"affable" meaning in English

See affable in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈæf.ə.bəl/ [UK, US] Audio: en-us-affable.ogg , en-au-affable.ogg Forms: more affable [comparative], most affable [superlative]
Etymology: French affable, Latin affābilis, from affor (“I address”), from ad + for (“speak, talk”). See fable. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|fr|affable}} French affable, {{uder|en|la|affābilis}} Latin affābilis Head templates: {{en-adj}} affable (comparative more affable, superlative most affable)
  1. Receiving others kindly and conversing with them in a free and friendly manner; friendly, courteous, sociable. Categories (topical): Personality Synonyms: accessible, civil, complaisant, courteous, friendly, gracious, personable Translations (friendly, courteous, sociable): gülərüz (Azerbaijani), приветлив (privetliv) (Bulgarian), вежлив (vežliv) (Bulgarian), любезен (ljubezen) (Bulgarian), внимателен (vnimatelen) (Bulgarian), vlídný (Czech), přívětivý (Czech), gemoedelijk (Dutch), welwillend (Dutch), afabla (Esperanto), mukava (Finnish), aimable (French), afábel (Galician), umgänglich (German), affabel (German), affabile (Italian), жайдары (jaidary) (Kazakh), affābilis (Latin), wahawaha (Maori), hoahoa (Maori), takahoahoa (Maori), whakahoahoa (Maori), hūmārie (Maori), ratarata (Maori), hyggelig (Norwegian Bokmål), vennlig (Norwegian Bokmål), elskverdig (Norwegian Bokmål), schaftich (Plautdietsch), sympatyczny (Polish), arcymiły (Polish), afável (Portuguese), cordial (Romanian), afabil (Romanian), приве́тливый (privétlivyj) (Russian), suairce (Scottish Gaelic), afable (Spanish), älskvärd (Swedish), förbindlig (Swedish), vänlig (Swedish), arkadaş canlısı (Turkish), привітний (pryvitnyj) [masculine] (Ukrainian), люб'язний (ljubʺjaznyj) [masculine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-affable-en-adj-vblL~9zz Disambiguation of Personality: 98 2 Disambiguation of 'friendly, courteous, sociable': 99 1
  2. Mild; benign. Synonyms: benign, mild, warm Translations (mild; benign): vlídný (Czech), přívětivý (Czech), doux (French), umgänglich (German), bonario (Italian), amabile (Italian), velvillig (Norwegian), hyggelig (Norwegian), życzliwy (Polish), любе́зный (ljubéznyj) (Russian), tlàth (Scottish Gaelic), amable (Spanish), tranquilo (Spanish), içten (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-affable-en-adj-kVWkEjFE Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Azerbaijani translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Kazakh translations, Terms with Latin translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations, Terms with Norwegian translations, Terms with Plautdietsch translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Turkish translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 37 63 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 25 75 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 19 81 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 15 85 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 15 85 Disambiguation of Terms with Azerbaijani translations: 20 80 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 19 81 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 19 81 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 15 85 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 12 88 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 19 81 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 14 86 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 19 81 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 16 84 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 12 88 Disambiguation of Terms with Kazakh translations: 20 80 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 12 88 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 19 81 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations: 21 79 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian translations: 19 81 Disambiguation of Terms with Plautdietsch translations: 3 97 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 25 75 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 22 78 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 19 81 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 12 88 Disambiguation of Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations: 19 81 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 14 86 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 18 82 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 18 82 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 19 81 Disambiguation of 'mild; benign': 7 93
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: affability, affableness, affably

