apprezzabile

appreciable

adjective ahp-preh-TSAH-bee-leh Rare

Also means

notable

Usage Note

Apprezzabile means worthy of appreciation or large enough to be noticed: un miglioramento apprezzabile (a noticeable improvement). It ends in -bile, so masculine and feminine singular share the same form; plural is apprezzabili. It is a false friend with English 'appreciable' only in the quantitative sense — the Italian can also mean 'praiseworthy'.

Examples

"C'è stato un miglioramento apprezzabile nei risultati."

Natural Translation

There has been an appreciable improvement in the results.

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