"admirable" meaning in English

See admirable in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈæd.məɹ.ə.bəl/, /ædˈmaɪ.ɹə.bəl/ [nonstandard] Audio: en-us-admirable.ogg Forms: more admirable [comparative], most admirable [superlative]
Etymology: From Middle English admyrable, partly from Middle French admirable and partly from its etymon, Latin admirābilis. By surface analysis, admire + -able. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|admyrable}} Middle English admyrable, {{der|en|frm|admirable}} Middle French admirable, {{der|en|la|admirābilis}} Latin admirābilis, {{surf|en|admire|-able}} By surface analysis, admire + -able Head templates: {{en-adj}} admirable (comparative more admirable, superlative most admirable)
  1. Deserving of the highest esteem or admiration; estimable. Translations (deserving of the highest esteem or admiration): περίβλεπτος (períbleptos) (Ancient Greek), جَدِير بِالْإِعْجَاب (jadīr bi-l-ʔiʕjāb) (Arabic), възхитителен (vǎzhititelen) (Bulgarian), admirable (Catalan), 令人欽佩的 (Chinese Mandarin), 令人钦佩的 (lìng rén qīnpèi de) (Chinese Mandarin), 令人讚美的 (Chinese Mandarin), 令人赞美的 (Chinese Mandarin), 令人赞美的 (lìng rén zànměi de) (Chinese Mandarin), obdivuhodný (Czech), beundringsværdig (Danish), imponerende (Danish), bewonderenswaardig (Dutch), admirinda (Esperanto), undranarverdur (Faroese), virðingarverdur (Faroese), frálíkur (Faroese), óførur (Faroese), ihailtava (Finnish), vaikuttava (Finnish), admirable (French), admirable (Galician), admirábel (Galician), bewundernswert (German), αξιοθαύμαστος (axiothávmastos) (Greek), αγαστός (agastós) (Greek), aðdáanlegur (Icelandic), aðdáunarverður (Icelandic), 立派 (rippa na) (alt: りっぱな) (Japanese), 見事な (migoto na) (alt: みごとな) (Japanese), 感心な (kanshin na) (alt: かんしんな) (Japanese), 칭찬할 만한 (chingchanhal manhan) (Korean), 감탄할 만한 (gamtanhal manhan) (Korean), 기특한 (giteukhan) (Korean), admīrābilis (Latin), spectābilis (Latin), പ്രശംസനീയ (praśaṁsanīya) (Malayalam), ആരാധ്യ (ārādhya) (Malayalam), kairangaitra (Maori), beundringsverdig (Norwegian Bokmål), imponerende (Norwegian Bokmål), beundringsverdig (Norwegian Nynorsk), imponerande (Norwegian Nynorsk), admirable (Occitan), godny podziwu [masculine] (Polish), admirável (Portuguese), admirabil (Romanian), восхити́тельный (vosxitítelʹnyj) (Russian), admirable (Spanish), loable (Spanish), beundransvärd (Swedish), imponerande (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-admirable-en-adj-w0ct~Abl Disambiguation of 'deserving of the highest esteem or admiration': 97 3
  2. Good or heroic. Categories (topical): Personality
    Sense id: en-admirable-en-adj-LTe8TYhf Disambiguation of Personality: 3 97 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -able, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 8 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Ancient Greek translations, Terms with Arabic translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Faroese translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Icelandic translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Latin translations, Terms with Malayalam translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations, Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations, Terms with Occitan translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 43 57 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -able: 36 64 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 25 75 Disambiguation of Pages with 8 entries: 18 82 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 18 82 Disambiguation of Terms with Ancient Greek translations: 25 75 Disambiguation of Terms with Arabic translations: 20 80 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 20 80 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 18 82 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 18 82 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 14 86 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 21 79 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 16 84 Disambiguation of Terms with Faroese translations: 19 81 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 20 80 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 21 79 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 20 80 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 23 77 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 21 79 Disambiguation of Terms with Icelandic translations: 19 81 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 18 82 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 19 81 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 18 82 Disambiguation of Terms with Malayalam translations: 18 82 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 22 78 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 19 81 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations: 21 79 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations: 12 88 Disambiguation of Terms with Occitan translations: 21 79 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 22 78 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 24 76 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 20 80 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 18 82 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 18 82 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 18 82
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: admirableness, admirably, red admirable, superadmirable, unadmirable

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1946 July and August, Cecil J. Allen, “British Locomotive Practice and Performance”, in Railway Magazine, page 213:",
          "text": "The admirable smoothness of the riding also reflected the greatest credit on those who, despite the difficulties caused by the shortage of men and materials, have succeeded in maintaining the track in such first-class order.",
