lamentable
/ləˈmentəbəl/luh-MEN-tuh-buhl
/ləˈmɛntəbəl/luh-MEN-tuh-buhl
Meaningable to be mourned
Common meaning: very bad, regrettable
- lamentwailing, a lamentLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 1031 · scan
- ableable to be
Journey through time
- Latinlāmentum, -ī‘wailing, a lament’
- Frenchlamenter
- Englishlament‘to mourn’
- Englishformed in English from lamentlamentable‘very bad, regrettable’ · today
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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- US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Formed in English from lament + -able.
Dictionary: Skeat (1898), LAMENT, p.320 · scan
Roots
- lāmentum, -ī Latin “wailing, a lament”
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