acceptable

• acceptible (dated)

From Middle English acceptable, from Old French acceptable, from Late Latin acceptābilis (“worthy of acceptance”).

Morphologically accept +‎ -able.

• IPA^(key): /əkˈsɛp.tə.bəl/, /ækˈsɛp.tə.bəl/, /ɪkˈsɛp.tə.bəl/
• (obsolete) IPA^(key): /ˈæksɛp.tə.bəl/^[1]

• Audio (US):

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acceptable (comparative more acceptable, superlative most acceptable)

1. worthy, decent, sure of being accepted or received with at least moderate pleasure

   We need to find an acceptable present for Jeff.

2. Barely worthy, less than excellent; passable.

   The designs were acceptable, but they were nothing special either.

• (worthy): See Thesaurus:good
• (passable): See Thesaurus:satisfactory

• unacceptable
• inacceptable

• acceptability

• “acceptable”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “acceptable”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
• “acceptable”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Borrowed from Latin acceptābilis.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ək.səpˈtab.blə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ak.sepˈta.ble]
• Rhymes: -ablə, -able

acceptable m or f (masculine and feminine plural acceptables)

1. acceptable

   Antonym: inacceptable

• acceptablement
• inacceptable

• “acceptable” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “acceptable”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “acceptable” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “acceptable” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

acceptable

1. definite singular of acceptabel
2. plural of acceptabel

Borrowed from Latin acceptābilis.

• IPA^(key): /ak.sɛp.tabl/

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acceptable (plural acceptables)

1. acceptable

   Antonym: inacceptable

• accepter

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

acceptable

1. definite natural masculine singular of acceptabel

• acceptabel