Affable

Definition: Affable

Affable

Adjective

1. Diffusing warmth and friendliness; "an affable smile"; "an amiable gathering"; "cordial relations"; "a cordial greeting"; "a genial host".

Date "affable" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1258. (references)

Etymology: Affable \Af"fa*ble\, adjective. [French expression affable, from Latin expression affabilis, from affari to speak to; ad fari to speak. See Fable.]. (Websters 1913)

Domain	Definitions
Literature	Affable means "one easy to be spoken to." (Latin, ad fari, to speak to.). Source: Brewer's Dictionary.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Synonyms: Affable

Synonyms: amiable (adj), cordial (adj), genial (adj). (additional references)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Courtesy	Ingratiating, winning; gentle, mild; good-humored, cordial, gracious, affable, familiar; neighborly.
Humility	Condescending; affable; (courteous).
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Crosswords: Affable

English words defined with "affable": Accostable, Acquaintable, affably, amiable, amiably ♦ cordial ♦ genial, genially ♦ Inaffable ♦ Suavify. (references)

Specialty definitions using "affable": Manners ♦ Sweetheart ♦ Wife. (references)

Etymologies containing "affable": Acquaintable ♦ Inaffable. (references)

Non-English Usage: "Affable" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses.

French (affable, benign, benignant, friendly, genial, good-natured, kind).

Domain	Title
Books	Affable Curmudgeon (reference) Affable Savages: An Anthropologist Among the Urubu Indians of Brazil (reference) Raymond Roussel : au cannibale affable (reference) The affable enemy (reference) (more book examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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	The Brewster manner was always affable and his faculty of remembering old acquaintances was gratifying.Credit: Library of Congress.		The affable one: It would be nice to be on board that ship my friend, bound for Europe ...Credit: Library of Congress.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Title	Author	Quote
Les Miserables	Hugo, Victor	He was affable and sad.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

"Affable" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Affable" is used about 112 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Adjective (general or positive)	100%	112	30,646

Hyphenated Usage
	Beginning with "affable": affable-looking.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Language		Translations for "affable"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Afrikaan		vriendelik (friendly, good-natured, kind). (various references)

Albanian		i dashur (affected, affectionate, amiable, baby, beloved, caring, darling, dear, debonair, fond, friendly, genial, gentle, good, good natured, kind, kindly, love, pleasant, precious, sweetheart, sweetie, Sweeting, sweety, Truelove, Valentine, warm). (various references)

Arabic		‏لطيف (agreeable, amiable, benign, bland, charming, civil, civilized, complaisance, complaisant, courteous, courtly, decent, delicate, fair, fair-spoken, fine, friendly, genial, gentle, good natured, gracious, handsome, kind, kindly, light, mild, nice, pet, pleasant, polite, poppet, pretty, refreshing, smooth, soft, suave, sweet, tender, tenuous, thin, urbane), ‏عذب المعاشرة, ‏أنيس (companionable, genial, gregarious, sociable, social), ‏دمث (courteous, gentle, mannerly, mild, pleasant, suave). (various references)

Bulgarian		внимателен (alert, attentive, careful, cautious, circumspect, considerate, delicate, guarded, heedful, intent, nice, precautious, scrupulous, thoughtful, ware, wary, watchful), вежлив (polite, thoughtful, urbane), непринуден (artless, childlike, easy, familiar, free, go-as-you-please, informal, rustic, simple, spontaneous, unconstrained, unlabored, unlaboured, unpretending, unpretentious, unstarched, unstrained, unstudied, unstuffy), любезен (accommodating, agreeable, amiable, bland, complaisant, courteous, debonair, fair, fair-spoken, friendly, gentle, gracious, kind, mellow, nice, obliging, pleasant, polite, smooth, smooth spoken, smooth tongued, smooth-faced, soft spoken, urbane, well spoken), приветлив (amiable, jovial, merry, sweet). (various references)

Catalan		amable (friendly, good-natured, kind). (various references)

Chinese		�'��"�可亲 (Amiable, Amiably). (various references)

