"detestable" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [Catalan]

IPA: [də.təsˈtab.blə] [Balearic, Central], [de.tesˈta.ble] [Valencian] Forms: detestables [feminine, masculine, plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin dētestābilis. Etymology templates: {{glossary|loanword|Borrowed}} Borrowed, {{bor|ca|la|dētestābilis|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Latin dētestābilis, {{bor+|ca|la|dētestābilis}} Borrowed from Latin dētestābilis Head templates: {{ca-adj}} detestable m or f (masculine and feminine plural detestables)
  1. detestable Tags: feminine, masculine Related terms: detestar
    Sense id: en-detestable-ca-adj-OeAsNUir Categories (other): Catalan entries with incorrect language header

Adjective [English]

IPA: /dɪˈtɛstəbl̩/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-detestable.wav [Southern-England] Forms: more detestable [comparative], most detestable [superlative]
Etymology: From Middle French détestable. By surface analysis, detest + -able. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|frm|détestable}} Middle French détestable, {{surf|en|detest|-able}} By surface analysis, detest + -able Head templates: {{en-adj}} detestable (comparative more detestable, superlative most detestable)
  1. Stimulating disgust or detestation; offensive; shocking. Derived forms: detestableness Translations (stimulating disgust or detestation): противен (protiven) (Bulgarian), омразен (omrazen) (Bulgarian), detestable (Catalan), inhottava (Finnish), vastenmielinen (Finnish), kauhistuttava (Finnish), αξιομίσητος (axiomísitos) (Greek), gráiniúil (Irish), dētestābilis (Latin), dīrus (Latin), гна́сен (gnásen) (Macedonian), га́ден (gáden) (Macedonian), о́двратен (ódvraten) (Macedonian), о́мразен (ómrazen) (Macedonian), мерзкий (merzkij) (Russian), омерзительный (omerzitelʹnyj) (Russian), гнусный (gnusnyj) (Russian), отвратительный (otvratitelʹnyj) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-detestable-en-adj-fxLf5DIs Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -able Related terms: detest, detestability, detestable crime, detestable thing, detestable practices, detestable act, detestable character, detestable nature, detestable person, detestable conduct, detestable villain, detestable behavior, hateful, abominable, loathsome, horrid

Adjective [Spanish]

IPA: /detesˈtable/, [d̪e.t̪esˈt̪a.β̞le] Forms: detestables [feminine, masculine, plural]
Rhymes: -able Etymology: From Latin dētestābilis. Etymology templates: {{der|es|la|dētestābilis}} Latin dētestābilis Head templates: {{es-adj}} detestable m or f (masculine and feminine plural detestables)
  1. detestable Tags: feminine, masculine Derived forms: detestablemente Related terms: detestar
    Sense id: en-detestable-es-adj-OeAsNUir Categories (other): Spanish entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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      "roman": "ómrazen",
      "sense": "stimulating disgust or detestation",
      "word": "о́мразен"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "merzkij",
      "sense": "stimulating disgust or detestation",
      "word": "мерзкий"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "omerzitelʹnyj",
      "sense": "stimulating disgust or detestation",
      "word": "омерзительный"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "gnusnyj",
      "sense": "stimulating disgust or detestation",
      "word": "гнусный"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "otvratitelʹnyj",
      "sense": "stimulating disgust or detestation",
      "word": "отвратительный"
    }
  ],
  "word": "detestable"
}

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "detestablemente"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "es",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "dētestābilis"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin dētestābilis",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Latin dētestābilis.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "detestables",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "detestable m or f (masculine and feminine plural detestables)",
      "name": "es-adj"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "de‧tes‧ta‧ble"
  ],
  "lang": "Spanish",
  "lang_code": "es",
  "pos": "adj",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "detestar"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Requests for translations of Spanish quotations",
        "Rhymes:Spanish/able",
        "Rhymes:Spanish/able/4 syllables",
        "Spanish 4-syllable words",
        "Spanish adjectives",
        "Spanish entries with incorrect language header",
        "Spanish epicene adjectives",
        "Spanish lemmas",
        "Spanish terms derived from Latin",
        "Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Spanish terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "(please add an English translation of this quotation)",
          "ref": "2015 July 18, “Cómo escribir un artículo”, in El País",
          "text": "Los más detestables son los del PP y los \"cosmopolitas\"; pero paradójicamente esos fachas rinden servicio a la causa, pues \"són una fàbrica d'independentistes\".",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "detestable"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "detestable",
          "detestable#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/detesˈtable/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[d̪e.t̪esˈt̪a.β̞le]"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-able"
    }
  ],
  "word": "detestable"
}

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