latin honōrābilis, from honōrō (“I honour”); cognate with Italian onorabile, Spanish honorable. Synchronically analyzable as honor +‎ -able.

Pronunciation

• (General American) enPR: ŏnʹərəbl, IPA^(key): /ˈɑnəɹəbl̩/

  • Audio (US)

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• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: ŏnʹərəbl, IPA^(key): /ˈɒnəɹəbl̩/
• Hyphenation: hon‧or‧able

Adjective

honorable (comparative more honorable, superlative most honorable)

1. (US) Worthy of respect; respectable.
2. (Commonwealth of Nations, politics) Misspelling of honourable.

Synonyms

• venerable
• noble

Antonyms

• despicable
• contemptible
• mean

Translations

worthy of respect

• Armenian: պատվարժան (hy) (patvaržan)
• Bulgarian: уважаем (bg) (uvažaem), достопочтен (bg) (dostopočten)
• Catalan: honorable
• Dutch: eervol (nl)
• Finnish: kunnioitettava (fi), kunnianarvoisa
• French: honorable (fr)
• Georgian: პატივცემული (ṗaṭivcemuli)
• German: ehrbar (de)
• Greek: αξιότιμος (el) (axiótimos), εντιμότατος (entimótatos)
• Hungarian: becsületes (hu)
• Italian: onorevole (it), onorabile (it)

• Japanese: 偉い (ja) (erai), 素晴らしい (ja) (subarashii), 立派な (ja) (rippa na)
• Latin: honorabile
• Maori: whakahōnore
• Novial: honorabli
• Old English: ārfæst
• Portuguese: honorável (pt)
• Romanian: onorabil (ro)
• Russian: благоро́дный (ru) (blagoródnyj), уважа́емый (ru) (uvažájemyj), почте́нный (ru) (počténnyj), почётный (ru) (počótnyj)
• Spanish: honorable (es)
• Swedish: hedervärd (sv)
• Telugu: గౌరవనీయ (gauravanīya)

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Catalan

Etymology

From Latin honōrābilis.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /o.noˈɾa.blə/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /u.nuˈɾa.blə/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /o.noˈɾa.ble/

Adjective

honorable (masculine and feminine plural honorables)

1. honorable

Derived terms

• honorablement

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French

Etymology

From Latin honōrābilis.

Pronunciation

• ^{(mute h)} IPA^(key): /ɔ.nɔ.ʁabl/

• Audio

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Adjective

honorable (plural honorables)

1. honorable

Further reading

• “honorable” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin honōrābilis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /onoˈɾable/, [onoˈɾaβle]

Adjective

honorable (plural honorables)

1. honorable

Derived terms

• honorablemente

Related terms

• honor
• honra
• honrar