respectable

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• US: [ɹɪˈspɛk.tə.bl̩]
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• CMU ARPABET: R IH0 S P EH1 K T AH0 B AH0 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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• CMU ARPABET 2: R IY0 S P EH1 K T AH0 B AH0 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Etymology tree English respect 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 respectable From respect + -able.

56 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: محترم — deserving respect
• Bulgarian: почтен (počten) — deserving respect
• Bulgarian: уважаван (uvažavan) — deserving respect
• Catalan: respectable — deserving respect
• Cherokee: ᎠᏥᎸᏉᏗ (atsilvquodi) — deserving respect
• Chinese Mandarin: 受人尊敬的 (shòu rén zūnjìng de) — deserving respect
• Chinese Mandarin: 可敬 (kějìng) — deserving respect
• Chinese Mandarin: 體面的 /体面的 (tǐmiàn de) — deserving respect
• Chinese Mandarin: 尊貴 /尊贵 (zūnguì) — deserving respect
• Czech: vážený — deserving respect
• Czech: úctyhodný — deserving respect
• Danish: respektabel — deserving respect
• Esperanto: respektinda — deserving respect
• Finnish: kunnioitettava — deserving respect
• French: respectable — deserving respect
• Galician: respectable — deserving respect
• German: angesehen — deserving respect
• German: geachtet — deserving respect
• Gothic: 𐌲𐌰𐍂𐌹𐌿𐌸𐍃 (gariuþs) — deserving respect
• Greek: ευυπόληπτος (evypóliptos) — deserving respect
• Greek: αξιοσέβαστος (axiosévastos) — deserving respect
• Ido: respektinda — deserving respect
• Irish: oiriúnach — deserving respect
• Italian: rispettabile — deserving respect
• Japanese: 尊ぶべき (tōtobu beki) — deserving respect
• Latin: reverendus — deserving respect
• Norman: respectabl'ye — deserving respect
• Polish: godny szacunku — deserving respect
• Portuguese: respeitável — deserving respect
• Romanian: respectabil — deserving respect
• Russian: уважа́емый (uvažájemyj) — deserving respect
• Russian: почте́нный (počténnyj) — deserving respect
• Russian: респекта́бельный (respektábelʹnyj) — deserving respect
• Sanskrit: प्रमुख (pramukha) — deserving respect
• Spanish: respetable — deserving respect
• Telugu: మర్యాదైన (maryādaina) — deserving respect
• Turkish: saygıdeğer — deserving respect
• Turkish: saygın — deserving respect
• Ukrainian: пова́жний (povážnyj) — deserving respect
• Bulgarian: приличен (priličen) — decent; satisfactory
• Bulgarian: приемлив (priemliv) — decent; satisfactory
• Chinese Mandarin: 得體的 /得体的 (détǐ de) — decent; satisfactory
• Chinese Mandarin: 令人滿意的 /令人满意的 (lìngrén mǎnyì de) — decent; satisfactory
• Chinese Mandarin: 得當的 /得当的 (dédàng de) — decent; satisfactory
• Finnish: kelvollinen — decent; satisfactory
• Finnish: kunnollinen — decent; satisfactory
• French: convenable — decent; satisfactory
• French: pas mal — decent; satisfactory
• Greek: σεβαστός (sevastós) — decent; satisfactory
• Portuguese: razoável — decent; satisfactory
• Ukrainian: присто́йний (prystójnyj) — decent; satisfactory
• Chinese Mandarin: 小康的 (xiǎokāng de) — moderately well-to-do
• Chinese Mandarin: 中產階級的 /中产阶级的 (zhōngchǎn jiējí de) — moderately well-to-do
• Chinese Mandarin: 中等富裕的 (zhōngděng fùyù de) — moderately well-to-do
• Finnish: kohtalaisen varakas — moderately well-to-do
• Finnish: kunnioitettava — person who is respectable