different between indelible vs enviable

English

Etymology

From Latin indelebilis (“indestructible”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?n?d?l?bl/

Adjective

indelible (comparative more indelible, superlative most indelible)

1. Having the quality of being difficult to delete, remove, wash away, blot out, or efface.

   Synonym: unerasable

   Antonyms: delible, uninsertable

2. (figuratively) Incapable of being canceled, lost, or forgotten.

   Synonyms: unerasable, unforgettable
3. Incapable of being annulled.
   • November 7, 1678, Thomas Sprat, a sermon preached at the Anniversary Meeting of the Sons of Clergymen in the Church of St Mary-le-Bow

     They are […] endued with indelible power from above.

Related terms

• indelibility
• indelibly

Translations

English

Etymology

From Middle French enviable

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??nvi.?bl?/

Adjective

enviable (comparative more enviable, superlative most enviable)

1. Arousing or likely to arouse envy.
   • c. 1870, Emile Gaboriau, Laura E. Kendall (translator) Monsieur Lecoq:

     This quarter of the city had at that time anything but an enviable reputation.

Related terms

• unenviable

Translations

Anagrams

• veniable

French

Etymology

envie +? -able

Adjective

enviable (plural enviables)

1. enviable

Further reading

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

Spanish

Adjective

enviable (plural enviables)

1. enviable