"comparable" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [Asturian]

Forms: comparables [plural]
Etymology: From Latin comparābilis. Etymology templates: {{der|ast|la|comparābilis}} Latin comparābilis Head templates: {{head|ast|adjective|epicene||||||plural|comparables|f4accel-form=p|head=|sort=}} comparable (epicene, plural comparables)
  1. comparable Tags: epicene Related terms: comparar, incomparable
    Sense id: en-comparable-ast-adj-h1Gj~KxQ Categories (other): Asturian entries with incorrect language header

Adjective [Catalan]

IPA: [kum.pəˈɾab.blə] [Central], [kom.pəˈɾab.blə] [Balearic], [kom.paˈɾa.ble] [Valencian] Forms: comparables [feminine, masculine, plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin comparābilis. Etymology templates: {{glossary|loanword|Borrowed}} Borrowed, {{bor|ca|la|comparābilis|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Latin comparābilis, {{bor+|ca|la|comparābilis}} Borrowed from Latin comparābilis Head templates: {{ca-adj}} comparable m or f (masculine and feminine plural comparables)
  1. comparable Tags: feminine, masculine Derived forms: comparablement Related terms: comparar, incomparable
    Sense id: en-comparable-ca-adj-h1Gj~KxQ Categories (other): Catalan entries with incorrect language header

Adjective [English]

IPA: /ˈkɒmp(ə)ɹəbl̩/ [UK], /kəmˈpæɹəbl̩/ [UK], /ˈkɑmp(ə)ɹəbl̩/ [US], /kəmˈpæɹəbl̩/ [US], /kəmˈpɛɹəbl̩/ (note: US, Mary–marry–merry merger) Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-comparable2.wav [Southern-England], LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-comparable.wav [Southern-England] Forms: more comparable [comparative], most comparable [superlative]
Etymology: From Middle English comparable, from Middle French comparable, from Latin comparābilis. By surface analysis, compare + -able. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|comparable}} Middle English comparable, {{der|en|frm|comparable}} Middle French comparable, {{der|en|la|comparābilis}} Latin comparābilis, {{surf|en|compare|-able}} By surface analysis, compare + -able Head templates: {{en-adj}} comparable (comparative more comparable, superlative most comparable)
  1. (often with to) Able to be compared (to). Tags: often Translations (able to be compared): comparable (Asturian), сравним (sravnim) (Bulgarian), comparable (Catalan), 比得上 (bǐdeshàng) (Chinese Mandarin), 可比較的 (Chinese Mandarin), 可比较的 (kě bǐjiào de) (Chinese Mandarin), srovnatelný [masculine] (Czech), vergelijkbaar (Dutch), komparebla (Esperanto), verrattavissa oleva (Finnish), comparable (French), comparable (Galician), comparábel (Galician), vergleichbar (German), steigerbar (note: in grammar) (German), komparabel (German), komparierbar (German), graduierbar (German), तुल्य (tulya) (Hindi), összehasonlítható (Hungarian), összemérhető (Hungarian), fogható (Hungarian), hasonlítható (Hungarian), mérhető (Hungarian), comparabile (Italian), 比較できる (hikaku dekiru) (alt: ひかくできる) (Japanese), 비슷하다 (biseuthada) (Korean), 견줄 만하다 (gyeonjul manhada) (Korean), 비교(比較)할 수 있다 (bigyohal su itda) (Korean), 비교(比較)가 가능(可能)하다 (bigyo-ga ganeunghada) (Korean), споредлив (sporedliv) (Macedonian), comparable (Middle English), sammenlignbar (Norwegian), komparabel (Norwegian), wiþmetendlīċ (Old English), porównywalny (Polish), comparável (Portuguese), comparabil (Romanian), сравни́мый (sravnímyj) (Russian), сопостави́мый (sopostavímyj) (Russian), porovnateľný (Slovak), comparable (Spanish), equiparable (Spanish), jämförbar (Swedish), karşılaştırılabilir (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-comparable-en-adj-zSarpNBF Categories (other): English terms suffixed with -able Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -able: 51 3 29 7 10 Disambiguation of 'able to be compared': 79 2 15 4
  2. (often with to) Similar (to); like. Tags: often
    Sense id: en-comparable-en-adj-RNyvEjaK
  3. (mathematics) Constituting a pair in a particular partial order. Categories (topical): Mathematics
    Sense id: en-comparable-en-adj-AfkIGLH9 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 22 3 48 9 18 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 21 5 45 14 16 Topics: mathematics, sciences
  4. (grammar) Said of an adjective that has comparative and superlative forms. Categories (topical): Grammar Synonyms: gradable
    Sense id: en-comparable-en-adj-en:grammar Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: comparability, comparable function, comparableness, comparable worth, incomparable, noncomparable (english: or non-comparable), uncomparable

Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈkɒmp(ə)ɹəbl̩/ [UK], /kəmˈpæɹəbl̩/ [UK], /ˈkɑmp(ə)ɹəbl̩/ [US], /kəmˈpæɹəbl̩/ [US], /kəmˈpɛɹəbl̩/ (note: US, Mary–marry–merry merger) Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-comparable2.wav [Southern-England], LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-comparable.wav [Southern-England] Forms: comparables [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English comparable, from Middle French comparable, from Latin comparābilis. By surface analysis, compare + -able. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|comparable}} Middle English comparable, {{der|en|frm|comparable}} Middle French comparable, {{der|en|la|comparābilis}} Latin comparābilis, {{surf|en|compare|-able}} By surface analysis, compare + -able Head templates: {{en-noun}} comparable (plural comparables)
  1. Something suitable for comparison.
    Sense id: en-comparable-en-noun-ee1~ToFh

