# estimable
## English
### Etymology

From Middle English estimable, estymable, from Old French estimable, from Latin aestimābilis. Equivalent to esteem +‎ -able and estimate +‎ -able.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɛstɪməbəl/
* Audio (Southern England):noicon(file)

### Adjective

estimable (comparative more estimable, superlative most estimable)
* Worthy of esteem; admirable.
    Synonym: reverend
    Near-synonyms: esteemed, revered
** 1715–1720, Homer, translated by Alexander Pope, “Book VI”, in The Iliad of Homer, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: […] W[illiam] Bowyer, for Bernard Lintott […], →OCLC, footnote:[Homer] allows their characters such estimable qualities as could consist, and in truth generally do, with tender frailties.
** 1868–1869, Louisa M[ay] Alcott, Little Women: […], (please specify |part=1 or 2), Boston, Mass.: Roberts Brothers, →OCLC:Mr. March told […] how devoted Brooke had been, and how he was altogether a most estimable and upright young man.
* (archaic) Valuable.
** c. 1596–1598 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merchant of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene iii]:A pound of man's flesh taken from a man Is not so estimable, profitable neither, As flesh of muttons, beefs, or goats.
* Capable of being estimated; estimatable.
** 1928, Louis Kahlenberg, Norbert Barwasser, “On the time of Absorption and Excretion of Boric Acid in Man”, in Journal of Biological Chemistry, volume 79, number 2, page 406:After this time boric acid is always present in estimable amounts.
** 1999, Jordi Galí, Mark Gertler, “Inflation dynamics: A structural econometric analysis”, in Journal of Monetary Economics, volume 44, page 198:In this section we review the recent theory that generates an estimable Phillips curve relation.

#### Derived terms

* estimableness
* estimably
* inestimable
* unestimable

### Further reading

* “estimable”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

## French
### Etymology

Inherited from Middle French estimable, from estimer + -able.
Equivalent to estimer +‎ -able.

### Adjective

estimable (plural estimables)
* estimable, creditable
* esteemed
    (Can we add an example for this sense?)

#### Descendants

* → Romanian: estimabil

### References

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

## Middle French
### Etymology

From estimer + -able. Attested since the 15th c.

### Adjective

estimable m or f (plural estimables)
* estimable, creditable
    (Can we add an example for this sense?)

#### Descendants

* French: estimable
** → Romanian: estimabil

### References

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

## Spanish
### Etymology

Possibly from Latin aestimābilis, from aestimō + -ābilis. (Can this etymology be sourced?)

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /estiˈmable/ [es.t̪iˈma.β̞le]
* Audio (Costa Rica):(file)
* Rhymes: -able
* Syllabification: es‧ti‧ma‧ble

### Adjective

estimable m or f (masculine and feminine plural estimables)
* esteemed, admirable
* estimable (capable of being estimated)

#### Related terms

* estimado

### Further reading

* “estimable”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10