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.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: ŏʹnərəbl, IPA^(key): /ˈɒnəɹəbl/

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Adjective

honorable (comparative more honorable, superlative most honorable)

1. Worthy of respect; respectable.

Translations

worthy of respect

• Catalan: honorable
• Dutch: eervol (nl)
• Finnish: kunnioitettava (fi), kunnianarvoisa
• French: honorable (fr)
• German: ehrbar (de)
• Greek: αξιότιμος (el) (axiótimos), εντιμότατος (entimótatos)
• Hungarian: becsületes (hu)
• Italian: onorevole (it), onorabile (it)

• Latin: honorabile
• Novial: honorabli
• Portuguese: honorável
• Romanian: onorabil (ro)
• Russian: благородный (ru) (blagoródnyj), уважаемый (ru) (uvažájemyj), почтенный (ru) (počténnyj), почётный (ru) (počótnyj)
• Spanish: honorable
• Telugu: గౌరవనీయ (gauravaneeya)

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Catalan

Etymology

From Latin honōrābilis.

Adjective

honorable m, f (masculine and feminine plural honorables)

1. honorable

Derived terms

• honorablement

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French

Etymology

From honneur +‎ -able

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔ.nɔ.ʁabl/

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Adjective

honorable (masculine and feminine, plural honorables)

1. honorable (all meanings)

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin honōrābilis.

Adjective

honorable m, f (plural honorables)

1. honorable

Derived terms

• honorablemente

Related terms

• honor
• honra
• honrar