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English
Etymology
From Middle French enviable.
Pronunciation
Adjective
enviable (comparative more enviable, superlative most enviable)
- Arousing or likely to arouse envy.
1863, [William] Wilkie Collins, “Douglas Jerrold”, in My Miscellanies. , volume II, London: Sampson Low, Son, & Co., , →OCLC, page 83:
c. 1870, Emile Gaboriau, translated by Laura E. Kendall, Monsieur Lecoq:This quarter of the city had at that time anything but an enviable reputation.
Translations
arousing or likely to arouse envy
Anagrams
French
Etymology
From envie + -able.
Pronunciation
Adjective
enviable (plural enviables)
- enviable
- un sort peu enviable ― an unenviable fate
Further reading
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /emˈbjable/
- Rhymes: -able
- Syllabification: en‧via‧ble
Adjective
enviable m or f (masculine and feminine plural enviables)
- enviable