"enviable" meaning in English

See enviable in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈɛnvi.əbl̩/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-enviable.wav , LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-enviable.wav Forms: more enviable [comparative], most enviable [superlative]
Etymology: From Middle French enviable. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|frm|enviable}} Middle French enviable Head templates: {{en-adj}} enviable (comparative more enviable, superlative most enviable)
  1. Arousing or likely to arouse envy. Derived forms: enviability, enviableness, enviably Related terms: unenviable Translations (arousing or likely to arouse envy): ἀξιόζηλος (axiózēlos) (Ancient Greek), завиден (zaviden) (Bulgarian), envejable (Catalan), záviděníhodný (Czech), benijdenswaardig (Dutch), kadehdittava (Finnish), enviable (French), envexable (Galician), beneidenswert (German), αξιοζήλευτος (axiozíleftos) (Greek), invidiabile (Italian), yn-troo (Manx), haetara (Maori), godny pozazdroszczenia (Polish), invejável (Portuguese), зави́дный (zavídnyj) (Russian), за́видан [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), závidan [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), závideniahodný (Slovak), envidiable (Spanish), avundsvärd (Swedish), рашковар (raškovar) (Tajik), рашкомез (raškomez) (Tajik), рашкангез (raškangez) (Tajik)
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