honorable

Alternative forms

• honble (obsolete)
• honourable

Etymology

From Old French honorable, honurable, from Latin honōrābilis, from honōrō (“I honour”); cognate with Italian onorabile, Spanish honorable. Synchronically analyzable as honor +‎ -able.

Pronunciation

• (General American) enPR: ŏnʹərəbl, IPA^(key): /ˈɑnəɹəbl̩/

  • Audio (US)

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• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: ŏnʹərəbl, IPA^(key): /ˈɒnəɹəbl̩/
• Hyphenation: hon‧or‧able

Adjective

honorable (comparative more honorable, superlative most honorable)

1. (US) Worthy of respect; respectable.
2. (Commonwealth of Nations, politics) Misspelling of honourable.

Etymology

From Latin honōrābilis.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /o.noˈɾa.blə/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /u.nuˈɾa.blə/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /o.noˈɾa.ble/

Adjective

honorable (masculine and feminine plural honorables)

1. honorable

Etymology

From Latin honōrābilis.

Pronunciation

• ^{(mute h)} IPA^(key): /ɔ.nɔ.ʁabl/

• Audio

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Adjective

honorable (plural honorables)

1. honorable

Further reading

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

Etymology

From Latin honōrābilis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /onoˈɾable/, [onoˈɾaβle]

Adjective

honorable (plural honorables)

1. honorable