See preferabil on Wiktionary
{
"etymology_links": [
[
"préférer",
"préférer#French"
],
[
"*-dʰlom",
"Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/-dʰlom"
],
[
"*-ðlom",
"Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/-ðlom"
],
[
"*-ðlis",
"Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/-ðlis#Proto-Italic:_est"
],
[
"-bilis",
"-bilis#Latin"
],
[
"-ābilis",
"-abilis#Latin:_est"
],
[
"-able",
"-able#Old_French:_est"
],
[
"-able",
"-able#Middle_French:_est"
],
[
"-able",
"-able#French"
],
[
"préférable",
"préférable#French"
],
[
"préférable",
"préférable#French"
],
[
"prefera",
"prefera#Romanian"
],
[
"-bil",
"-bil#Romanian"
]
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ro",
"2": ":bor",
"3": "fr:préférable",
"4": ":af<surf>",
"5": "prefera<t:to prefer>",
"6": "-bil",
"text": "+",
"tree": "1"
},
"expansion": "Etymology tree\nFrench préférer\nProto-Indo-European *-dʰlom\nProto-Italic *-ðlom\nProto-Italic *-ðlis\nLatin -bilis\nLatin -ābilis\nOld French -able\nMiddle French -able\nFrench -able\nFrench préférablebor.\nRomanian preferabil\n[Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from\", \"terms\" : [ { \"children\" : [ { \"terms\" : [ { \"children\" : [ ], \"lang_name\" : \"French\", \"term\" : \"préférer\", \"status\" : \"missing\", \"lang\" : \"fr\" }, { \"children\" : [ { \"terms\" : [ { \"id\" : \"est\", \"children\" : [ { \"terms\" : [ { \"id\" : \"est\", \"children\" : [ { \"terms\" : [ { \"id\" : \"est\", \"children\" : [ { \"terms\" : [ { \"children\" : [ { \"terms\" : [ { \"id\" : \"est\", \"children\" : [ { \"terms\" : [ { \"children\" : [ { \"terms\" : [ { \"children\" : [ ], \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-Indo-European\", \"term\" : \"*-dʰlom\", \"status\" : \"missing\", \"lang\" : \"ine-pro\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"Inherited from\", \"keyword\" : \"inherited\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-Italic\", \"term\" : \"*-ðlom\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"itc-pro\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"From\", \"keyword\" : \"from\" } ], \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-Italic\", \"term\" : \"*-ðlis\", \"lang\" : \"itc-pro\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"Inherited from\", \"keyword\" : \"inherited\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"Latin\", \"term\" : \"-bilis\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"la\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"From\", \"keyword\" : \"from\" } ], \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang_name\" : \"Latin\", \"term\" : \"-ābilis\", \"lang\" : \"la\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"Inherited from\", \"keyword\" : \"inherited\" } ], \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang_name\" : \"Old French\", \"term\" : \"-able\", \"lang\" : \"fro\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"Inherited from\", \"keyword\" : \"inherited\" } ], \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang_name\" : \"Middle French\", \"term\" : \"-able\", \"lang\" : \"frm\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"Inherited from\", \"keyword\" : \"inherited\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"French\", \"term\" : \"-able\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"fr\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"From\", \"is_group\" : true, \"keyword\" : \"affix\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"French\", \"term\" : \"préférable\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"fr\" } ], \"keyword\" : \"bor\" }, { \"terms\" : [ { \"gloss\" : \"to prefer\", \"children\" : [ { \"keyword_abbrev\" : \"bor.\", \"keyword_label\" : \"Borrowed from\", \"terms\" : [ { \"children\" : [ ], \"lang_name\" : \"French\", \"term\" : \"préférer\", \"status\" : \"missing\", \"lang\" : \"fr\" } ], \"keyword\" : \"bor\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"Romanian\", \"term\" : \"prefera\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"ro\" }, { \"children\" : [ ], \"lang_name\" : \"Romanian\", \"term\" : \"-bil\", \"status\" : \"missing\", \"lang\" : \"ro\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"By surface analysis,\", \"is_group\" : true, \"keyword\" : \"affix\", \"is_invisible\" : \"tree\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"Romanian\", \"term\" : \"preferabil\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"ro\" }\" data-lang=\"ro\" data-title=\"preferabil\">\nBorrowed from French préférable. By surface analysis, prefera (“to prefer”) + -bil.",
"name": "ety"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ro",
"2": ":bor",
"3": "fr:préférable",
"4": ":af<surf>",
"5": "prefera<t:to prefer>",
"6": "-bil",
"text": "+",
"tree": "1"
},
"expansion": "Etymology tree\nFrench préférer\nProto-Indo-European *-dʰlom\nProto-Italic *-ðlom\nProto-Italic *-ðlis\nLatin -bilis\nLatin -ābilis\nOld French -able\nMiddle French -able\nFrench -able\nFrench préférablebor.\nRomanian preferabil\nBorrowed from French préférable. By surface analysis, prefera (“to prefer”) + -bil.",
