preferabel

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French préférable. Equivalent to prefereren +‎ -abel.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /preː.fəˈraː.bəl/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: pre‧fe‧ra‧bel
• Rhymes: -aːbəl

Adjective

preferabel (comparative preferabeler, superlative preferabelst)

1. preferable

Declension

Declension of preferabel
uninflected	preferabel
inflected	preferabele
comparative	preferabeler
		positive	comparative	superlative
predicative/adverbial		preferabel	preferabeler	het preferabelst het preferabelste
indefinite	m./f. sing.	preferabele	preferabelere	preferabelste
	n. sing.	preferabel	preferabeler	preferabelste
	plural	preferabele	preferabelere	preferabelste
definite		preferabele	preferabelere	preferabelste
partitive		preferabels	preferabelers	—

References

• van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “preferabel”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute