venerable
Spanish, adjective/beneˈɾable/
venerable is spelled V-E-N-E-R-A-B-L-E (9 letters) and appears 1.6 times per million words in written Spanish, the 26,332nd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Venerable is a Spanish feminine adjective meaning “venerable” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Persona o cosa digna de veneración, de respeto”.
What does venerable mean in English?
adjective
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Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Persona o cosa digna de veneración, de respeto. 2. Aplícase como epíteto o renombre a las personas de conocida virtud. 3. Aplícase como título a las personas eclesiásticas constituidas en prelacía y dignidad.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of venerable
- venerables feminine masculine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce venerable?
- /beneˈɾable/
- [be.neˈɾa.β̞le]
- [beneˈɾaβ̞le]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to venerable
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is venerable in Spanish?
venerable appears 1.6 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).