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English
Etymology
From Middle French veritable, from Old French veritable, from Latin veritabilis.
Pronunciation
Adjective
veritable (comparative more veritable, superlative most veritable)
- True; genuine.
He is a veritable genius.
A fair is a veritable smorgasbord.
(From Charlotte's Web).
1942, Alfred Gallinek, “Psychogenic Disorders and the Civilization of the Middle Ages”, in The American Journal of Psychiatry, volume 99, number 1, page 47:The ideal man of the Middle Ages was free of all fear because he was sure of salvation, certain of eternal bliss. He was the saint, and the saint, not the knight nor the troubadour, is the veritable ideal of the Middle Ages.
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Catalan
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin veritābilis.
Pronunciation
Adjective
veritable m or f (masculine and feminine plural veritables)
- real; true; veritable
- Synonyms: vertader, autèntic, real, legítim
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Middle French
Etymology
From Old French veritable.
Adjective
veritable m or f (plural veritables)
- true; real; not fake
Descendants
Old French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin veritabilis. See also Catalan veritable.
Adjective
veritable m (oblique and nominative feminine singular veritable)
- true; real; not fake
Descendants