"notability" meaning in English

See notability in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˌnoʊ.təˈbɪl.ə.ti/ [US], [ˌnoʊ.ɾəˈbɪl.ə.ɾi] [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Qwertygiy-notability.wav Forms: notabilities [plural]
Etymology: From notable + -ity; alternatively, may be analyzed as note + -ability. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|notable|-ity}} notable + -ity, {{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, English terms suffixed with -ity, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Malayalam translations, Terms with Norwegian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 92 4 4 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ability: 64 3 33 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ity: 93 3 4 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 96 2 2 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 92 2 6 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 96 2 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 84 4 12 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 95 2 3 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 91 4 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Malayalam translations: 95 2 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian translations: 84 4 12 Disambiguation of 'quality of being notable': 76 17 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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