notable

• nottable (obsolete)

Middle English notable, from Anglo-Norman notable, Middle French notable (“noteworthy”), from Latin notābilis (“noteworthy, extraordinary”), from notō (“to note, mark”); corresponding to note +‎ -able.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈnəʊtəbl̩/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈnoʊdəbəl/

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notable (comparative more notable, superlative most notable)

1. Worthy of note; remarkable; memorable; noted or distinguished. [from 14th c.]
   • {{RQ:Shakespeare Verona}|passage=[...] how sayest thou, that my master is become a notable lover?}}
2. Easily noted (without connotations of value); clearly noticeable, conspicuous. [from 14th c.]
   • 1623, Shakespeare, William, Two Gentlemen of Verona:

     A notable lubber, as thou reportest him to be.

3. That can be observed; perceptible. [from 14th c.]
   • 1989, Stanton Peele, Diseasing of America:

     Dyslexia is most notable in children who are unable to focus on their assignments.

   • 2020 June 17, David Clough, “Then and now: trains through Crewe”, in Rail, page 60:

     Another most notable change concerns rolling stock liveries. Back then, corporate Rail Blue was omnipresent, whereas now there is a kaleidoscope of colours and styles.

4. (now rare) Industrious, energetic; (specifically) (usually of a woman) capable, efficient in household management. [from 17th c.]
   • c. 1793, Edward Gibbon, Memoirs, Penguin, page 48:

     During his residence abroad, his concerns at home were managed by his mother Hester, an active and notable woman.

   • 1863, Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell, Sylvia's lovers:

     Hester looked busy and notable with her gown pinned up behind her, and her hair all tucked away under a clean linen cap; […]

5. (obsolete) Useful; profitable.
   • 1618 March 15 (Gregorian calendar)​, James Howell, “V. To Dr. Fr. Mansell, at All-Souls in Oxford.”, in Epistolæ Ho-Elianæ. Familiar Letters Domestic and Forren. […], volume I, 3rd edition, London: […] Humphrey Mos[e]ley, […], published 1655, OCLC 84295516, section II, page 68:

     Your honourable Uncle Sir Robert Manſell, who is now in the Mediterranean, hath been very notable to me, and I ſhall ever acknowledge a good part of my education from him.

• (worthy of notice): eminent, noteworthy; see also Thesaurus:notable
• (capable of being noted): apparent, evident; see also Thesaurus:obvious

• (all): non-notable
• (worthy of notice): nameless, obscure
• (capable of being noted): subtle

• non-notable
• notability
• unnotable

notable (plural notables)

1. A person or thing of distinction.
   • July 16 1875, Carl Schurz, letter to W. M. Grosvenor

     What we ought to have, in my opinion, is a meeting of notables—men whose names will be of weight with the country and who can be depended upon to agree to an independent course.

• note
• of note
• noted
• noteful
• notability
• notably

• Labonte

From Latin notābilis.

notable (epicene, plural notables)

1. notable

From Latin notābilis.

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /noˈta.blə/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /nuˈta.blə/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /noˈta.ble/

notable (masculine and feminine plural notables)

1. notable

• notablement

• notar

• “notable” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “notable”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
• “notable” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “notable” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

From Middle French notable, from Latin notābilis.

• IPA^(key): /nɔ.tabl/

notable (plural notables)

1. notable

• notablement

notable m (plural notables)

1. notable

• “notable”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

• notábel

From Latin notābilis.

notable m or f (plural notables)

1. notable

• notablemente

From Latin notābilis.

notable m or f (plural notables)

1. important; significant

From Latin notābilis. Cognate with English notable.

• IPA^(key): /noˈtable/ [noˈt̪a.β̞le]

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• Rhymes: -able
• Syllabification: no‧ta‧ble

notable (plural notables, superlative notabilísimo)

1. remarkable, notable, noteworthy, noticeable, significant, marked, outstanding, striking, noted

• notabilidad
• notablemente

• “notable”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014