admirable

English

Etymology

From Middle English admyrable, partly from Middle French admirable and partly from its etymon, Latin admirābilis. By surface analysis, admire +‎ -able.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈæd.məɹ.ə.bəl/
• (Philippines) or (nonstandard) IPA^(key): /ædˈmaɪ.ɹə.bəl/

• Audio (US):

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Adjective

admirable (comparative more admirable, superlative most admirable)

1. Deserving of the highest esteem or admiration; estimable.

   It's admirable that Shelley overcame her handicap and excelled in her work.

   • 1946 July and August, Cecil J. Allen, “British Locomotive Practice and Performance”, in Railway Magazine, page 213:

     The admirable smoothness of the riding also reflected the greatest credit on those who, despite the difficulties caused by the shortage of men and materials, have succeeded in maintaining the track in such first-class order.

2. Good or heroic.

   The act of putting out the burning fires was admirable.

Derived terms

• admirableness
• admirably
• red admirable
• superadmirable
• unadmirable

 

Translations

deserving of the highest esteem or admiration

• Arabic: جَدِير بِالْإِعْجَاب (jadīr bi-l-ʔiʕjāb)
• Bulgarian: възхитителен (bg) (vǎzhititelen)
• Catalan: admirable (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 令人欽佩的／令人钦佩的 (zh) (lìng rén qīnpèi de), 令人讚美的／令人赞美的, 令人赞美的 (lìng rén zànměi de)

• Czech: obdivuhodný
• Danish: beundringsværdig, imponerende
• Dutch: bewonderenswaardig (nl)
• Esperanto: admirinda
• Faroese: undranarverdur, virðingarverdur, frálíkur, óførur
• Finnish: ihailtava (fi), vaikuttava (fi)
• French: admirable (fr)
• Galician: admirable (gl), admirábel (gl)
• German: bewundernswert (de)
• Greek: αξιοθαύμαστος (el) (axiothávmastos), αγαστός (el) (agastós)

  Ancient: περίβλεπτος (períbleptos)

• Icelandic: aðdáanlegur (is), aðdáunarverður (is)
• Japanese: 立派 (ja) (りっぱな, rippa na), 見事な (ja) (みごとな, migoto na), 感心な (ja) (かんしんな, kanshin na)
• Korean: 칭찬할 만한 (chingchanhal manhan), 감탄할 만한 (gamtanhal manhan), 기특한 (giteukhan)
• Latin: admīrābilis, spectābilis
• Malayalam: പ്രശംസനീയ (ml) (praśaṁsanīya), ആരാധ്യ (ml) (ārādhya)
• Maori: kairangaitra
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: beundringsverdig (no), imponerende (no)

  Nynorsk: beundringsverdig, imponerande

• Occitan: admirable (oc)
• Polish: godny podziwu m
• Portuguese: admirável (pt)
• Romanian: admirabil (ro)
• Russian: восхити́тельный (ru) (vosxitítelʹnyj)
• Spanish: admirable (es), loable (es)
• Swedish: beundransvärd (sv), imponerande (sv)

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin admirābilis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [əm.miˈɾab.blə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [am.miˈɾa.ble]
• Rhymes: -ablə, -able

Adjective

admirable m or f (masculine and feminine plural admirables)

1. admirable

Derived terms

• admirablement

 

Related terms

• admiració
• admirar

 

Further reading

• “admirable” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
• “admirable” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “admirable”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “admirable” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French admirable, borrowed from Latin admirābilis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ad.mi.ʁabl/

• Audio:

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Adjective

admirable (plural admirables)

1. admirable

Related terms

• admirer

 

Further reading

• “admirable”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Galician

Alternative forms

• admirábel

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin admirābilis.

Adjective

admirable m or f (plural admirables)

1. admirable

Derived terms

• admirablemente

 

Related terms

• admiración
• admirar

 

Further reading

• “admirable”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2024

Middle French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin admirābilis.

Adjective

admirable m or f (plural admirables)

1. admirable

Descendants

• French: admirable

Scots

Adjective

admirable (comparative mair admirable, superlative maist admirable)

1. admirable

References

• Eagle, Andy, ed. (2016) The Online Scots Dictionary, Scots Online.

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin admirābilis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /admiˈɾable/ [að̞.miˈɾa.β̞le]

• Audio (Venezuela):

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• Rhymes: -able
• Syllabification: ad‧mi‧ra‧ble

Adjective

admirable m or f (masculine and feminine plural admirables)

1. admirable

Derived terms

• admirablemente

 

Related terms

• admiración
• admirar

 

Further reading

• “admirable”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish admirable, from Latin admirābilis.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔadmiˈɾable/ [ʔɐd̪.mɪˈɾaː.blɛ]
• Rhymes: -able
• Syllabification: ad‧mi‧ra‧ble

Adjective

admirable (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜇ᜔ᜋᜒᜇᜊ᜔ᜎᜒ)

1. admirable

   Synonyms: kahanga-hanga, kapuri-puri, kaibig-ibig

Related terms

• admirador
• admirasyon
• milagro
• milagrosa
• milagroso
• mirador
• mirasol
• miron

 

Further reading

• “admirable”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2024
• “admirable”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Cuadrado Muñiz, Adolfo (1972) Hispanismos en el tagalo: diccionario de vocablos de origen español vigentes en esta lengua filipina, Madrid: Oficina de Educación Iberoamericana, page 12