lamentable

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English lamentable, from Middle French lamentable, from Latin lāmentābilis (“full of sorrow, mournful; deplorable”), from lāmentor (“lament”), from lāmenta (“wailing, weeping”). By surface analysis, lament +‎ -able. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ləˈmɛn.tə.bəl/, /ˈlæm.ən.tə.bəl/ === Adjective === lamentable (comparative more lamentable, superlative most lamentable) Causing sorrow, distress or regret; deplorable, pitiful or distressing. ==== Synonyms ==== See also Thesaurus:lamentable ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== lament ==== Translations ==== === References === == Catalan == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central) [lə.mənˈtab.blə] IPA(key): (Valencia) [la.menˈta.ble] IPA(key): (Northwestern) [la.menˈtab.ble] === Adjective === lamentable m or f (masculine and feminine plural lamentables) lamentable, regrettable ==== Derived terms ==== lamentablement ==== Related terms ==== lamentar ==== Further reading ==== “lamentable”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007 == French == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Latin lāmentābilis (“full of sorrow, mournful; deplorable”), from lāmentor (“lament”), from lāmenta (“wailing, weeping”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /la.mɑ̃.tabl/ Homophone: lamentables Rhymes: -abl === Adjective === lamentable (plural lamentables) lamentable; awful; deplorable Synonyms: déplorable, pitoyable, minable ==== Derived terms ==== lamentablement ==== Related terms ==== lamenter === Further reading === “lamentable”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Spanish == === Etymology === From Latin lāmentābilis (“full of sorrow, mournful; deplorable”), from lāmentor (“lament”), from lāmenta (“wailing, weeping”). Cognate with English lamentable. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /lamenˈtable/ [la.mẽn̪ˈt̪a.β̞le] Rhymes: -able Syllabification: la‧men‧ta‧ble === Adjective === lamentable m or f (masculine and feminine plural lamentables) lamentable, regrettable 2001, Julio Montes Ponce de León, Medio ambiente y desarrollo sostenido, Univ Pontifica Comillas →ISBN, page 64 ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Further reading ==== “lamentable”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025