"name": "ety"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Etymology tree\nFrench préférer\nProto-Indo-European *-dʰlom\nProto-Italic *-ðlom\nProto-Italic *-ðlis\nLatin -bilis\nLatin -ābilis\nOld French -able\nMiddle French -able\nFrench -able\nFrench préférablebor.\nRomanian preferabil\nBorrowed from French préférable. By surface analysis, prefera (“to prefer”) + -bil.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "preferabilă",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "preferabili",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "preferabile",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"neuter",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "ro-decl-adj",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "preferabil",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"error-unrecognized-form",
"indefinite",
"masculine",
"neuter",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "preferabilă",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"error-unrecognized-form",
"feminine",
"indefinite",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "preferabili",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"error-unrecognized-form",
"indefinite",
"masculine",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "preferabile",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"error-unrecognized-form",
"feminine",
"indefinite",
"neuter",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "preferabilul",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"definite",
"error-unrecognized-form",
"masculine",
"neuter",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "preferabila",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"definite",
"error-unrecognized-form",
"feminine",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "preferabilii",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"definite",
"error-unrecognized-form",
"masculine",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "preferabilele",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"definite",
"error-unrecognized-form",
"feminine",
"neuter",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "preferabile",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"error-unrecognized-form",
"feminine",
"indefinite",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "preferabilului",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"definite",
"error-unrecognized-form",
"masculine",
"neuter",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "preferabilei",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"definite",
"error-unrecognized-form",
"feminine",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "preferabililor",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"definite",
"error-unrecognized-form",
"masculine",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "preferabilelor",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"definite",
"error-unrecognized-form",
"feminine",
"neuter",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "preferibil",
"tags": [
"alternative",
"dated"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "preferabil m or n (feminine singular preferabilă, masculine plural preferabili, feminine/neuter plural preferabile)",
"name": "ro-adj"
}
],
"hyphenations": [
{
"parts": [
"pre",
"fe",
"ra",
"bil"
]
}
],
"inflection_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"name": "ro-decl-adj"
}
],
"lang": "Romanian",
"lang_code": "ro",
"pos": "adj",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages using etymon with no ID",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 1 entry",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with etymology trees",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with etymon",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Romanian entries referencing missing etymons",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Romanian entries with etymology texts",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Romanian entries with etymology trees",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Romanian entries with etymon",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Romanian entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Romanian terms suffixed with -bil",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
}
],
"glosses": [
"preferable"
],
"id": "en-preferabil-ro-adj-dIFbB7X5",
"links": [
[
"preferable",
"preferable"
]
],
"tags": [
"masculine",
"neuter"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/pre.feˈra.bil/"
},
{
"audio": "LL-Q7913 (ron)-Andreea Teodoraa-preferabil.wav",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/e/ea/LL-Q7913_%28ron%29-Andreea_Teodoraa-preferabil.wav/LL-Q7913_%28ron%29-Andreea_Teodoraa-preferabil.wav.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/e/ea/LL-Q7913_%28ron%29-Andreea_Teodoraa-preferabil.wav/LL-Q7913_%28ron%29-Andreea_Teodoraa-preferabil.wav.ogg"
},
{
"rhymes": "-abil"
}
],
"word": "preferabil"
}
{
"etymology_links": [
[
"préférer",
"préférer#French"
],
[
"*-dʰlom",
"Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/-dʰlom"
],
[
"*-ðlom",
"Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/-ðlom"
],
[
"*-ðlis",
"Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/-ðlis#Proto-Italic:_est"
],
[
"-bilis",
"-bilis#Latin"
],
[
"-ābilis",
"-abilis#Latin:_est"
],
[
"-able",
"-able#Old_French:_est"
],
[
"-able",
"-able#Middle_French:_est"
],
[
"-able",
"-able#French"
],
[
"préférable",
"préférable#French"
],
[
"préférable",
"préférable#French"
],
[
"prefera",
"prefera#Romanian"
],
[