Adjective [French]

IPA: /kɔ̃.pa.ʁabl/ Audio: Fr-Paris--comparable.ogg [Paris] Forms: comparables [plural]
Etymology: From Latin comparābilis. Etymology templates: {{der|fr|la|comparābilis}} Latin comparābilis Head templates: {{fr-adj}} comparable (plural comparables)
  1. comparable (suitable to be compared) Related terms: comparabilité
    Sense id: en-comparable-fr-adj-h~Q2gq7Q Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header

Adjective [Galician]

Forms: comparables [plural]
Etymology: From Latin comparābilis. Etymology templates: {{der|gl|la|comparābilis}} Latin comparābilis Head templates: {{gl-adj}} comparable m or f (plural comparables)
  1. comparable Tags: feminine, masculine Synonyms: comparábel Related terms: comparar, incomparábel, incomparable
    Sense id: en-comparable-gl-adj-h1Gj~KxQ Categories (other): Galician entries with incorrect language header

Adjective [Middle English]

IPA: /ˌkɔmpaˈraːbəl/, /ˌkɔmpaˈraːblə/, /ˈkɔmpərabəl/
Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French comparable, from Latin comparābilis; equivalent to comparen + -able. Etymology templates: {{glossary|loanword|Borrowed}} Borrowed, {{bor|enm|frm|comparable|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Middle French comparable, {{bor+|enm|frm|comparable}} Borrowed from Middle French comparable, {{der|enm|la|comparābilis}} Latin comparābilis, {{af|enm|comparen|-able}} comparen + -able Head templates: {{head|enm|adjective||{{{1}}}||{{{2}}}||{{{3}}}|head=}} comparable, {{enm-adj}} comparable
  1. Of identical or similar value; comparing favourably. Tags: Late-Middle-English
    Sense id: en-comparable-enm-adj-pa79rVBu Categories (other): Late Middle English, Middle English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Late Middle English: 51 49 Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50
  2. Comparable, commensurable; suitable for comparison. Tags: Late-Middle-English
    Sense id: en-comparable-enm-adj-1INbQZqn Categories (other): Late Middle English, Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Middle English terms suffixed with -able Disambiguation of Late Middle English: 51 49 Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of Middle English terms suffixed with -able: 42 58
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: comperable

Adjective [Spanish]

IPA: /kompaˈɾable/, [kõm.paˈɾa.β̞le] Forms: comparables [feminine, masculine, plural]
Rhymes: -able Etymology: From Latin comparābilis. Etymology templates: {{der|es|la|comparābilis}} Latin comparābilis Head templates: {{es-adj}} comparable m or f (masculine and feminine plural comparables)
  1. comparable Tags: feminine, masculine Synonyms: equiparable Derived forms: comparabilidad, comparablemente Related terms: comparar, incomparable
    Sense id: en-comparable-es-adj-h1Gj~KxQ Categories (other): Spanish entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "ref": "2022 January 12, Sir Michael Holden, “Reform of the workforce or death by a thousand cuts?”, in RAIL, number 948, page 22",
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          "sense": "able to be compared",
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          "lang": "German",
          "note": "in grammar",
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          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "tulya",
          "sense": "able to be compared",
          "word": "तुल्य"
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          "code": "hu",
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          "sense": "able to be compared",
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          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
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          "alt": "ひかくできる",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
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          "sense": "able to be compared",
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          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "biseuthada",
          "sense": "able to be compared",
          "word": "비슷하다"
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          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "gyeonjul manhada",
          "sense": "able to be compared",
          "word": "견줄 만하다"
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          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "bigyohal su itda",
          "sense": "able to be compared",
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          "code": "ko",
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          "roman": "bigyo-ga ganeunghada",
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          "code": "mk",
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          "code": "ang",
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          "word": "wiþmetendlīċ"
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          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "able to be compared",
          "word": "porównywalny"
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          "sense": "able to be compared",
          "word": "comparável"
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          "code": "ru",
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          "roman": "sravnímyj",
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          "word": "сопостави́мый"
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          "sense": "able to be compared",
          "word": "porovnateľný"
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          "sense": "able to be compared",
          "word": "comparable"
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          "_dis1": "79 2 15 4",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "able to be compared",
          "word": "equiparable"
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          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "able to be compared",
          "word": "jämförbar"
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          "_dis1": "79 2 15 4",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "able to be compared",
          "word": "karşılaştırılabilir"
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          "ref": "2013 July-August, Philip J. Bushnell, “Solvents, Ethanol, Car Crashes & Tolerance”, in American Scientist",
          "text": "Furthermore, this increase in risk is comparable to the risk of death from leukemia after long-term exposure to benzene, another solvent, which has the well-known property of causing this type of cancer.",
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        "Similar (to); like."
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        "(often with to) Similar (to); like."
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        "(mathematics) Constituting a pair in a particular partial order."
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      "sense": "able to be compared",
      "word": "比得上"
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      "code": "cmn",
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      "word": "可比較的"
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      "word": "可比较的"
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      "word": "komparebla"
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      "sense": "able to be compared",
      "word": "verrattavissa oleva"
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      "word": "comparábel"
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      "word": "vergleichbar"
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      "word": "jämförbar"
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