lamentable

From Middle French lamentable, from Latin lāmentābilis (“full of sorrow, mournful; deplorable”), from lāmentor (“lament”), from lāmenta (“wailing, weeping”).

• IPA^(key): /ləˈmɛn.tə.bəl/, /ˈlæm.ən.tə.bəl/

lamentable (comparative more lamentable, superlative most lamentable)

1. Causing sorrow, distress or regret; deplorable, pitiful or distressing.

• See also Thesaurus:lamentable

• lamentability
• lamentableness
• lamentably

• lament

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /lə.mənˈta.blə/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /la.menˈta.ble/

lamentable (masculine and feminine plural lamentables)

1. lamentable, regrettable

• lamentablement

• lamentar

• “lamentable” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

From Latin lāmentābilis (“full of sorrow, mournful; deplorable”), from lāmentor (“lament”), from lāmenta (“wailing, weeping”).

• IPA^(key): /la.mɑ̃.tabl/

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• Homophone: lamentables
• Rhymes: -abl

lamentable (plural lamentables)

1. lamentable; awful; deplorable

• lamentablement

• lamenter

• “lamentable” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

From Latin lāmentābilis (“full of sorrow, mournful; deplorable”), from lāmentor (“lament”), from lāmenta (“wailing, weeping”).

• IPA^(key): /lamenˈtable/, [lamẽn̪ˈt̪aβle]

lamentable (plural lamentables)

1. lamentable, regrettable
   • 2001, Julio Montes Ponce de León, Medio ambiente y desarrollo sostenido, Univ Pontifica Comillas →ISBN, page 64

     Es lamentable el trato que sufren con frecuencia los árboles recién plantados en las proximidades de los colegios.

     The treatment that newly planted trees in the vicinity of schools often suffer is lamentable.

• lamentablemente

• lamentar

• “lamentable” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.