different between acceptable vs valid

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

Borrowed from Middle French valide (“healthy, sound, in good order”), from Latin validus, from vale? (“I am strong, I am healthy, I am worth”) +? -idus, from Proto-Indo-European *h?welh?- (“be strong”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?væl?d/

Adjective

valid (comparative more valid, superlative most valid)

1. Well grounded or justifiable, pertinent.

2. Acceptable, proper or correct; in accordance with the rules.

3. Related to the current topic, or presented within context, relevant.
4. (logic) Of a formula or system: such that it evaluates to true regardless of the input values.
5. (logic) Of an argument: whose conclusion is always true whenever its premises are true.

6. (Christianity, theology) Effective.

Antonyms

• invalid
• nonvalid

Hyponyms

• (in logic: argument whose conclusion is always true whenever its premises are all true): sound

Related terms

• validate
• validation
• validator

Translations

Anagrams

• Advil, davil

German

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin validus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /va?li?t/

Adjective

valid (not comparable)

1. valid

Declension

Further reading

• “valid” in Duden online

Indonesian

Etymology

From English valid, from Middle French valide (“healthy, sound, in good order”), from Latin validus, from vale? (“I am strong, I am healthy, I am worth”) +? -idus, from Proto-Indo-European *h?welh?- (“be strong”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?val?t?]
• Hyphenation: va?lid

Noun

valid (first-person possessive validku, second-person possessive validmu, third-person possessive validnya)

1. valid

   Synonyms: berlaku, sahih

Related terms

Further reading

• “valid” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin validus.

Adjective

valid (neuter singular valid, definite singular and plural valide)

1. valid

References

• “valid” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin validus.

Adjective

valid (neuter singular valid, definite singular and plural valide)

1. valid

References

• “valid” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Romanian

Etymology

From French valide

Adjective

valid m or n (feminine singular valid?, masculine plural valizi, feminine and neuter plural valide)

1. valid

Declension

Related terms

• validitate