Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

honourable

/ˈɑnɚəbəl/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.67 in modern English

Syllables
hon-ourable
IPA
/ˈɑnɚəbəl/
15
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Alternative letter-case form of honourable.

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Etymology

From Middle English honourable, from Old French honorable, honurable, from Latin honōrābilis, from honōrō (“to honour”); cognate with Italian onorabile, Spanish honorable. By surface analysis, honour + -able. In this sense, largely displaced Old English ārfæst.

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Inflected Forms

more honourable (comparative) most honourable (superlative) honourables (plural)

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Questions

How do you pronounce honourable?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈɑnɚəbəl/.
What does honourable mean?
UK standard spelling of honorable.
Where does honourable come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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