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English
Etymology
From marriage + -able.
Pronunciation
Adjective
marriageable (comparative more marriageable, superlative most marriageable)
- Suitable for marriage; nubile.
1861, G. Fort, “Our First Newspaper”, in We Four Villagers. A Tale of Domestic Life in Pennsylvania., Philadelphia, Pa.: J. S. McCalla, , page 60:Marry money, thought I to myself, who will he marry? then in my own mind I made a review of all the marriageable heiresses, and heiresses apparent, not only in Silveryville, but likewise, in a circuit several miles around it, and I could not find one among them all, who was not already engaged to be married to somebody else.
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Translations
suitable for marriage
— see also nubile
- Azerbaijani: ərgən
- Bulgarian: на възраст за женене (na vǎzrast za ženene)
- Dutch: huwbaar (nl)
- Finnish: avioliittokelpoinen, naimakelpoinen
- French: mariable (fr), nubile (fr)
- German: ehefähig, ehemündig, heiratsfähig (de), verheiratbar, mannbar (dated)
- Greek:
- Ancient: γαμικός (gamikós)
- Latin: nūbilis, nuptiabilis, viripotens, parectatus
- Manx: yn-phoosey
- Scottish Gaelic: so-phòsaidh, pòsachail
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Noun
marriageable (plural marriageables)
- One who is suitable for marriage.