noticeable

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English notice

Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr

Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlomder.

Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis

Proto-Italic *-ðlis

Latin -bilis

Latin -ābilis

Old French -ablebor.

Middle English -able

English -able

English noticeable

From notice + -able.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈnəʊtɪsəbl̩/

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• (General American, Canada) IPA^(key): /ˈnoʊtɪsəbl̩/, [ˈnoʊɾɪsəbɫ̩], /ˈnoʊtəsəbl̩/, [ˈnoʊɾəsəbɫ̩]
• (Australian) IPA^(key): /ˈnəʉtɪsəbl̩/, [ˈnəʉɾɪsəbɫ̩], [ˈnəʉɾɪsəbʊ]
• (New Zealand) IPA^(key): /ˈnɐʉtəsəbl̩/, [ˈnɐʉɾəsəbʊ], [ˈnɐʉɾəsəbɫ̩]
• Hyphenation: no‧tice‧able

Adjective

noticeable (comparative more noticeable, superlative most noticeable)

1. Capable of being seen or noticed.

   Synonyms: observable, perceivable; see also Thesaurus:perceptible

   • 2012 November 17, “Arsenal 5-2 Tottenham”, in BBC Sport‎^[1], archived from the original on 12 August 2022:

     The dismissal of a player who left Arsenal for Manchester City before joining Tottenham gave the home players and fans a noticeable lift.

2. Worthy of note; significant.

   Synonyms: notable, remarkable; see also Thesaurus:important, Thesaurus:notable

   • 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 6, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC:

     Even in an era when individuality in dress is a cult, his clothes were noticeable. He was wearing a hard hat of the low round kind favoured by hunting men, and with it a black duffle-coat lined with white.

Derived terms

• noticeableness
• noticeably
• unnoticeable

Translations

capable of being seen or noticed — see also glaring,‎ evident,‎ observable,‎ perceptible,‎ manifest,‎ conspicuous,‎ detectable

• Arabic: مَلْحُوظ (malḥūẓ)
• Bulgarian: забележи́м (bg) (zabeležím), осеза́ем (bg) (osezáem)
• Dutch: merkbaar (nl)
• Finnish: havaittava (fi)
• French: repérable (fr), détectable (fr), remarquable (fr)
• German: wahrnehmbar (de)
• Indonesian: nyata (id), kelihatan (id), berandang (id), yg mudah dilihat, yg menarik perlihatan
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: merkbar

  Nynorsk: merkbar

• Polish: zauważalny (pl)
• Russian: заме́тный (ru) (zamétnyj), осяза́емый (ru) (osjazájemyj)
• Spanish: notorio (es), palmario (es), captable, notarse (to be noticeable)
• Swedish: märkbar (sv)
• Turkish: hissedilir
• Ukrainian: помі́тний (pomítnyj)

worthy of note; significant — see also notable,‎ notorious

• Arabic: جَدِير بِالْمُلَاحَظَة m (jadīr bi-l-mulāḥaẓa)
• Azerbaijani: gözəçarpan, gözədəyən
• Bulgarian: досто́ен за внима́ние (dostóen za vnimánie)
• Dutch: opmerkenswaardig (nl), opmerkelijk (nl)
• Finnish: merkille pantava, huomionarvoinen (worthy of note); merkittävä (fi), huomattava (fi) (significant)
• French: remarquable (fr)
• German: auffällig (de)
• Indonesian: nyata (id), kelihatan (id), berandang (id), yg mudah dilihat, yg menarik perlihatan
• Persian:

  Iranian Persian: قابِلِ تَوَجُّهْ (fa) (ġâbel-e tavajjoh)

• Plautdietsch: bemoakjboa
• Russian: досто́йный внима́ния (dostójnyj vnimánija), заслу́живающий внима́ния (zaslúživajuščij vnimánija), заме́тный (ru) (zamétnyj)
• Turkish: dikkat çekici
• Ukrainian: помі́тний (pomítnyj)