veritable

See also: véritable

English

Etymology

From Middle French veritable, from Old French veritable, from Latin veritabilis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvɛ.ɹɪ.tə.bl/

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Adjective

veritable (comparative more veritable, superlative most veritable)

1. True; genuine.
   • 1974, Thomas S. Szasz, M.D., chapter 11, in The Myth of Mental Illness, →ISBN, page 193:

     Life in the Middle Ages was a colossal religious game. The dominant value was salvation in a life hereafter. Emphasizing that "to divorce medieval hysteria from its time and place is not possible," Gallinek observes: It was the aim of man to leave all things worldly as far behind as possible, and already during lifetime to approach the kingdom of heaven. The aim was salvation. Salvation was the Christian master motive.—The ideal man of the Middle Ages was free of all fear because he was sure of salvation, certain of eternal bliss. He was the saint, and the saint, not the knight nor the troubadour, is the veritable ideal of the Middle Ages.

   He is a veritable genius.

   A fair is a veritable smorgasbord. (From Charlotte's Web).

Related terms

English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *weh₁-‎ (0 c, 22 e)

Anagrams

• avertible, rivetable

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin veritābilis.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /və.ɾiˈta.blə/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /bə.ɾiˈta.blə/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ve.ɾiˈta.ble/

Adjective

veritable m or f (masculine and feminine plural veritables)

1. real; true; veritable

   Synonyms: vertader, autèntic, real, legítim

Derived terms

• veritablement

Further reading

• “veritable” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “veritable”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
• “veritable” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “veritable” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French veritable.

Adjective

veritable m or f (plural veritables)

1. true; real; not fake

Descendants

• → English: veritable
• French: véritable

Old French

Etymology

From Latin veritabilis. See also Catalan veritable.

Adjective

veritable m (oblique and nominative feminine singular veritable)

1. true; real; not fake
   • c. 1170, Chrétien de Troyes, Érec et Énide:

     Li rois respont: "N'est mie fable,
     Ceste parole est veritable:

     The king responded "it's not a fairytale
     this story is true["]

Descendants

• Middle French: veritable
  • → English: veritable
  • French: véritable