"-bil",
"-bil#Romanian"
]
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ro",
"2": ":bor",
"3": "fr:préférable",
"4": ":af<surf>",
"5": "prefera<t:to prefer>",
"6": "-bil",
"text": "+",
"tree": "1"
},
"expansion": "Etymology tree\nFrench préférer\nProto-Indo-European *-dʰlom\nProto-Italic *-ðlom\nProto-Italic *-ðlis\nLatin -bilis\nLatin -ābilis\nOld French -able\nMiddle French -able\nFrench -able\nFrench préférablebor.\nRomanian preferabil\n[Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from\", \"terms\" : [ { \"children\" : [ { \"terms\" : [ { \"children\" : [ ], \"lang_name\" : \"French\", \"term\" : \"préférer\", \"status\" : \"missing\", \"lang\" : \"fr\" }, { \"children\" : [ { \"terms\" : [ { \"id\" : \"est\", \"children\" : [ { \"terms\" : [ { \"id\" : \"est\", \"children\" : [ { \"terms\" : [ { \"id\" : \"est\", \"children\" : [ { \"terms\" : [ { \"children\" : [ { \"terms\" : [ { \"id\" : \"est\", \"children\" : [ { \"terms\" : [ { \"children\" : [ { \"terms\" : [ { \"children\" : [ ], \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-Indo-European\", \"term\" : \"*-dʰlom\", \"status\" : \"missing\", \"lang\" : \"ine-pro\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"Inherited from\", \"keyword\" : \"inherited\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-Italic\", \"term\" : \"*-ðlom\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"itc-pro\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"From\", \"keyword\" : \"from\" } ], \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-Italic\", \"term\" : \"*-ðlis\", \"lang\" : \"itc-pro\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"Inherited from\", \"keyword\" : \"inherited\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"Latin\", \"term\" : \"-bilis\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"la\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"From\", \"keyword\" : \"from\" } ], \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang_name\" : \"Latin\", \"term\" : \"-ābilis\", \"lang\" : \"la\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"Inherited from\", \"keyword\" : \"inherited\" } ], \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang_name\" : \"Old French\", \"term\" : \"-able\", \"lang\" : \"fro\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"Inherited from\", \"keyword\" : \"inherited\" } ], \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang_name\" : \"Middle French\", \"term\" : \"-able\", \"lang\" : \"frm\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"Inherited from\", \"keyword\" : \"inherited\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"French\", \"term\" : \"-able\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"fr\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"From\", \"is_group\" : true, \"keyword\" : \"affix\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"French\", \"term\" : \"préférable\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"fr\" } ], \"keyword\" : \"bor\" }, { \"terms\" : [ { \"gloss\" : \"to prefer\", \"children\" : [ { \"keyword_abbrev\" : \"bor.\", \"keyword_label\" : \"Borrowed from\", \"terms\" : [ { \"children\" : [ ], \"lang_name\" : \"French\", \"term\" : \"préférer\", \"status\" : \"missing\", \"lang\" : \"fr\" } ], \"keyword\" : \"bor\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"Romanian\", \"term\" : \"prefera\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"ro\" }, { \"children\" : [ ], \"lang_name\" : \"Romanian\", \"term\" : \"-bil\", \"status\" : \"missing\", \"lang\" : \"ro\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"By surface analysis,\", \"is_group\" : true, \"keyword\" : \"affix\", \"is_invisible\" : \"tree\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"Romanian\", \"term\" : \"preferabil\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"ro\" }\" data-lang=\"ro\" data-title=\"preferabil\">\nBorrowed from French préférable. By surface analysis, prefera (“to prefer”) + -bil.",
"name": "ety"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ro",
"2": ":bor",
"3": "fr:préférable",
"4": ":af<surf>",
"5": "prefera<t:to prefer>",
"6": "-bil",
"text": "+",
"tree": "1"
},
"expansion": "Etymology tree\nFrench préférer\nProto-Indo-European *-dʰlom\nProto-Italic *-ðlom\nProto-Italic *-ðlis\nLatin -bilis\nLatin -ābilis\nOld French -able\nMiddle French -able\nFrench -able\nFrench préférablebor.\nRomanian preferabil\nBorrowed from French préférable. By surface analysis, prefera (“to prefer”) + -bil.",
"name": "ety"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Etymology tree\nFrench préférer\nProto-Indo-European *-dʰlom\nProto-Italic *-ðlom\nProto-Italic *-ðlis\nLatin -bilis\nLatin -ābilis\nOld French -able\nMiddle French -able\nFrench -able\nFrench préférablebor.\nRomanian preferabil\nBorrowed from French préférable. By surface analysis, prefera (“to prefer”) + -bil.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "preferabilă",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "preferabili",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "preferabile",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"neuter",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "ro-decl-adj",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "preferabil",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"error-unrecognized-form",
