"notability" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: notabilities [plural]
Etymology: note + -ability Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|note|ability}} note + -ability Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} notability (countable and uncountable, plural notabilities)
  1. (uncountable) The quality or state of being notable or eminent. Tags: uncountable Synonyms: noteworthiness Translations (quality of being notable): знаменитост (znamenitost) [feminine] (Bulgarian), notabilité [feminine] (French), notoriété [feminine] (French), Bekanntheit [feminine] (German), ശ്രദ്ധേയത (śraddhēyata) (Malayalam), notabilitet [masculine] (Norwegian)
    Sense id: en-notability-en-noun-m7YJGMrL Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ability Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 91 5 4 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ability: 59 3 37 Disambiguation of 'quality of being notable': 75 18 7
  2. (countable) A notable or eminent person or thing. Tags: countable Translations (notable person or thing): знаменитост (znamenitost) (Bulgarian), Persönlichkeit (note: of a person) [feminine] (German), Bekanntheit [feminine] (German), Celebrity [feminine] (German), Prominenz [feminine] (German), Notabler [masculine] (German), Denkwürdigkeit (note: of a thing) [feminine] (German), Besonderheit [feminine] (German), Merkwürdigkeit [feminine] (German), notabilitet [masculine] (Norwegian)
    Sense id: en-notability-en-noun-11DQh2cD Disambiguation of 'notable person or thing': 25 64 11
  3. Locally eminent people; the bourgeoisie or upper middle class Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-notability-en-noun-Xnht1WeS

Inflected forms

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