different between veteran vs able

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French vétéran, from Latin veter?nus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?v?.t?.??n/, /?v?.t??n/
  • (US) IPA^(key): [?v?.t??.??n], [?v?.??.??n]

Noun

veteran (plural veterans)

1. A person with long experience of a particular activity.
2. (figuratively) A group, animal, etc. with long experience of a particular activity.
3. A person who has served in the armed forces, especially an old soldier who has seen long service; also called a war veteran to distinguish from veterans that weren't in armed conflict.

Derived terms

• veteran car
• Veterans Day

Translations

Adjective

veteran (not comparable)

1. Having had long experience, practice, or service.
   • 1980, Stephen King, The Mist

     “That was in Casco,” his wife contradicted immediately. She spoke in the unmistakable tones of a veteran contradictor.

2. Of or relating to former members of the military armed forces, especially those who served during wartime.

Related terms

• inveterate

Translations

Anagrams

• Neretva, Trevena, aventre, nervate, vernate

Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin veter?nus (“old, veteran”), from vetus (“aged, ancient, old”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vet?ra?n/, [vet???????n]

Noun

veteran c (singular definite veteranen, plural indefinite veteraner)

1. veteran

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

• “veteran” in Den Danske Ordbog
• “veteran” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

Esperanto

Adjective

veteran

1. accusative singular of vetera

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin veter?nus.

Noun

veteran m (definite singular veteranen, indefinite plural veteraner, definite plural veteranene)

1. veteran

Derived terms

References

• “veteran” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin veter?nus.

Noun

veteran m (definite singular veteranen, indefinite plural veteranar, definite plural veteranane)

1. veteran

Derived terms

References

• “veteran” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Piedmontese

Noun

veteran m (plural veteran)

1. veteran

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French vétéran, Latin veter?nus. Compare b?trân, a doublet inherited from the same source.

Noun

veteran m (plural veterani)

1. veteran (person who has served in the armed forces, or figuratively a person with a long experience of a particular activity; also used in the context of Ancient Rome, referring to a freed soldier granted citizenship and privileges for his service)

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin veter?nus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?et?ra?n/
• Hyphenation: ve?te?ran

Noun

vetèr?n m (Cyrillic spelling ????????)

1. veteran

Declension

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin veter?nus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /v?t??r??n/

Noun

veteran c

1. a veteran (former member of armed forces)
2. a veteran (person with long experience)

Declension

Derived terms

• veteranbil

English

Alternative forms

• (obsolete) hable

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?e?.bl?/, /?e?.b?l/
• Rhymes: -e?b?l
• Homophone: Abel

Etymology 1

From Middle English able, from Old Northern French able, variant of Old French abile, habile, from Latin habilis (“easily managed, held, or handled; apt; skillful”), from habe? (“have, possess”) +? -ibilis.

Adjective

able (comparative abler, superlative ablest)

1. (obsolete) Easy to use. [Attested from around (1350 to 1470) until the mid 18^th century.]
2. (obsolete) Suitable; competent. [Attested from around (1350 to 1470) until the late 18^th century.]
3. (obsolete, dialectal) Liable to. [First attested from around (1350 to 1470).]
4. Having the necessary powers or the needed resources to accomplish a task. [First attested from around (1350 to 1470).]
5. Free from constraints preventing completion of task; permitted to; not prevented from. [First attested from around (1350 to 1470).]

6. (obsolete, dialectal) Having the physical strength; robust; healthy. [First attested from around (1350 to 1470).]

7. (obsolete) Rich; well-to-do. [Attested from the mid 16^th century until the late 19^th century.]

8. Gifted with skill, intelligence, knowledge, or competence. [First attested in the mid 16^th century.]
9. (law) Legally qualified or competent. [First attested in the early 18^th century.]

10. (nautical) Capable of performing all the requisite duties; as an able seaman. [First attested in the late 18^th century.]

Usage notes

• In standard English, one is "able to do something". In some older texts representing various dialects, particularly Irish English, or black speech, "able for do something" is found instead, and in some Caribbean dialects "able with" is sometimes found.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:skillful

Derived terms

Translations

Etymology 2

From Middle English ablen, from Middle English able (adjective).

Verb

able (third-person singular simple present ables, present participle abling, simple past and past participle abled)

1. (transitive, obsolete) To make ready. [Attested from around (1150 to 1350) until the late 16^th century.]
2. (transitive, obsolete) To make capable; to enable. [Attested from around (1350 to 1470) until the late 19^th century.]
3. (transitive, obsolete) To dress. [Attested from around (1350 to 1470) until the late 15^th century.]
4. (transitive, obsolete) To give power to; to reinforce; to confirm. [Attested from around (1350 to 1470) until the mid 17^th century.]
5. (transitive, obsolete) To vouch for; to guarantee. [Attested from the late 16^th century until the early 17^th century.]

Derived terms

• abled

Translations

Etymology 3

From the first letter of the word. Suggested in the 1916 United States Army Signal Book to distinguish the letter when communicating via telephone, and later adopted in other radio and telephone signal standards.

Noun

able (uncountable)

1. (military) The letter "A" in Navy Phonetic Alphabet.

References

Anagrams

• Abel, Bale, Beal, Blea, Ebla, Elba, albe, bael, bale, beal, blea

French

Noun

able m (plural ables)

1. a vernacular name of the common bleak (usually called ablette)
2. a vernacular name of the sunbleak or moderlieschen, also called able de Heckel
3. (rare) a vernacular name of any of some other related fishes in the genus Alburnus (Cyprinidae)

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• Abel, Bâle, béal, bêla

Old French

Alternative forms

• abile
• abille
• habile

Etymology

Latin habilis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?a.bl?/

Adjective

able m (oblique and nominative feminine singular able)

1. able; capable

Declension

Descendants

• French: habile
  • ? Romanian: abil
• ? Middle Dutch: abel
  • Dutch: abel
• ? Middle English: able, habil
  • English: able, habile
    • ? Welsh: abl

Scots

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ebl/
• (South Scots) IPA^(key): /j?bl/

Adjective

able (comparative mair able, superlative maist able)

1. able, substantial, physically fit, strong, shrewd, cute
2. (obsolete) well-to-do, rich