"indefinite",
"masculine",
"neuter",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "preferabilă",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"error-unrecognized-form",
"feminine",
"indefinite",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "preferabili",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"error-unrecognized-form",
"indefinite",
"masculine",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "preferabile",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"error-unrecognized-form",
"feminine",
"indefinite",
"neuter",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "preferabilul",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"definite",
"error-unrecognized-form",
"masculine",
"neuter",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "preferabila",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"definite",
"error-unrecognized-form",
"feminine",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "preferabilii",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"definite",
"error-unrecognized-form",
"masculine",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "preferabilele",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"definite",
"error-unrecognized-form",
"feminine",
"neuter",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "preferabile",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"error-unrecognized-form",
"feminine",
"indefinite",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "preferabilului",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"definite",
"error-unrecognized-form",
"masculine",
"neuter",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "preferabilei",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"definite",
"error-unrecognized-form",
"feminine",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "preferabililor",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"definite",
"error-unrecognized-form",
"masculine",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "preferabilelor",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"definite",
"error-unrecognized-form",
"feminine",
"neuter",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "preferibil",
"tags": [
"alternative",
"dated"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "preferabil m or n (feminine singular preferabilă, masculine plural preferabili, feminine/neuter plural preferabile)",
"name": "ro-adj"
}
],
"hyphenations": [
{
"parts": [
"pre",
"fe",
"ra",
"bil"
]
}
],
"inflection_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"name": "ro-decl-adj"
}
],
"lang": "Romanian",
"lang_code": "ro",
"pos": "adj",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Pages using etymon with no ID",
"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries",
"Pages with etymology trees",
"Pages with etymon",
"Rhymes:Romanian/abil",
"Rhymes:Romanian/abil/4 syllables",
"Romanian adjectives",
"Romanian entries referencing missing etymons",
"Romanian entries with etymology texts",
"Romanian entries with etymology trees",
"Romanian entries with etymon",
"Romanian entries with incorrect language header",
"Romanian lemmas",
"Romanian terms borrowed from French",
"Romanian terms derived from French",
"Romanian terms derived from Latin",
"Romanian terms derived from Middle French",
"Romanian terms derived from Old French",
"Romanian terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
"Romanian terms derived from Proto-Italic",
"Romanian terms suffixed with -bil"
],
"glosses": [
"preferable"
],
"links": [
[
"preferable",
"preferable"
]
],
"tags": [
"masculine",
"neuter"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/pre.feˈra.bil/"
},
{
"audio": "LL-Q7913 (ron)-Andreea Teodoraa-preferabil.wav",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/e/ea/LL-Q7913_%28ron%29-Andreea_Teodoraa-preferabil.wav/LL-Q7913_%28ron%29-Andreea_Teodoraa-preferabil.wav.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/e/ea/LL-Q7913_%28ron%29-Andreea_Teodoraa-preferabil.wav/LL-Q7913_%28ron%29-Andreea_Teodoraa-preferabil.wav.ogg"
},
{
"rhymes": "-abil"
}
],
"word": "preferabil"
}
Download raw JSONL data for preferabil meaning in All languages combined (8.4kB)
{
"called_from": "inflection/735",
"msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'nominative- accusative'",
"path": [
"preferabil"
],
"section": "Romanian",
"subsection": "adjective",
"title": "preferabil",
"trace": ""
}
{
"called_from": "inflection/735",
"msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'nominative- accusative'",
"path": [
"preferabil"
],
"section": "Romanian",
"subsection": "adjective",
"title": "preferabil",
"trace": ""
}
{
"called_from": "inflection/735",
"msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'genitive- dative'",
"path": [
"preferabil"
],
"section": "Romanian",
"subsection": "adjective",
"title": "preferabil",
"trace": ""
}
{
"called_from": "inflection/735",
"msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'genitive- dative'",
"path": [
"preferabil"
],
"section": "Romanian",
"subsection": "adjective",
"title": "preferabil",
"trace": ""
}
This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2026-10-25 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2026-10-01 using wiktextract (f9fe161 and 6f96ddf). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.
If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.