notable

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English notable (“usable, useful”), equivalent to note (“use, benefit”), from Old English notu (“enjoyment, use, profit, advantage, utility, employment”) +‎ -able. More at note.

Alternative forms

  • nottable

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈnəʊtəbəl/ or IPA(key): /ˈnɒtəbəl/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈnoʊtəbəl/ or IPA(key): /ˈnɑtəbəl/
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Adjective

notable (comparative more notable, superlative most notable)

  1. (obsolete) Useful; profitable.
    • 1754, James Howell, Epistolae Ho-Elianae: familiar letters domestic and foreign:
      Your honourable Uncle Sir Robert Mansel, who is now in the Mediterranean, hath been very notable to me, and I shall ever acknowledge a good part of my Education from him.
  2. Prudent; clever; capable; industrious; thrifty.
    • 1863, Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell, Sylvia's lovers:
      Hester looked busy and notable with her gown pinned up behind her, and her hair all tucked away under a clean linen cap; [...]

Etymology 2

From Middle English notable, from Old French notable (“noteworthy”), from Latin notabilis (“noteworthy, extraordinary”), from notō (“note, mark”, verb), equivalent to note +‎ -able.

Pronunciation

Adjective

notable (comparative more notable, superlative most notable)

  1. Worthy of notice; remarkable; memorable; noted or distinguished.
    • Shakespeare, Two Gentlemen of Verona:
      [...] how sayest thou, that my master is become a notable lover?
  2. (dated) Capable of being noted; noticeable; plain; evident.
    • Shakespeare, Two Gentlemen of Verona:
      A notable lubber, as thou reportest him to be.
Antonyms
Translations

Noun

notable (plural notables)

  1. A person or thing of distinction.
Translations

Anagrams

Asturian

Etymology

From Latin notābilis.

Adjective

notable (epicene, plural notables)

  1. notable

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin notābilis.

Adjective

notable (masculine and feminine plural notables)

  1. notable

Derived terms

French

Etymology

From Latin notābilis.

Adjective

notable (plural notables)

  1. notable

Derived terms

Noun

notable m (plural notables)

  1. notable

Further reading

Galician

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin notābilis.

Adjective

notable m, f (plural notables)

  1. notable

Derived terms

Middle French

Etymology

From Latin notābilis.

Adjective

notable m, f (plural notables)

  1. important; significant

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin notābilis.

Adjective

notable (plural notables) (superlative notabilísimo)

  1. notable

Derived terms

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