preferabil
Romanian
Alternative forms
- preferibil — dated
Etymology
Borrowed from French préférable. By surface analysis, prefera (“to prefer”) + -bil.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pre.feˈra.bil/
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -abil
- Hyphenation: pre‧fe‧ra‧bil
Adjective
preferabil m or n (feminine singular preferabilă, masculine plural preferabili, feminine/neuter plural preferabile)
Declension
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
| nominative- accusative |
indefinite | preferabil | preferabilă | preferabili | preferabile | ||
| definite | preferabilul | preferabila | preferabilii | preferabilele | |||
| genitive- dative |
indefinite | preferabil | preferabile | preferabili | preferabile | ||
| definite | preferabilului | preferabilei | preferabililor | preferabilelor | |||
Further reading
Further reading
- “preferabil”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2026