FromMiddle Englishcomparable, fromMiddle Frenchcomparable, fromLatincomparābilis. Bysurface analysis,compare +-able.
comparable (comparativemorecomparable,superlativemostcomparable)
- (often withto) Able to becompared (to).
An elephant iscomparable in size to a double-decker bus.
You can't say that robbing a bank is like pickpocketing. The two are just notcomparable.
1951 April, Stirling Everard, “A Matter of Pedigree”, inRailway Magazine, number600, page273:The firebox married toBritannia's boiler is not, however, in the Doncaster tradition, notwithstanding that it iscomparable in dimensions to that of the "V2."
2022 January 12, Sir Michael Holden, “Reform of the workforce or death by a thousand cuts?”, inRAIL, number948, page22:As yet, we don't know what thecomparable figures will be like for the current financial year which ends in March 2022, but we can have a good stab at approximating them.
- (often withto) Similar (to); like.
- (mathematics) Constituting a pair in a particularpartial order.
Six and forty-two arecomparable in the divides order, but six and nine are not.
- (grammar, of anadjective) Havingcomparative andsuperlative forms.
- Synonym:gradable
"Big" is acomparable adjective because it can take the forms "bigger" and "biggest"; "unique" and "amazing", in contrast, are notcomparable adjectives.
The pronunciation/ˈkɒmp(ə)ɹəbl̩/ is almost never used for sense 4.
able to be compared
- Asturian:comparable
- Bulgarian:сравним (bg)(sravnim)
- Catalan:comparable (ca)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin:比得上 (zh)(bǐdeshàng),可比較的,可比较的 (kě bǐjiào de)
- Czech:srovnatelný m
- Dutch:vergelijkbaar (nl)
- Esperanto:komparebla
- Finnish:verrattavissaoleva
- French:comparable (fr)
- Galician:comparable (gl),comparábel (gl)
- German:vergleichbar (de);(in grammar)steigerbar (de),komparabel (de),komparierbar,graduierbar
- Greek:συγκρίσιμος (el)(sygkrísimos)
- Hindi:तुल्य (hi)(tulya)
- Hungarian:összehasonlítható (hu),összemérhető (hu),fogható (hu),hasonlítható (hu),mérhető (hu)
- Italian:comparabile (it)
- Japanese:比較できる (ja)(ひかくできる, hikaku dekiru)
- Korean:비슷하다 (ko)(biseuthada),견줄만하다(gyeonjul manhada),비교(比較)할수있다(bigyohal su itda),비교(比較)가가능(可能)하다(bigyo-ga ganeunghada)
- Macedonian:споредлив(sporedliv)
- Middle English:comparable
- Norwegian:sammenlignbar (no),komparabel (no)
- Old English:wiþmetendlīċ
- Polish:porównywalny (pl)
- Portuguese:comparável (pt)
- Romanian:comparabil (ro)
- Russian:сравни́мый (ru)(sravnímyj),сопостави́мый (ru)(sopostavímyj)
- Slovak:porovnateľný
- Spanish:comparable (es),equiparable
- Swedish:jämförbar (sv)
- Turkish:karşılaştırılabilir
- Ukrainian:порівня́нний(porivnjánnyj)
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comparable (pluralcomparables)
- Something suitable forcomparison.
2009 January 2, Fred A. Bernstein, “Catskill Home Prices: How Low Will They Go?”, inNew York Times[1]:And the appraiser said he couldn't come up withcomparables, because there hadn't been any sales nearby in several months.
FromLatincomparābilis.
comparable (epicene,pluralcomparables)
- comparable
Borrowed fromLatincomparābilis.
comparable m orf (masculine and feminine pluralcomparables)
- comparable
- Antonym:incomparable
FromLatincomparābilis.
comparable (pluralcomparables)
- comparable (suitable to be compared)
FromLatincomparābilis.
comparable m orf (pluralcomparables)
- comparable
Borrowed fromMiddle Frenchcomparable, fromLatincomparābilis; equivalent tocomparen +-able.
- IPA(key): /ˌkɔmpaˈraːbəl/,/ˌkɔmpaˈraːblə/,/ˈkɔmpərabəl/
comparable(Late Middle English)
- Ofidentical orsimilar value;comparingfavourably.
- Comparable,commensurable; suitable forcomparison.
FromLatincomparābilis.
- IPA(key): /kompaˈɾable/[kõm.paˈɾa.β̞le]
- Rhymes:-able
- Syllabification:com‧pa‧ra‧ble
comparable m orf (masculine and feminine pluralcomparables)
- comparable
- Synonym:equiparable
- Antonym:incomparable
