preferable

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• Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /ˈpɹɛf.(ə.)ɹə.b(ə)l/
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• Australian: /ˈpɹef.(ə.)ɹə.b(ə)l/
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• New-Zealand: /ˈpɹef.ɹə.b(ə)l/
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• /pɹəˈfɜː.ɹə.b(ə)l/
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• CMU ARPABET: P R EH1 F ER0 AH0 B AH0 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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• CMU ARPABET 2: P R EH1 F R AH0 B AH0 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From prefer + -able, probably after Middle French preferable. Compare preference, preferential, etc.

42 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: مُفَضَّل (mufaḍḍal) — better than some other option
• Arabic: أَفْضَل (ʔafḍal) — better than some other option
• Belarusian: найле́пшы (najljépšy) — better than some other option
• Belarusian: ле́пшы (ljépšy) — better than some other option
• Bulgarian: предпочи́тан (predpočítan) — better than some other option
• Catalan: preferible — better than some other option
• Chinese Mandarin: 更合意的 (gèng héyì de) — better than some other option
• Chinese Mandarin: 更適宜的 /更适宜的 (gèng shìyí de) — better than some other option
• Chinese Mandarin: 更可取的 (gèng kěqǔ de) — better than some other option
• Chinese Mandarin: 較好 /较好 — better than some other option
• Chinese Mandarin: 较好的 (jiàohǎo de) — better than some other option
• Chinese Mandarin: 更好的 (gèng hǎo de) — better than some other option
• Czech: výhodnější — better than some other option
• Dutch: verkieslijk — better than some other option
• Dutch: preferabel — better than some other option
• Finnish: parempi — better than some other option
• French: préférable — better than some other option
• Georgian: უმჯობესი (umǯobesi) — better than some other option
• Georgian: უპირატესი (uṗiraṭesi) — better than some other option
• German: bevorzugt — better than some other option
• Greek: προτιμητέος (protimitéos) — better than some other option
• Italian: preferibile — better than some other option
• Japanese: ましな (mashi na) — better than some other option
• Japanese: 〜より好ましい (-yori konomashii) — better than some other option
• Korean: 더 좋다 (deo jota) — better than some other option
• Latin: potior — better than some other option
• Macedonian: претпочитлив (pretpočitliv) — better than some other option
• Norman: préféthabl'ye — better than some other option
• Polish: lepszy — better than some other option
• Polish: odpowiedniejszy — better than some other option
• Polish: bardziej odpowiedni — better than some other option
• Portuguese: preferível — better than some other option
• Romanian: preferabil — better than some other option
• Russian: предпочти́тельный (predpočtítelʹnyj) — better than some other option
• Russian: наилу́чший (nailúčšij) — better than some other option
• Russian: лу́чший (lúčšij) — better than some other option
• Sanskrit: श्रेयस् (śreyas) — better than some other option
• Slovak: výhodnejší — better than some other option
• Spanish: preferible — better than some other option
• Ukrainian: кра́щий (kráščyj) — better than some other option
• Ukrainian: найкра́щий (najkráščyj) — better than some other option
• Ukrainian: найлі́пший (najlípšyj) — better than some other option