veritable

See also: véritable

English

Etymology

From Middle French veritable, from Old French veritable, from Latin veritabilis.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈvɛ.ɹɪ.tə.bl/
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Adjective

veritable (comparative more veritable, superlative most veritable)

  1. True; genuine.
    He is a veritable genius.
    A fair is a veritable smorgasbord.
    (From Charlotte's Web).
    • 1942, Alfred Gallinek, “Psychogenic Disorders and the Civilization of the Middle Ages”, in The American Journal of Psychiatry, volume 99, number 1, page 47:
      The ideal man of the Middle Ages was free of all fear because he was sure of salvation, certain of eternal bliss. He was the saint, and the saint, not the knight nor the troubadour, is the veritable ideal of the Middle Ages.
English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *weh₁- (0 c, 22 e)

Anagrams

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin veritābilis.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central) [bə.ɾiˈtab.blə]
  • IPA(key): (Balearic) [və.ɾiˈtab.blə]
  • IPA(key): (Valencia) [ve.ɾiˈta.ble]

Adjective

veritable m or f (masculine and feminine plural veritables)

  1. real; true; veritable
    Synonyms: vertader, autèntic, real, legítim

Derived terms

Further reading

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French veritable.

Adjective

veritable m or f (plural veritables)

  1. true; real; not fake

Descendants

  • → English: veritable
  • French: véritable

Old French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin veritabilis. See also Catalan veritable.

Adjective

veritable m (oblique and nominative feminine singular veritable)

  1. true; real; not fake

Descendants

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