different between acceptable vs acceptation

English

Alternative forms

• acceptible (dated)

Etymology

From Middle English acceptable, from Old French acceptable, from Late Latin accept?bilis (“worthy of acceptance”).

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /æk.?s?p.t?.b?l/

Adjective

acceptable (comparative more acceptable, superlative most acceptable)

1. worthy, decent, sure of being accepted or received with at least moderate pleasure

2. Barely worthy, less than excellent; passable.

Antonyms

• unacceptable
• inacceptable

Derived terms

• acceptableness
• acceptably

Related terms

• acceptability

Translations

Further reading

• acceptable in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• acceptable in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• acceptable at OneLook Dictionary Search

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin accept?bilis.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /?k.s?p?ta.bl?/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ak.sep?ta.ble/
• Rhymes: -a?le

Adjective

acceptable (masculine and feminine plural acceptables)

1. acceptable

   Antonym: inacceptable

Derived terms

• acceptablement
• inacceptable

Further reading

• “acceptable” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “acceptable” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “acceptable” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “acceptable” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Danish

Adjective

acceptable

1. definite singular of acceptabel
2. plural of acceptabel

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin accept?bilis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ak.s?p.tabl/

Adjective

acceptable (plural acceptables)

1. acceptable

Antonyms

• inacceptable

Related terms

• accepter

Further reading

• “acceptable” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Swedish

Adjective

acceptable

1. absolute definite natural masculine form of acceptabel.

Anagrams

• acceptabel

English

Etymology

accept +? -ation

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?æk.s?p.?te?.??n/

• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

acceptation (countable and uncountable, plural acceptations)

1. (obsolete) Acceptance; reception; favorable reception or regard; the state of being acceptable.
   • 1769, Oxford Standard text, King James Bible: 1 Timothy, i, 15,

     This is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners; of whom I am chief.

2. The meaning in which a word or expression is understood, or generally received.
   • 1843, John Stuart Mill, ""A System of Logic, Ratiocinative and Inductive, ..., Bk V, Ch 7:

     In its most proper acceptation, theory means the completed result of philosophical induction from experience.

3. Ready belief.

Related terms

• acceptative

References

• acceptation in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

French

Etymology

accepter +? -ation.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ak.s?p.ta.sj??/

Noun

acceptation f (plural acceptations)

1. acceptance
2. approval

Related terms

• acceptatif
• acception