admirable

From Middle English admyrable, partly from Middle French admirable and partly from its etymon, Latin admirābilis.^[1] By surface analysis, admire +‎ -able.

• IPA^(key): /ˈæd.məɹ.ə.bəl/
• (Philippines) or (nonstandard) IPA^(key): /ædˈmaɪ.ɹə.bəl/

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admirable (comparative more admirable, superlative most admirable)

1. Deserving of the highest esteem or admiration; estimable.

   It's admirable that Shelley overcame her handicap and excelled in her work.

   • 1946 July and August, Cecil J. Allen, “British Locomotive Practice and Performance”, in Railway Magazine, page 213:

     The admirable smoothness of the riding also reflected the greatest credit on those who, despite the difficulties caused by the shortage of men and materials, have succeeded in maintaining the track in such first-class order.

2. Good or heroic.

   The act of putting out the burning fires was admirable.

Borrowed from Latin admirābilis.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [əm.miˈɾab.blə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [am.miˈɾa.ble]
• Rhymes: -ablə, -able

admirable m or f (masculine and feminine plural admirables)

1. admirable

• “admirable” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
• “admirable” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “admirable”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “admirable”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

Inherited from Middle French admirable, borrowed from Latin admirābilis.

• IPA^(key): /ad.mi.ʁabl/

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admirable (plural admirables)

1. admirable

• “admirable”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

• admirábel

Learned borrowing from Latin admirābilis.

admirable m or f (plural admirables)

1. admirable

• “admirable”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025

Borrowed from Latin admirābilis.

admirable m or f (plural admirables)

1. admirable

• French: admirable

admirable (comparative mair admirable, superlative maist admirable)

1. admirable

• Eagle, Andy, ed. (2016) The Online Scots Dictionary, Scots Online.

Borrowed from Latin admirābilis.

• IPA^(key): /admiˈɾable/ [að̞.miˈɾa.β̞le]

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• Rhymes: -able
• Syllabification: ad‧mi‧ra‧ble

admirable m or f (masculine and feminine plural admirables)

1. admirable

• “admirable”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024

Borrowed from Spanish admirable, from Latin admirābilis.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔadmiˈɾable/ [ʔɐd̪.mɪˈɾaː.blɛ]
• Rhymes: -able
• Syllabification: ad‧mi‧ra‧ble

admirable (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜇ᜔ᜋᜒᜇᜊ᜔ᜎᜒ)

1. admirable

   Synonyms: kahanga-hanga, kapuri-puri, kaibig-ibig

• “admirable”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2024
• “admirable”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Cuadrado Muñiz, Adolfo (1972) Hispanismos en el tagalo: diccionario de vocablos de origen español vigentes en esta lengua filipina, Madrid: Oficina de Educación Iberoamericana, page 12