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English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Middle English acceptable, from Old French acceptable, from Late Latin acceptābilis (“worthy of acceptance”).
Morphologically accept + -able.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ək.ˈsɛp.tə.bəl/, /æk.ˈsɛp.tə.bəl/, /ɪk.ˈsɛp.tə.bəl/
- (obsolete) IPA(key): /ˈæksɛp.tə.bəl/
Adjective
acceptable (comparative more acceptable, superlative most acceptable)
- worthy, decent, sure of being accepted or received with at least moderate pleasure
We need to find an acceptable present for Jeff.
- Barely worthy, less than excellent; passable.
The designs were acceptable, but they were nothing special either.
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Translations
capable, worthy or sure of being accepted
- Armenian: ընդունելի (hy) (ənduneli)
- Azerbaijani: məqbul, qəbul edilə bilən, münasib
- Belarusian: прыма́льны m (prymálʹny)
- Bulgarian: приемлив (bg) (priemliv), допустим (bg) (dopustim)
- Catalan: acceptable (ca)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 可接受的 (kě jiēshòu de)
- Cornish: kemeradow
- Czech: přijatelný (cs) m
- Dutch: aanvaardbaar (nl), acceptabel (nl)
- Esperanto: akceptebla, akceptinda
- Estonian: vastuvõetav
- Finnish: hyväksyttävä (fi)
- French: acceptable (fr) m or f, admissible (fr) m or f
- Galician: aceptable (gl)
- German: annehmbar (de), akzeptabel (de)
- Gothic: 𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌰𐌽𐌴𐌼𐍃 (andanēms)
- Greek: παραδεκτός (el) (paradektós), δεκτός (el) (dektós), αποδεκτός (el) (apodektós)
- Ancient: παραδεκτός (paradektós), ἀπόδεκτος (apódektos)
- Hungarian: elfogadható (hu)
- Icelandic: ásættanlegur (is)
- Interlingua: acceptabile
- Italian: accettabile (it)
- Latin: acceptus
- Malayalam: സ്വീകാര്യമായ (svīkāryamāya)
- Marathi: स्वीकार्य (svīkārya)
- Norwegian: antakelig
- Polish: akceptowalny (pl), dopuszczalny (pl)
- Portuguese: aceitável (pt)
- Romanian: acceptabil (ro)
- Russian: прие́млемый (ru) (prijémlemyj)
- Spanish: aceptable (es), asumible
- Swedish: acceptabel (sv), godtagbar (sv), tacknämlig (sv)
- Tagalog: katanggap-tanggap
- Telugu: అంగీకార యోగ్యమైన (aṅgīkāra yōgyamaina)
- Turkish: kabul edilebilir, uygun (tr), makbul (tr)
- Ukrainian: прийня́тний (pryjnjátnyj)
- Welsh: cymeradwy (cy), derbyniol (cy)
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References
Further reading
- “acceptable”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “acceptable”, in The Century Dictionary , New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
- “acceptable”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
Catalan
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin acceptābilis.
Pronunciation
Adjective
acceptable m or f (masculine and feminine plural acceptables)
- acceptable
- Antonym: inacceptable
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Further reading
Danish
Adjective
acceptable
- definite singular of acceptabel
- plural of acceptabel
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin acceptābilis.
Pronunciation
Adjective
acceptable (plural acceptables)
- acceptable
- Antonym: inacceptable
Related terms
Further reading
Swedish
Adjective
acceptable
- definite natural masculine singular of acceptabel
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