Czech		vlídný (amiable, approachable, benign, cordial, courteous, genial, good, gracious, hospitable, kindly, mild, sweet, sweet-tempered), přívìtivý (amiable, friendly, mild, well spoken), laskavý (amiable, benevolent, benign, benignant, caring, charitable, decent, friendly, gentle, good, gracious, kind, kindly, neighborly, obliging, open-hearted, soft). (various references)

Danish		venlig (friendly, good-natured, kind). (various references)

Dutch		voorkomend (friendly, good-natured, kind, obliging), lief (beloved, dainty, dear, expensive, friendly, good-natured, kind, lovable, loved one, lovely, lover, nice, pretty, sweetheart, valuable, well-beloved), aardig (amusing, dainty, entertaining, fair, fairly, friendly, funny, good-natured, kind, nice, pretty, rather, relatively, tidy). (various references)

Esperanto		afabla (friendly, good-natured, kind). (various references)

Faeroese		fryntligur (friendly, good-natured, kind, obliging), blíður (friendly, gentle, good-natured, kind, mild, obliging). (various references)

Farsi		مهربان (Amiable, Benign, Blithe, Charitable, Clement, Comkpliant, Gentle, Good, Gracious, Humane, Kind, Kindly, Meek, Mellow, Merciful, Mild, Open, Soft, Tenderminded), خوشخو (Comkpliant), خوش برخورد (Accessible), دلجو. (various references)

Finnish		ystävällinen (amicable, friendly, good-natured, kind, kindly). (various references)

French		affable, gentil, aimable. (various references)

Frisian		aardig (considerable, friendly, good-natured, kind, sizable), freonlik (friendly, good-natured, kind). (various references)

German		freundlich (amicable, befriending, benign, benignant, benignly, boonly, bright, charitably, cheerful, companionable, companionably, congenial, cordial, cordially, favorable, favourable, friendly, genial, genially, gentle, good-natured, jovial, kind, kindly, Matey, pleasant, pleasantly, sociable, suave, suavely, sympathetic), leutselig (affably, genial), leutselige. (various references)

Greek		καταδεκτικόσ (condescending). (various references)

Hebrew		מסביר פ� ים, א�"יב (civil, courteous, gallant, genial, gracious, kind, kindly, mannerly, obliging, polite, suave, well mannered), חביב (beloved, genial, likable, lovable, lovely, pleasant), טוב לב (benign, generous, good hearted, goodness, kind, kindhearted, kindness), � וח (calm, comfortable, convenient, cushy, easy, easygoing, fair, favourable, genial, good natured, mild, propitious, rest, snug, soft). (various references)

Hungarian		nyájas (benign, bland, comely, complacent, complaisant, endearing, friendly, gentle, good-natured, kind, meek, placid, suave, sweet), megnyerő (appealing, captivating, endearing, engaging, ingratiating, persuasive, persuasory, pleasing, prepossessing, taking), kellemes (agreeable, benign, bland, comfortable, comfy, congenial, cushy, dainty, debonair, delectable, delicate, dulcet, engaging, enjoyable, fine, genial, glad, grateful, harmonious, likable, lovely, nice, palatable, pleasant, pleasing, pleasurable, refined, soft, suave, sweet, to elate, welcome), előzékeny (accommodating, complacent, complaisant, compliant, considerate, courteous, engaging, obliging), beszédes (chatty, communicative, conversational, expansive, loquacious, talkative, talking, voluble, yakky), barátságos (amicable, common, cosy, cozy, friendly, genial, good tempered, homely, matey, neighborly, neighbourly, nice, open armed, snug, sociable, suave). (various references)

Icelandic		vingjarnlegur (friendly, good-natured, kind), vænn (friendly, good-natured, kind). (various references)

Indonesian		ramah-tamah (amile, conversable, convivial, effusive). (various references)

