"respectable" meaning in English

See respectable in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: [ɹɪˈspɛk.tə.bl̩] [US] Audio: en-us-respectable.ogg Forms: more respectable [comparative], most respectable [superlative]
Etymology: From respect + -able. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|respect|able}} respect + -able Head templates: {{en-adj}} respectable (comparative more respectable, superlative most respectable)
  1. Deserving respect. Translations (deserving respect): محترم (Arabic), почтен (počten) (Bulgarian), уважаван (uvažavan) (Bulgarian), respectable (Catalan), ᎠᏥᎸᏉᏗ (atsilvquodi) (Cherokee), 受人尊敬的 (shòu rén zūnjìng de) (Chinese Mandarin), 可敬 (kějìng) (Chinese Mandarin), 體面的 (Chinese Mandarin), 体面的 (tǐmiàn de) (Chinese Mandarin), 尊貴 (Chinese Mandarin), 尊贵 (zūnguì) (Chinese Mandarin), vážený [masculine] (Czech), úctyhodný [masculine] (Czech), respektabel (Danish), respektinda (Esperanto), kunnioitettava (Finnish), respectable (French), respectable (Galician), angesehen (German), geachtet (German), 𐌲𐌰𐍂𐌹𐌿𐌸𐍃 (gariuþs) (Gothic), ευυπόληπτος (evypóliptos) (Greek), αξιοσέβαστος (axiosévastos) (Greek), respektinda (Ido), oiriúnach (Irish), rispettabile (Italian), 尊ぶべき (tōtobu beki) (Japanese), reverendus (Latin), respectabl'ye (Norman), godny szacunku (Polish), respeitável (Portuguese), respectabil (Romanian), уважа́емый (uvažájemyj) (Russian), почте́нный (počténnyj) (Russian), респекта́бельный (respektábelʹnyj) (Russian), प्रमुख (pramukha) (Sanskrit), respetable (Spanish), మర్యాదైన (maryādaina) (Telugu), saygıdeğer (Turkish), saygın (Turkish), пова́жний (povážnyj) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-respectable-en-adj-xsT7QXGG Disambiguation of 'deserving respect': 96 3 0
  2. Decent; satisfactory. Translations (decent; satisfactory): приличен (priličen) (Bulgarian), приемлив (priemliv) (Bulgarian), kelvollinen (Finnish), kunnollinen (Finnish), convenable (French), pas mal [informal] (French), σεβαστός (sevastós) (Greek), razoável (Portuguese), присто́йний (prystójnyj) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-respectable-en-adj--1OEcWjw Categories (other): Terms with Czech translations Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 7 12 44 37 Disambiguation of 'decent; satisfactory': 1 99 0
  3. Moderately well-to-do.
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: honorable Related terms: respectability, respectabilize, respectably

Noun

IPA: [ɹɪˈspɛk.tə.bl̩] [US] Audio: en-us-respectable.ogg Forms: respectables [plural]
Etymology: From respect + -able. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|respect|able}} respect + -able Head templates: {{en-noun}} respectable (plural respectables)
  1. A person who is respectable. Related terms: respectful, respective
    Sense id: en-respectable-en-noun-OqmB~Hlr Categories (other): Terms with Czech translations Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 7 12 44 37

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "text": "In former days every tavern of repute kept such a room for its own select circle, a club, or society, of habitués, who met every evening, for a pipe and a cheerful glass. In this way all respectable burgesses, down to fifty years ago, spent their evenings.",
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