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able
English
Alternative forms
- (obsolete) hable
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /?e?.bl?/, /?e?.b?l/
- Rhymes: -e?b?l
- Homophone: Abel
Etymology 1
From Middle English able, from Old Northern French able, variant of Old French abile, habile, from Latin habilis (“easily managed, held, or handled; apt; skillful”), from habe? (“have, possess”) +? -ibilis.
Adjective
able (comparative abler, superlative ablest)
- (obsolete) Easy to use. [Attested from around (1350 to 1470) until the mid 18th century.]
- (obsolete) Suitable; competent. [Attested from around (1350 to 1470) until the late 18th century.]
- (obsolete, dialectal) Liable to. [First attested from around (1350 to 1470).]
- Having the necessary powers or the needed resources to accomplish a task. [First attested from around (1350 to 1470).]
- Free from constraints preventing completion of task; permitted to; not prevented from. [First attested from around (1350 to 1470).]
- (obsolete, dialectal) Having the physical strength; robust; healthy. [First attested from around (1350 to 1470).]
- (obsolete) Rich; well-to-do. [Attested from the mid 16th century until the late 19th century.]
- Gifted with skill, intelligence, knowledge, or competence. [First attested in the mid 16th century.]
- (law) Legally qualified or competent. [First attested in the early 18th century.]
- (nautical) Capable of performing all the requisite duties; as an able seaman. [First attested in the late 18th century.]
Usage notes
- In standard English, one is "able to do something". In some older texts representing various dialects, particularly Irish English, or black speech, "able for do something" is found instead, and in some Caribbean dialects "able with" is sometimes found.
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:skillful
Derived terms
Translations
Etymology 2
From Middle English ablen, from Middle English able (adjective).
Verb
able (third-person singular simple present ables, present participle abling, simple past and past participle abled)
- (transitive, obsolete) To make ready. [Attested from around (1150 to 1350) until the late 16th century.]
- (transitive, obsolete) To make capable; to enable. [Attested from around (1350 to 1470) until the late 19th century.]
- (transitive, obsolete) To dress. [Attested from around (1350 to 1470) until the late 15th century.]
- (transitive, obsolete) To give power to; to reinforce; to confirm. [Attested from around (1350 to 1470) until the mid 17th century.]
- (transitive, obsolete) To vouch for; to guarantee. [Attested from the late 16th century until the early 17th century.]
Derived terms
- abled
Translations
Etymology 3
From the first letter of the word. Suggested in the 1916 United States Army Signal Book to distinguish the letter when communicating via telephone, and later adopted in other radio and telephone signal standards.
Noun
able (uncountable)
- (military) The letter "A" in Navy Phonetic Alphabet.
References
Anagrams
- Abel, Bale, Beal, Blea, Ebla, Elba, albe, bael, bale, beal, blea
French
Noun
able m (plural ables)
- a vernacular name of the common bleak (usually called ablette)
- a vernacular name of the sunbleak or moderlieschen, also called able de Heckel
- (rare) a vernacular name of any of some other related fishes in the genus Alburnus (Cyprinidae)
Further reading
- “able” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Anagrams
- Abel, Bâle, béal, bêla
Old French
Alternative forms
- abile
- abille
- habile
Etymology
Latin habilis.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?a.bl?/
Adjective
able m (oblique and nominative feminine singular able)
- able; capable
Declension
Descendants
- French: habile
- ? Romanian: abil
- ? Middle Dutch: abel
- Dutch: abel
- ? Middle English: able, habil
- English: able, habile
- ? Welsh: abl
- English: able, habile
Scots
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ebl/
- (South Scots) IPA(key): /j?bl/
Adjective
able (comparative mair able, superlative maist able)
- able, substantial, physically fit, strong, shrewd, cute
- (obsolete) well-to-do, rich
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ment
English
Verb
ment
- (obsolete) simple past tense and past participle of meng
- Obsolete spelling of meant
Anagrams
- T-men
Catalan
Etymology
From Old Occitan, from Latin mentem, accusative singular of m?ns (“mind”), from Proto-Indo-European *méntis.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Valencian) IPA(key): /?ment/
- (Central) IPA(key): /?men/
- Rhymes: -ent
Noun
ment f (plural ments)
- the mind
- the spirit
Related terms
- -ment
- dement
- mental
Verb
ment
- third-person singular present indicative form of mentir
- second-person singular imperative form of mentir
Dutch
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -?nt
Verb
ment
- second- and third-person singular present indicative of mennen
- (archaic) plural imperative of mennen
Estonian
Etymology
From Russian ???? (ment).
Noun
ment (genitive mendi, partitive menti)
- (slang) cop (police officer)
Declension
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Synonyms
- politseinik
- võmm
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /m??/
Verb
ment
- third-person singular present indicative of mentir
Friulian
Etymology
From Latin mentem, accusative singular of m?ns (“mind”), from Proto-Indo-European *méntis.
Noun
ment f (plural ments)
- mind
- intelligence
Related terms
- mentâl
Hungarian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?m?nt]
- Hyphenation: ment
- Rhymes: -?nt
Etymology 1
From the obsolete verb menik (“to flee”) + -t (causative suffix).
Verb
ment
- (transitive) to rescue, to save
Conjugation
Derived terms
Etymology 2
From the men- stem of the verb megy +? -t.
Verb
ment
- third-person singular past of megy
Participle
ment
- past participle of megy
- 1926, Gyula Juhász, Esti dal[1] [’Evening Song’]
- De ha az alkonyat leszállott, / Olyan kedves, kámzsás barátok / A barna árnyékok nekem, / A messze menteket idézik
- But when the dusk has set in / The brown shadows are / Such nice, hooded monks for me, / Recalling those who went afar
- De ha az alkonyat leszállott, / Olyan kedves, kámzsás barátok / A barna árnyékok nekem, / A messze menteket idézik
- 1926, Gyula Juhász, Esti dal[1] [’Evening Song’]
Declension
Etymology 3
Adjective
ment (comparative mentebb, superlative legmentebb)
- (archaic, literary) exempt
- Synonym: mentes
Declension
References
Further reading
- (to save): ment in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh: A magyar nyelv értelmez? szótára (’The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: ?ISBN
- (exempt): ment in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh: A magyar nyelv értelmez? szótára (’The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: ?ISBN
Norwegian Bokmål
Verb
ment
- past participle of mene
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