Inflected forms

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          "text": "[…] He stood bolt upright instead with his stumpy arms resting comfortably on the backsof the pilot's and co-pilot's seats, pipe in hand, making affable small talk to McWatt and whoever happened to be co-pilot and pointing out amusing trivia in the sky to the two men, who were too busy to be interested.",
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          "ref": "1998, Alexia Maria Kosmider, Tricky Tribal Discourse, page 84:",
          "text": "During more affable weather, the four friends congregate outside, sometimes leaning their hickory chairs against a \"catapa\" tree[…]",
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      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "friendly, courteous, sociable",
      "word": "gülərüz"
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      "sense": "friendly, courteous, sociable",
      "word": "приветлив"
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      "sense": "friendly, courteous, sociable",
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      "word": "внимателен"
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      "sense": "friendly, courteous, sociable",
      "word": "vlídný"
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      "sense": "friendly, courteous, sociable",
      "word": "gemoedelijk"
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      "sense": "friendly, courteous, sociable",
      "word": "welwillend"
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      "sense": "friendly, courteous, sociable",
      "word": "afabla"
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      "sense": "friendly, courteous, sociable",
      "word": "mukava"
    },
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "friendly, courteous, sociable",
      "word": "aimable"
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      "code": "gl",
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      "sense": "friendly, courteous, sociable",
      "word": "afábel"
    },
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "friendly, courteous, sociable",
      "word": "umgänglich"
    },
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "friendly, courteous, sociable",
      "word": "affabel"
    },
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "friendly, courteous, sociable",
      "word": "affabile"
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      "sense": "friendly, courteous, sociable",
      "word": "жайдары"
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      "code": "la",
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      "word": "affābilis"
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      "sense": "friendly, courteous, sociable",
      "word": "wahawaha"
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      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "friendly, courteous, sociable",
      "word": "hoahoa"
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    {
      "code": "mi",
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      "sense": "friendly, courteous, sociable",
      "word": "takahoahoa"
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      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "friendly, courteous, sociable",
      "word": "whakahoahoa"
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      "code": "mi",
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      "sense": "friendly, courteous, sociable",
      "word": "hūmārie"
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      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "friendly, courteous, sociable",
      "word": "ratarata"
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      "sense": "friendly, courteous, sociable",
      "word": "hyggelig"
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    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "friendly, courteous, sociable",
      "word": "vennlig"
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      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "friendly, courteous, sociable",
      "word": "elskverdig"
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      "lang": "Plautdietsch",
      "sense": "friendly, courteous, sociable",
      "word": "schaftich"
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "friendly, courteous, sociable",
      "word": "sympatyczny"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "friendly, courteous, sociable",
      "word": "arcymiły"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "friendly, courteous, sociable",
      "word": "afável"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "friendly, courteous, sociable",
      "word": "cordial"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "friendly, courteous, sociable",
      "word": "afabil"
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    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "privétlivyj",
      "sense": "friendly, courteous, sociable",
      "word": "приве́тливый"
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      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "friendly, courteous, sociable",
      "word": "suairce"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "friendly, courteous, sociable",
      "word": "afable"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "friendly, courteous, sociable",
      "word": "älskvärd"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "friendly, courteous, sociable",
      "word": "förbindlig"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "friendly, courteous, sociable",
      "word": "vänlig"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "friendly, courteous, sociable",
      "word": "arkadaş canlısı"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "pryvitnyj",
      "sense": "friendly, courteous, sociable",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "привітний"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "ljubʺjaznyj",
      "sense": "friendly, courteous, sociable",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "люб'язний"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "mild; benign",
      "word": "vlídný"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "mild; benign",
      "word": "přívětivý"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "mild; benign",
      "word": "doux"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "mild; benign",
      "word": "umgänglich"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "mild; benign",
      "word": "bonario"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "mild; benign",
      "word": "amabile"
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      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "mild; benign",
      "word": "velvillig"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "mild; benign",
      "word": "hyggelig"
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    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "mild; benign",
      "word": "życzliwy"
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    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ljubéznyj",
      "sense": "mild; benign",
      "word": "любе́зный"
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    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "mild; benign",
      "word": "tlàth"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "mild; benign",
      "word": "amable"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "mild; benign",
      "word": "tranquilo"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "mild; benign",
      "word": "içten"
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  ],
  "word": "affable"
}

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