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          "sense": "deserving of the highest esteem or admiration",
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          "word": "칭찬할 만한"
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      "roman": "jadīr bi-l-ʔiʕjāb",
      "sense": "deserving of the highest esteem or admiration",
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      "sense": "deserving of the highest esteem or admiration",
      "word": "令人钦佩的"
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      "word": "admirable"
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      "sense": "deserving of the highest esteem or admiration",
      "word": "admirable"
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      "sense": "deserving of the highest esteem or admiration",
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      "sense": "deserving of the highest esteem or admiration",
      "word": "bewundernswert"
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      "sense": "deserving of the highest esteem or admiration",
      "word": "αξιοθαύμαστος"
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      "code": "el",
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      "code": "is",
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      "word": "aðdáanlegur"
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      "code": "is",
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      "sense": "deserving of the highest esteem or admiration",
      "word": "aðdáunarverður"
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      "alt": "りっぱな",
      "code": "ja",
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      "roman": "rippa na",
      "sense": "deserving of the highest esteem or admiration",
      "word": "立派"
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      "alt": "みごとな",
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      "roman": "migoto na",
      "sense": "deserving of the highest esteem or admiration",
      "word": "見事な"
    },
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      "alt": "かんしんな",
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      "roman": "kanshin na",
      "sense": "deserving of the highest esteem or admiration",
      "word": "感心な"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "chingchanhal manhan",
      "sense": "deserving of the highest esteem or admiration",
      "word": "칭찬할 만한"
    },
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      "code": "ko",
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      "roman": "gamtanhal manhan",
      "sense": "deserving of the highest esteem or admiration",
      "word": "감탄할 만한"
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      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "giteukhan",
      "sense": "deserving of the highest esteem or admiration",
      "word": "기특한"
    },
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      "code": "la",
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      "sense": "deserving of the highest esteem or admiration",
      "word": "admīrābilis"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "deserving of the highest esteem or admiration",
      "word": "spectābilis"
    },
    {
      "code": "ml",
      "lang": "Malayalam",
      "roman": "praśaṁsanīya",
      "sense": "deserving of the highest esteem or admiration",
      "word": "പ്രശംസനീയ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ml",
      "lang": "Malayalam",
      "roman": "ārādhya",
      "sense": "deserving of the highest esteem or admiration",
      "word": "ആരാധ്യ"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "deserving of the highest esteem or admiration",
      "word": "kairangaitra"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "deserving of the highest esteem or admiration",
      "word": "beundringsverdig"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "deserving of the highest esteem or admiration",
      "word": "imponerende"
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    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "deserving of the highest esteem or admiration",
      "word": "beundringsverdig"
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    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "deserving of the highest esteem or admiration",
      "word": "imponerande"
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      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "deserving of the highest esteem or admiration",
      "word": "admirable"
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    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "deserving of the highest esteem or admiration",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "godny podziwu"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "deserving of the highest esteem or admiration",
      "word": "admirável"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "deserving of the highest esteem or admiration",
      "word": "admirabil"
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    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vosxitítelʹnyj",
      "sense": "deserving of the highest esteem or admiration",
      "word": "восхити́тельный"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "deserving of the highest esteem or admiration",
      "word": "admirable"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "deserving of the highest esteem or admiration",
      "word": "loable"
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    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "deserving of the highest esteem or admiration",
      "word": "beundransvärd"
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    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "deserving of the highest esteem or admiration",
      "word": "imponerande"
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