"likable" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

IPA: /ˈlaɪkəbl̩/ Forms: more likable [comparative], most likable [superlative]
Etymology: From like + -able. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|like|able}} like + -able Head templates: {{en-adj}} likable (comparative more likable, superlative most likable)
  1. (American spelling) Capable of, or suitable for, being liked. Tags: US Translations (capable of being liked): 招人喜歡 (Chinese Mandarin), 招人喜欢 (zhāorén xǐhuān) (Chinese Mandarin), miellyttävä (Finnish), szeretetre méltó (Hungarian), piacevole (Italian), agradável (Portuguese), tlachdmhor (Scottish Gaelic), agradable (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-likable-en-adj-bz49kGI9 Disambiguation of 'capable of being liked': 63 37
  2. (of a person) Having qualities tending to result in being liked; friendly, personable. Categories (topical): Personality Translations (having qualities tending to result in being liked; friendly, personable): приятен (prijaten) (Bulgarian), привлекателен (privlekatelen) (Bulgarian), 招人喜歡 (Chinese Mandarin), 招人喜欢 (zhāorén xǐhuān) (Chinese Mandarin), simpatia (Esperanto), miellyttävä (Finnish), aimable (French), sympathique (French), sympa (French), liebenswert (German), rokonszenves (Hungarian), szimpatikus (Hungarian), taitneamhach (Irish), simpatico (Italian), 好かれる (sukareru) (alt: すかれる) (Japanese), 好まれる (konomareru) (alt: このまれる) (Japanese), likendes (Norwegian Bokmål), omgjengelig (Norwegian Bokmål), likandes (Norwegian Nynorsk), omgjengeleg (Norwegian Nynorsk), sympatyczny (Polish), ми́лый (mílyj) (Russian), прия́тный (prijátnyj) (Russian), привлека́тельный (privlekátelʹnyj) (Russian), симпати́чный (simpatíčnyj) (Russian), располага́ющий (raspolagájuščij) (Russian), गूर्त (gūrta) (Sanskrit), tlachdmhor (Scottish Gaelic), симпати́чний (sympatýčnyj) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-likable-en-adj-8rmWTZSJ Disambiguation of Personality: 1 99 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -able Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 44 56 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -able: 43 57 Disambiguation of 'having qualities tending to result in being liked; friendly, personable': 4 96
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: amiable, likeable Related terms: likability

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      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "having qualities tending to result in being liked; friendly, personable",
      "word": "tlachdmhor"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "sympatýčnyj",
      "sense": "having qualities tending to result in being liked; friendly, personable",
      "word": "симпати́чний"
    }
  ],
  "word": "likable"
}

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