Italian		cortese (accommodating, bland, complaisant, courteous, friendly, good-natured, gracious, kind, mannerly, neighborly, neighbourly, obliging, polite, respectful, urbane, well-mannered), gradevole (acceptable, agreeable, enjoyable, friendly, good-natured, kind, lovely, nice, palatable, pleasant, pleasurable, pretty, user-friendly), grazioso (bonny, charming, dinky, friendly, good-natured, graceful, gracious, kind, lovable, lovely, neat, nice, pleasant, pretty, sweet), carino (beautiful, cute, decent, dinky, fair, fine, friendly, good-natured, handsome, kind, lovable, lovely, nice, poppet, pretty, sweet), benevole (friendly, good-natured, kind), amichevole (amicable, chummy, friendly, good-natured, kind, neighborly, neighbourly, sociable, sympathetic). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		人懐っ�"い (amiable, friendly, loving company, sociable, taking kindly to men), 人懐�"い (amiable, friendly, loving company, sociable, taking kindly to men), 愛想のいい (agreeable, amiable, sociable), 温雅 (graceful), 如才 (adroit, clever, sharp, skillful, slick, smart, smooth-tongued). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		お�"が (graceful), ひとなつっ�"い (amiable, friendly, loving company, sociable, taking kindly to men), ひとなつ�"い (amiable, friendly, loving company, sociable, taking kindly to men), あいそのいい (agreeable, amiable, sociable), じょさい (adroit, clever, deacon, sharp, skillful, slick, smart, smooth-tongued). (various references)

Korean		상냥한. (various references)

Malay		baik-haiti (friendly, good-natured, kind), baik (friendly, good-natured, kind, pretty). (various references)

Manx		coar (acquiescent, approachable, decent; crane, easy-going, fair-minded, indulgent, inoffensive, kindly, nice, obliging, twister; over). (various references)

Norwegian		vennlig (friendly, genial, good-natured, kind). (various references)

Papiamen		afabel (friendly, good-natured, kind). (various references)

Pig Latin		affableay

Polish		uprzejmy (friendly, good-natured, kind). (various references)

Portuguese		afável (benign, debonair, friendly, gracious, kind, soft, tractable). (various references)

Romanian		amabil (agreeable, amiable, amiably, bland, considerate, courteous, decent, endearing, fair, favorable, favourable, genial, good natured, good tempered, gracious, kind, kindly, lovable, obliging, obligingly, polite, politely, sweet-tempered), afabil (affably, amiable, bland, blandly, mellow), accesibil (accessible, approachable, attainable, available, come-at-able, easy of access, get-at-able, moderate, obtainable, open, patent, pervious, reachable), abordabil (accessible, accostable, approachable), omenos (amiable, good natured, humane, kindly). (various references)

Russian		приветливый. (various references)

Scottish		aoigheil (courteous, hospitable, kind), suairc (civil, gentle, kind, urbane), soitheamh (docile, tame, tractable). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		učtiv (bland, civilized, courteous, polite, respectful, urbane, well mannered, well spoken, well-behaved), predusretljiv (accommodating, attentive, receptive), ljubazan (amiable, amicable, benignant, complaisant, debonair, kind, kind hearted, kindly, likable, likeable, lovable, nice, obliging, suave). (various references)

Spanish		gracioso (amusing, catching, droll, facetious, friendly, funny, good-natured, graceful, gracious, joker, kind), bonito (beauteous, beautiful, charming, delightful, fair, fine, friendly, good-natured, handsome, kind, lovely, lustrous, nice, pretty), amable (agreeable, amiable, bland, charming, comradely, dainty, darling, decent, friendly, gentile, gentle, good, good-natured, helpful, kind, levely, likeable, lovable, neighborly, neighbourly, nice, pleasant, pretty, sympathetic, thankful), afable (agreeable, companionable, forthcoming, genial, good natured, gracious, informal, lovable, Matey, maty, smooth, sociable, suave). (various references)

Swedish		vänlig (amiable, amicable, approachable, benignant, favorable, favourable, folksy, friendly, gentle, good, good-natured, gracious, kind, kindly, pally, smooth), älskvärd (amiable, complaisant, debonair, endearing, good humoured, good-humored, gracious, kind, winsome). (various references)

Tagalog		mabaít (friendly, good-natured, kind), maawaín (friendly, good-natured, kind). (various references)

