different between wonderful vs admirable

English

Alternative forms

• wonderfool (eye dialect), woonderful (eye dialect), wonderfull (archaic), wondreful (obsolete), wondrefull (obsolete), 1drfl (internet slang)

Etymology

From Middle English wonderful, wondirful, from Old English wundorful (“wonderful”), from Proto-West Germanic *wundrafull, equivalent to wonder +? -ful. Cognate Dutch wondervol (“wonderful”), German wundervoll (“wonderful”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?w?n.d?.fl/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?w?n.d?.fl?/
• Rhymes: blunderful

Adjective

wonderful (comparative wonderfuller or wonderfuler or more wonderful, superlative wonderfullest or wonderfulest or most wonderful)

1. Tending to excite wonder; surprising, extraordinary.
   • 1992, Hilary Mantel, A Place of Greater Safety, Harper Perennial 2007, p. 278:

     He is massively corrupt. It is wonderful how the man's popularity survives.

2. Surprisingly excellent; very good or admirable, extremely impressive.

   They served a wonderful six-course meal.

Synonyms

• (excellent, extremely impressive): great, amazing, astonishing, incredible, marvelous, fantastic, frabjous, mint
• See also Thesaurus:wonderful
• See also Thesaurus:excellent

Antonyms

• (excellent, extremely impressive): terrible, horrible

Translations

Adverb

wonderful (not comparable)

1. (dialect) Exceedingly, to a great extent.

Related terms

• women are wonderful effect
• wonder
• wonderfully
• wonderland
• wonderment
• wondrous

Anagrams

• underflow, wondreful

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French admirable, from Latin admirabilis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?æd.m??.?.b?l/, /?æd.m?.??.b?l/

Adjective

admirable (comparative more admirable, superlative most admirable)

1. Deserving of the highest esteem or admiration.

   It's admirable that Shelley overcame her handicap and excelled in her work.

Translations

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin admirabilis.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /?m.mi??a.bl?/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /am.mi??a.ble/
• Rhymes: -a?le

Adjective

admirable (masculine and feminine plural admirables)

1. admirable

Derived terms

• admirablement

Related terms

• admiració
• admirar

Further reading

• “admirable” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

French

Etymology

From Middle French admirable, borrowed from Latin admirabilis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ad.mi.?abl/

Adjective

admirable (plural admirables)

1. admirable

Related terms

• admirer

Further reading

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

Galician

Alternative forms

• admirábel

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin admirabilis.

Adjective

admirable m or f (plural admirables)

1. admirable

Derived terms

• admirablemente

Related terms

• admiración
• admirar

Further reading

• “admirable” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.

Middle French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin admirabilis.

Adjective

admirable m or f (plural admirables)

1. admirable

Descendants

• French: admirable

Scots

Adjective

admirable (comparative mair admirable, superlative maist admirable)

1. admirable

References

• Eagle, Andy, ed. (2016) The Online Scots Dictionary, Scots Online.

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin admirabilis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /admi??able/, [að?.mi??a.??le]

Adjective

admirable (plural admirables)

1. admirable

Derived terms

• admirablemente

Related terms

• admiración
• admirar

Further reading

• “admirable” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.