different between notable vs cannot

English

Alternative forms

• nottable (obsolete)

Etymology

Middle English notable, from Anglo-Norman notable, Middle French notable (“noteworthy”), from Latin not?bilis (“noteworthy, extraordinary”), from not? (“to note, mark”); corresponding to note +? -able.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?n??t?bl?/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?no?d?b?l/

Adjective

notable (comparative more notable, superlative most notable)

1. Worthy of note; remarkable; memorable; noted or distinguished. [from 14th c.]
2. Easily noted (without connotations of value); clearly noticeable, conspicuous. [from 14th c.]
3. That can be observed; perceptible. [from 14th c.]
   • 1989, Stanton Peele, Diseasing of America:

     Dyslexia is most notable in children who are unable to focus on their assignments.
4. (now rare) Industrious, energetic; (specifically) (usually of a woman) capable, efficient in household management. [from 17th c.]
   • c. 1793, Edward Gibbon, Memoirs, Penguin 1990, p. 48:

     During his residence abroad, his concerns at home were managed by his mother Hester, an active and notable woman.

   • 1863, Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell, Sylvia's lovers:

     Hester looked busy and notable with her gown pinned up behind her, and her hair all tucked away under a clean linen cap; […]

5. (obsolete) Useful; profitable.

Synonyms

• (worthy of notice): eminent, noteworthy; see also Thesaurus:notable
• (capable of being noted): apparent, evident; see also Thesaurus:obvious

Antonyms

• (all): non-notable
• (worthy of notice): nameless, obscure
• (capable of being noted): subtle

Related terms

• notability

Translations

Noun

notable (plural notables)

1. A person or thing of distinction.

Related terms

• note
• of note
• noted
• noteful
• notably

Translations

Anagrams

• Labonte

Asturian

Etymology

From Latin not?bilis.

Adjective

notable (epicene, plural notables)

1. notable

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin not?bilis.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /no?ta.bl?/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /nu?ta.bl?/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /no?ta.ble/

Adjective

notable (masculine and feminine plural notables)

1. notable

Derived terms

• notablement

Related terms

• notar

Further reading

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

French

Etymology

From Middle French notable, from Latin not?bilis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /n?.tabl/

Adjective

notable (plural notables)

1. notable

Derived terms

• notablement

Noun

notable m (plural notables)

1. notable

Further reading

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

Galician

Alternative forms

• notábel

Etymology

From Latin not?bilis.

Adjective

notable m or f (plural notables)

1. notable

Derived terms

• notablemente

Middle French

Etymology

From Latin not?bilis.

Adjective

notable m or f (plural notables)

1. important; significant

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin not?bilis. Cognate with English notable.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /no?table/, [no?t?a.??le]

Adjective

notable (plural notables, superlative notabilísimo)

1. remarkable, notable, noteworthy, noticeable, significant, marked, outstanding, striking, noted

Derived terms

• notablemente

English

Alternative forms

• cannet, cannit (Tyneside)

Etymology

can +? not

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?kæn?t/, /kæ?n?t/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?kæ(n.)n?t/, /?k?(n.)n?t/, /k?(n)?n?t/, /k?(n)?n?t/
• (Canada) IPA^(key): /k??n?t/
• Hyphenation: can?not
• Rhymes: -?t

Verb

cannot

1. Can not (be unable to).

2. Be forbidden or not permitted to
   • 1668 December 19, James Dalrymple, “Mr. Alexander Seaton contra Menzies” in The Deci?ions of the Lords of Council & Se??ion I (Edinburgh, 1683), page 575

     The Pupil after his Pupillarity, had granted a Di?charge to one of the Co-tutors, which did extingui?h the whole Debt of that Co-tutor, and con?equently of all the re?t, they being all correi debendi, lyable by one individual Obligation, which cannot be Di?charged as to one, and ?tand as to all the re?t.

Usage notes

Both the one-word form cannot and the two-word form can not are acceptable, but cannot is more common (in the Oxford English Corpus, three times as common). Authors more commonly opt for the two-word form in constructions where not is part of a set phrase, such as 'not only... but (also)': Paul can not only sing well, but also paint brilliantly.

Synonyms

• can't

Translations

Noun

cannot (plural cannots)

1. Something that cannot be done.

2. A person who cannot do (something).

Anagrams

• Canton, Conant, Nacton, canton, noncat

Norman

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

cannot m (plural cannots)

1. (Jersey) duckling

Derived terms

• cannoter (“to walk like a duck”)