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Catalan
Pronunciation
Adjective
confortable m or f (masculine and feminine plural confortables)
- comfortable
French
Etymology
From English comfortable, from earlier Middle English comfortable, itself from Old French confortable.
Pronunciation
Adjective
confortable (plural confortables)
- (of a situation, environment, or thing) comfortable, providing comfort
- (of a person or animal, sometimes proscribed) comfortable, experiencing comfort
Usage notes
Some authorities proscribe confortable in the sense of "experiencing comfort" as an anglicism and instead recommend phrases like à l’aise.
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Spanish
Etymology
From confortar + -able.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /konfoɾˈtable/
- Rhymes: -able
- Syllabification: con‧for‧ta‧ble
Adjective
confortable m or f (masculine and feminine plural confortables)
- comfortable
- Synonym: cómodo
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