laudable

English

Etymology

From Middle English laudable, from Old French laudable or directly from Latin laudabilis; equivalent to laud +‎ -able.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɔːdəbl/

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Adjective

laudable (comparative more laudable, superlative most laudable)

2. Worthy of being lauded.

   Synonyms: praiseworthy, commendable

   Hyponym: applaudable

   Near-synonym: admirable

   laudable motives

   laudable actions

   laudable ambition

   • 1917, The English Reports: Exchequer, page 789:

     That there is and from time immemorial has been within that part of the parish called Mablethorpe St. Mary's a laudable custom that, if any outdweller take ancient pasture ground, he shall pay a modus of 4d. an acre, and so in proportion, on the 1st of August, in lieu of all manner of tithe; and that if any of the ancient pasture be once ploughed up or meadowed, it shall, when restored to pasture again, pay 4d. the acre in the hands of such outdweller.

4. (archaic) Healthful; having a disposition to promote healing.

   Synonyms: salubrious, salutary, healthy (in one of its senses)

   Antonyms: unhealthful, noxious, deleterious, unhealthy (in one of its senses)

   laudable juices of the body

   laudable pus

Translations

worthy of being lauded

• Belarusian: пахва́льны (paxválʹny)
• Bulgarian: похвален (bg) (pohvalen)
• Catalan: lloable
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 值得讚賞的 / 值得赞赏的 (zhídé zànshǎng de)

• Dutch: lovenswaardig (nl), verdienstelijk (nl)
• Esperanto: laŭdinda, laŭdebla
• Finnish: kunnioitettava (fi), ansiokas (fi), kiitettävä (fi)
• French: louable (fr) m or f
• Galician: loable (gl)
• German: lobenswert (de), löblich (de)
• Greek: αινετός (el) (ainetós)

  Ancient: ἐπαινετός (epainetós)

• Hindi: प्रशंसनीय (hi) (praśansnīya)
• Hungarian: dicséretes (hu), dicséretre méltó
• Italian: lodabile (it), lodevole (it), encomiabile (it), meritorio (it) m, benemerito (it) m, elogiabile (it)
• Latin: laudābilis
• Macedonian: по́фален (pófalen), у́бав (úbav)
• Ottoman Turkish: مندوب (mendub), مبرور (mebrur)
• Polish: godny pochwały
• Portuguese: louvável (pt)
• Russian: похва́льный (ru) (poxválʹnyj)
• Sanskrit: ईड्य (sa) (īḍya)
• Scottish Gaelic: cliùiteach
• Serbo-Croatian: хвале вредан (hvale vredan), за похвалу (za pohvalu)
• Spanish: loable (es), laudable (es), encomiable (es), meritorio (es), benemérito (es), elogiable (es)
• Swedish: lovvärd (sv)
• Ukrainian: похва́льний (poxválʹnyj)

References

• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “laudable”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
• “laudable”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin laudābilis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lauˈdable/ [lau̯ˈð̞a.β̞le]
• Rhymes: -able
• Syllabification: lau‧da‧ble

Adjective

laudable m or f (masculine and feminine plural laudables)

1. praiseworthy

Related terms

• laudar

Further reading

• “laudable”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10