English
Etymology
From praise + -worthy.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈpɹeɪz.wɜː.ði/
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈpɹeɪz.wɝ.ði/
Adjective
praiseworthy (comparative praiseworthier or more praiseworthy, superlative praiseworthiest or most praiseworthy)
- Meriting praise; worthy of high praise
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Translations
meriting praise
- Bulgarian: похвален (bg) (pohvalen)
- Catalan: lloable, encomiable (ca)
- Czech: chvályhodný (cs) m
- Dutch: prijzenswaardig (nl), lofwaardig (nl), achtenswaardig (nl)
- Esperanto: laŭdinda, laŭdebla
- French: louable (fr)
- German: lobenswert (de), rühmenswert, preiswürdig (de)
- Greek: αινετός (el) (ainetós)
- Ancient: ἐπαινετός (epainetós)
- Hindi: सराहनीय (hi) (sarāhnīya)
- Hungarian: dicséretre méltó
- Italian: lodevole (it), encomiabile (it)
- Latin: laudābilis
- Norwegian:
- Nynorsk: prisverdig, rosverdig, rosande
- Ottoman Turkish: ستوده (sütude), مندوب (mendub), مبرور (mebrur)
- Polish: chwalebny (pl), godny pochwały
- Portuguese: louvável (pt)
- Russian: досто́йный (ru) (dostójnyj) похвалы (ru) f (poxvaly)
- Sanskrit: ईड्य (sa) (īḍya)
- Serbo-Croatian: достојан
- Spanish: encomiable (es), alabable (es), digno de alabanza m, loable (es)
- Swedish: tacknämlig (sv), lovvärd (sv), berömvärd (sv)
- Tocharian B: pällarṣke
- Turkish: takdire değer, takdire şayan
- Ukrainian: похвальний (poxvalʹnyj)
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