lamentable

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English

Etymology

From Middle French lamentable, from Latin lāmentābilis (“full of sorrow, mournful; deplorable”), from lāmentor (“lament”), from lāmenta (“wailing, weeping”).

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  • IPA(key): /ləˈmɛn.tə.bəl/, /ˈlæm.ən.tə.bəl/
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Adjective

lamentable (comparative more lamentable, superlative most lamentable)

  1. Causing sorrow, distress or regret; deplorable, pitiful or distressing.
    • c. 1587–1588, [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. The First Part , 2nd edition, part 1, London: Richard Iones, , published 1592, →OCLC; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire, London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN, Act II, scene iv:
      In what a lamentable caſe were I,
      If Nature had not giuen me wiſedomes lore?
    • 1961 February, Cecil J. Allen, “Locomotive Running Past and Present”, in Trains Illustrated, page 86:
      Moreover, in view of the lamentable present indecision of the Government in regard to electrification, the large-scale building of diesel power may prove to have been a farseeing move after all.

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lamentable m or f (masculine and feminine plural lamentables)

  1. lamentable, regrettable

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French

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin lāmentābilis (“full of sorrow, mournful; deplorable”), from lāmentor (“lament”), from lāmenta (“wailing, weeping”).

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lamentable (plural lamentables)

  1. lamentable; awful; deplorable
    Synonyms: déplorable, pitoyable, minable

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin lāmentābilis (“full of sorrow, mournful; deplorable”), from lāmentor (“lament”), from lāmenta (“wailing, weeping”). Cognate with English lamentable.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lamenˈtable/
  • Rhymes: -able
  • Syllabification: la‧men‧ta‧ble

Adjective

lamentable m or f (masculine and feminine plural lamentables)

  1. lamentable, regrettable
    • 2001, Julio Montes Ponce de León, Medio ambiente y desarrollo sostenido, Univ Pontifica Comillas →ISBN, page 64
      Es lamentable el trato que sufren con frecuencia los árboles recién plantados en las proximidades de los colegios.
      The treatment that newly planted trees in the vicinity of schools often suffer is lamentable.

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