lamentable
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle French lamentable, from Latin lāmentābilis (“full of sorrow, mournful; deplorable”), from lāmentor (“lament”), from lāmenta (“wailing, weeping”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
lamentable (comparative more lamentable, superlative most lamentable)
- Causing sorrow, distress or regret; deplorable, pitiful or distressing.
Synonyms[edit]
- See also Thesaurus:lamentable
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Translations[edit]
deplorable
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Catalan[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
lamentable (masculine and feminine plural lamentables)
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Further reading[edit]
- “lamentable” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin lāmentābilis (“full of sorrow, mournful; deplorable”), from lāmentor (“lament”), from lāmenta (“wailing, weeping”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
lamentable (plural lamentables)
Derived terms[edit]
Related terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “lamentable” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Spanish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin lāmentābilis (“full of sorrow, mournful; deplorable”), from lāmentor (“lament”), from lāmenta (“wailing, weeping”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
lamentable (plural lamentables)
- lamentable, regrettable
- 2001, Julio Montes Ponce de León, Medio ambiente y desarrollo sostenido, Univ Pontifica Comillas →ISBN, page 64
- Es lamentable el trato que sufren con frecuencia los árboles recién plantados en las proximidades de los colegios.
- The treatment that newly planted trees in the vicinity of schools often suffer is lamentable.
- Es lamentable el trato que sufren con frecuencia los árboles recién plantados en las proximidades de los colegios.
- 2001, Julio Montes Ponce de León, Medio ambiente y desarrollo sostenido, Univ Pontifica Comillas →ISBN, page 64
Derived terms[edit]
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Further reading[edit]
- “lamentable” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
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