Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

presentable

/pɹəˈzɛntəbəl/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.81 in modern English

Syllables: pre-sentable
IPA: /pɹəˈzɛntəbəl/

15

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

In good enough shape to be shown or offered to other people; tidy; attractive.

adj

Acceptable; worth considering.

adj

Capable of being presented to a church living.

Example Sentences

"Before we go out, let me just go to the washroom and make myself presentable."
"Before they went to see Glinda, however, they were taken to a room of the Castle, where Dorothy washed her face and combed her hair, and the Lion shook the dust out of his mane, and the Scarecrow patted himself into his best shape, and the Woodman polished his tin and oiled his joints. When they were all quite presentable they followed the soldier girl into a big room where the Witch Glinda sat upon a throne of rubies."
"Liverpool took control of what had been a tight game, with Bruno Fernandes and Marcus Rashford missing presentable chances, when former Old Trafford target Cody Gakpo applied a smooth finish to Andy Robertson's perfect pass two minutes before the break."

Etymology

From Middle French presentable, from Old French, as if present + -able.

Origin

Source language: Middle French

Word Breakdown

Root: presentable, -

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /pɹəˈzɛntəbəl/
British English: /pɹəˈzɛntəbəl/

Inflected Forms

more presentable (comparative) most presentable (superlative)

Derived Forms

nonpresentable presentableness presentably unpresentable

Rhymes With

preventable lamentable rentable augmentable

Questions

How do you pronounce presentable?: The recorded pronunciation is /pɹəˈzɛntəbəl/.
What does presentable mean?: In good enough shape to be shown or offered to other people; tidy; attractive.
Where does presentable come from?: It is traced to Middle French.

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