honorable
French, adjective/ɔ.nɔ.ʁabl/
honorable is spelled H-O-N-O-R-A-B-L-E (9 letters) and appears 6.9 times per million words in written French, the 8,831st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Honorable is a French adjective meaning “honorable” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui fait honneur ; qui attire de l’honneur et du respect”.
What does honorable mean in English?
adjective
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honorable
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui fait honneur ; qui attire de l’honneur et du respect. 2. Qui mérite d’être honoré, considéré. 3. Qui est conforme à la bienséance. 4. Qualifie celui ou celle qui vit honnêtement.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of honorable
- honorables plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce honorable?
- /ɔ.nɔ.ʁabl/
- \ɔ.nɔ.ʁabl\
- [ɔ.nɔ.ʁabl]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to honorable
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is honorable in French?
honorable appears 6.9 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).