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honorable

honourable, respectable

adjective oh-noh-RAH-bluh Less Common
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Also means

decent, passable

Usage Note

Honorable can mean genuinely worthy of honour (un homme honorable) or, more mildly, simply acceptable or decent (un résultat honorable = 'a decent result'). In formal address, Honorable is a title used for judges and certain dignitaries. The word is invariable in gender and the 'h' is aspirate, so no elision (un honorable, not l'honorable before a title).

Examples

"Il a mené une carrière honorable dans l'enseignement."

Natural Translation

He had an honourable career in teaching.

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