regrettable

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• rhymes with -ɛtəbəl
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Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re- Proto-Indo-European *ǵhreh1d-der. Proto-Germanic *grētaną Frankish *grātander. Old French *greter Old French regreterbor. Middle English regretten English regret Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dhlom Proto-Indo-European *-dhlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English regrettable From regret + -able.

32 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Belarusian: сумны (sumny) — of an event, action, or state, allowing or deserving regret
• Bulgarian: достоен за съжаление (dostoen za sǎžalenie) — of an event, action, or state, allowing or deserving regret
• Catalan: lamentable — of an event, action, or state, allowing or deserving regret
• Chinese Mandarin: 令人遺憾的 /令人遗憾的 (lìngrén yíhàn de) — of an event, action, or state, allowing or deserving regret
• Czech: politováníhodný — of an event, action, or state, allowing or deserving regret
• Dutch: betreurenswaardig — of an event, action, or state, allowing or deserving regret
• Finnish: harmillinen — of an event, action, or state, allowing or deserving regret
• French: regrettable — of an event, action, or state, allowing or deserving regret
• Georgian: დასანანი (dasanani) — of an event, action, or state, allowing or deserving regret
• German: bedauerlich — of an event, action, or state, allowing or deserving regret
• German: bedauernswert — of an event, action, or state, allowing or deserving regret
• Greek: λυπηρός (lypirós) — of an event, action, or state, allowing or deserving regret
• Hungarian: sajnálatos — of an event, action, or state, allowing or deserving regret
• Ido: regretinda — of an event, action, or state, allowing or deserving regret
• Italian: riprovevole — of an event, action, or state, allowing or deserving regret
• Italian: deplorevole — of an event, action, or state, allowing or deserving regret
• Italian: increscioso — of an event, action, or state, allowing or deserving regret
• Italian: deprecabile — of an event, action, or state, allowing or deserving regret
• Khmer: គួរអាយសោកស្តាយ (kuəʼaaysaokstaay) — of an event, action, or state, allowing or deserving regret
• Latin: paenitendus — of an event, action, or state, allowing or deserving regret
• Plautdietsch: schod — of an event, action, or state, allowing or deserving regret
• Polish: godny ubolewania — of an event, action, or state, allowing or deserving regret
• Polish: godny pożałowania — of an event, action, or state, allowing or deserving regret
• Portuguese: lamentável — of an event, action, or state, allowing or deserving regret
• Portuguese: deplorável — of an event, action, or state, allowing or deserving regret
• Russian: прискорбный (priskorbnyj) — of an event, action, or state, allowing or deserving regret
• Spanish: lamentable — of an event, action, or state, allowing or deserving regret
• Swedish: beklagansvärd — of an event, action, or state, allowing or deserving regret
• Thai: น่าเสียใจ (nâa-sǐia-jai) — of an event, action, or state, allowing or deserving regret
• Thai: น่าเสียดาย (nâa-sǐia-daai) — of an event, action, or state, allowing or deserving regret
• Vietnamese: đáng tiếc — of an event, action, or state, allowing or deserving regret
• Vietnamese: đáng ân hận — of an event, action, or state, allowing or deserving regret