adj
Meaning 1
Unvarying, calm and steady; constant and uniform.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
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Standard Lemma guide
equable
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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General-American, UK: /ˈɛk.wə.bəl/
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adj
Meaning 2
Free from extremes of heat or cold.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 3
Not easily disturbed; tranquil.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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adjective satellite
Meaning 4
not easily irritated
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- an equable temper
- not everyone shared his placid temperament
- remained placid despite the repeated delays
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: even-tempered, good-tempered, placid
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 5
not varying
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- an equable climate
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
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History
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin aequābilis, from aequō (“make level”), from aequus (“even, level”).
Across languages
Translations
10 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: спокоен (spokoen) — calm and steady
- Bulgarian: уравновесен (uravnovesen) — calm and steady
- Dutch: gelijkmatig — calm and steady
- Russian: ро́вный (róvnyj) — calm and steady
- Russian: равноме́рный (ravnomérnyj) — calm and steady
- Ottoman Turkish: سوی (seviy) — calm and steady
- Bulgarian: равномерен (ravnomeren) — free from extremes of heat or cold
- Bulgarian: умерен (umeren) — free from extremes of heat or cold
- Bulgarian: спокоен (spokoen) — not easily disturbed; tranquil
- Russian: уравнове́шенный (uravnovéšennyj) — not easily disturbed; tranquil