lamentable

English

Etymology

From Middle French lamentable, from Latin lāmentābilis ‎(“full of sorrow, mournful; deplorable”), from lāmentor ‎(“lament”), from lāmenta ‎(“wailing, weeping”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ləˈmɛn.tə.bəl/, /ˈlæm.ən.tə.bəl/

Adjective

lamentable ‎(comparative more lamentable, superlative most lamentable)

1. Causing sorrow, distress or regret; deplorable, pitiful or distressing.

Synonyms

• See also Wikisaurus:lamentable

Derived terms

• lamentability
• lamentableness
• lamentably

Related terms

• lament

Translations

deplorable

• Arabic: مُؤْسِف ‎(muʾsif)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 可悲 (zh) ‎(kěbēi)

• Finnish: valitettava (fi)
• French: lamentable (fr), déplorable (fr)
• German: beklagenswert (de)

• Italian: lamentabile
• Japanese: 嘆かわしい ‎(なげかわしい, nagekawashii)
• Norman: lamentabl'ye m, f
• Portuguese: lamentável (pt)
• Russian: плаче́вный (ru) ‎(plačévnyj), приско́рбный (ru) ‎(priskórbnyj)
• Spanish: lamentable (es)

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French

Etymology

From Latin lāmentābilis ‎(“full of sorrow, mournful; deplorable”), from lāmentor ‎(“lament”), from lāmenta ‎(“wailing, weeping”).

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): /la.mɑ̃.tabl/
• Homophone: lamentables
• Rhymes: -abl

Adjective

lamentable m, f ‎(plural lamentables)

1. lamentable; awful; deplorable

Derived terms

• lamentablement

External links

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

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin lāmentābilis ‎(“full of sorrow, mournful; deplorable”), from lāmentor ‎(“lament”), from lāmenta ‎(“wailing, weeping”).

Adjective

lamentable m, f ‎(plural lamentables)

1. lamentable