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respectable en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • [ɹə-] (US)
  • [ɹɪˈspɛk.tə.bɫ̩] (US)
  • (US) audio

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re- Proto-Indo-European *speḱ- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *spéḱyeti Proto-Italic *spekjō Latin speciō Latin respiciō Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Italic *-tus Latin -tus Latin respectus Old French respectbor. Middle English respect English respectdenom. English respect Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Italic *-ðlom Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English respectable From respect + -able.

Meanings

  1. Deserving respect.
    • His accomplishments, morals, loyalty, and stature make him a respectable person.
    • 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. 1892, Walter Besant, chapter III, in The Ivory Gate […], New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers, […], →OCLC:
    • Don't you find respectable people terribly dull? 1932, Jules Furthman, Shanghai Express, spoken by Hui Fei (Anna May Wong):
  2. Decent; satisfactory.
    • Turn up to the interview wearing something respectable.  She plays a respectable game of chess.  He got a respectable B+ on his last exam.
  3. Moderately well-to-do.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
most respectable Degree=Sup lexicographic
more respectable Degree=Cmp lexicographic

Antonyms

unrespectable · despicable · contemptible · disrespectable · unfamous

Deriveds

superrespectable · respectableness · nonrespectable · respectablize · semirespectable · ultrarespectable

Hypernyms

notable

Relateds

respectabilize · revered · respectability · meritorious · dignified · meedful · respectably

Synonyms

admirable · laudable · reverend · valuable · venerable · glorious · venerable · respectable · honorable · estimable · laudable · savory · allowable · reverable · creditable · worthy · praiseworthy · commendable · admirable

Translations (55)

es respetable (deserving respect) · te మర్యాదైన (deserving respect) · got 𐌲𐌰𐍂𐌹𐌿𐌸𐍃 (deserving respect) · io respektinda (deserving respect) · de geachtet (deserving respect) · fr pas mal (decent; satisfactory) · tr saygın (deserving respect) · bg приличен (decent; satisfactory) · fi kunnollinen (decent; satisfactory) · bg почтен (deserving respect) · it rispettabile (deserving respect) · el σεβαστός (decent; satisfactory) · cmn 受人尊敬的 (deserving respect) · pt respeitável (deserving respect) · fi kelvollinen (decent; satisfactory) · tr saygıdeğer (deserving respect) · cs úctyhodný (deserving respect) · ga oiriúnach (deserving respect) · la reverendus (deserving respect) · bg приемлив (decent; satisfactory) · cmn 尊貴 /尊贵 (deserving respect) · uk пова́жний (deserving respect) · ru уважа́емый (deserving respect) · fr respectable (deserving respect) · cmn 體面的 /体面的 (deserving respect) · ar مُحْتَرَم (deserving respect) · ro respectabil (deserving respect) · pt razoável (decent; satisfactory) · ca respectable (deserving respect) · fi kunnioitettava (deserving respect) · cmn 令人滿意的 /令人满意的 (decent; satisfactory) · cs vážený (deserving respect) · uk присто́йний (decent; satisfactory) · cmn 可敬 (deserving respect) · cmn 得當的 /得当的 (decent; satisfactory) · fi kohtalaisen varakas (moderately well-to-do) · el ευυπόληπτος (deserving respect) · cmn 小康的 (moderately well-to-do) · ru почте́нный (deserving respect) · cmn 得體的 /得体的 (decent; satisfactory) · chr ᎠᏥᎸᏉᏗ (deserving respect) · nrf respectabl'ye (deserving respect) · gl respectable (deserving respect) · eo respektinda (deserving respect) · fr convenable (decent; satisfactory) · da respektabel (deserving respect) · ja 尊ぶべき (deserving respect) · ru респекта́бельный (deserving respect) · bg уважаван (deserving respect) · cmn 中等富裕的 (moderately well-to-do) · pl godny szacunku (deserving respect) · cmn 中產階級的 /中产阶级的 (moderately well-to-do) · de angesehen (deserving respect) · el αξιοσέβαστος (deserving respect) · sa प्रमुख (deserving respect)

respectable en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • [ɹə-] (US)
  • [ɹɪˈspɛk.tə.bɫ̩] (US)
  • (US) audio

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re- Proto-Indo-European *speḱ- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *spéḱyeti Proto-Italic *spekjō Latin speciō Latin respiciō Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Italic *-tus Latin -tus Latin respectus Old French respectbor. Middle English respect English respectdenom. English respect Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Italic *-ðlom Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English respectable From respect + -able.

Meanings

  1. A person who is respectable.
    • They forced their way into the meetings called by the respectables; and the respectables disappeared. It was of their own respectable good pleasure that they withdrew. 1872, Thomas Cooper, The Life of Thomas Cooper, page 221:
    • The “respectables”, then, impute to themselves an absence of such character blemishes, or stated in more positive terms, an allegiance to American mainstream morality. 2014, Mitchell Duneier, Philip Kasinitz, Alexandra Murphy, The Urban Ethnography Reader, page 38:
    • The tensions between the "respectables" and the "gay spoilers" 1978 February 11, Michael Bronski, “The Gayest Parade In Town”, in Gay Community News, volume 5, number 31, page 13:

Forms

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respectables Number=Plur lexicographic

Relateds

respective · respectful

Translations (1)

fi kunnioitettava (person who is respectable)