respectable
‘worthy of respect’
respecter+-ableABL
-able — ability / passive potential
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respect
respecter
मान
గౌరవించు
மதி
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English
respectable
respect+-ableability / passive potential
French
respectable
respecter+-ableability / passive potential
Hindi
माननीयmānanīya
मान+-नीयability / passive potential
Telugu
గౌరవించదగినgauraviñcadagina
గౌరవించు+-దగినability / passive potential
Tamil
மதிக்கத்தக்கmatikkattakka
மதி+-த்தக்கability / passive potential
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01respectable is a French adjective formed from the stem respecter with the suffix -able (-able) (ability / passive potential).3 steps
- rulerule:morphology-chain
- affixaffix:fr:-able
- rulerule:segmentation-confidence:1.0
02Its meaning ('worthy of respect') can be approximated as HAVE(GOOD, HAVE(THINK, SOMEONE)) in the Suffeffix atom interlingua.4 steps
- rulerule:atom-structure
- atomatom:GOOD
- atomatom:THINK
- atomatom:SOMEONE
03Aligned forms: English respectable (translation equivalent); Hindi माननीय (mānanīya) (translation equivalent); Tamil மதிக்கத்தக்க (matikkattakka) (translation equivalent); Telugu గౌరవించదగిన (gauraviñcadagina) (translation equivalent).1 step
- rulerule:alignment