Turkish		sokulgan (amiable, friendly, gregarious, ingratiating, sociable), nazik (attentive, brittle, civil, civilized, civil-spoken, complaisant, considerate, courteous, dainty, debonair, debonaire, decent, delicate, distingue, Douce, eggshell, exquisite, fair, genteel, gentle, gracious, kid glove, kind, mannerly, mild, obliging, parliamentary, polished, polite, suave, sweet-natured, tender, ticklish, tickly, touchy, trickish, tricky, urbane, well disposed), hoş (agreeable, beautiful, bonny, canny, charming, clean-cut, congenial, debonair, debonaire, delectable, delicious, delightful, desirable, elegant, enjoyable, fine, fragrant, handsome, jolly, kind, kindly, likable, likeable, lovable, lovely, nice, nicely, pleasant, pleasing, pleasurable, prettily, pretty, sapid, smart, smooth, suave, subtile, subtle, sweetly, tuneful, well, winning, winsome). (various references)

Turkmen		mylakatly (amiable, open-hearted), hoюamaя (pleasant). (various references)

Ukranian		чемний (attentive, civil, courteous, debonair, gentlemanly, mannerly, well spoken), ввічливий (bland, civil, complaisant, conventional, courteous, courtly, debonair, diplomatic, discreet, mannerly, polite, respectful, suave, urbane), люб'язний (accommodating, amiable, attentive, complaisant, courteous, dear, good, kind, nice, obliging, polite), привітний (amiable, communicable, companionable, courteous, hospitable, neighborly, neighbourly). (various references)

Vietnamese		nhã nhặn (civil-spoken, courteous, courtly, delicate), lịch sự (chic, civil-spoken, courteous, courtly, gentlemanlike, gentlemanly, urbane, well-mannered), ho� nhã; niềm nở, ân cần (considerate, kind). (various references)

Welsh		hynaws (genial, kind), cle+n, caruaidd (affectionate, kind, loving), caredig (friendly, kind). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Language	Period	Translations
Greek	700 BCE-300 CE	homiletikos. (various references)
Latin	500 BCE-Modern	affabilem, affabilis, benigna, benignas, benigne, benigni, benignos, benignum, benignus, comis, facilis, lepidus. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Misspellings
	"Affable" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: afable, affible, Afolbi, fadable. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "affable" (pronounced a"fubul)
6	a" f u b u l	laughable.
5	-f u b u l	ineffable.
4	-u b u l	abominable, acceptable, accessible, accountable, achievable, actionable, adaptable, addressable, adjustable, admirable, admissible, adoptable, adorable, advisable, affordable, agreeable, allowable, amenable, amendable, amiable, amicable, analyzable, answerable, appealable, applicable, appreciable, approachable, approvable, arable, arguable, attainable, attributable, audible, available, avoidable, bankable, bearable, believable, billable, biodegradable, breakable, buildable, burnable, callable, cannibal, capable, changeable, chargeable, charitable, classifiable, collapsible, collectible, Combinable, comfortable, commendable, communicable, comparable, compatible, compensable, comprehensible, conceivable, confirmable, considerable, constable, consumable, contemptible, contestable, controllable, convertible, copyrightable, countable, credible, creditable, crucible, culpable, curable, debatable, deductible, defensible, definable, degradable, delectable, deliverable, demonstrable, dependable, deplorable, deployable, depreciable, describable, desirable, despicable, detachable, detectable, determinable, developable, digestible, disagreeable, discernible, discountable, discoverable, dishonorable, dispensable, disposable, disreputable, distinguishable, divisible, doable, drinkable, drivable, durable, eatable, edible, electable, eligible, Embraceable, employable, enforceable, enjoyable, enviable, equable, equitable, erasable, erodible, estimable, exchangeable, excitable, excludable, excusable, execrable, exercisable, expandable, expendable, explainable, exportable, extendable, extendible, fallible, fashionable, fathomable, favorable, feasible, fissionable, fixable, flammable, flexible, forcible, foreseeable, forfeitable, forgettable, forgivable, formidable, fungible, fusible, gullible, habitable, harvestable, heritable, hon, honorable, horrible, hospitable, identifiable, illegible, imaginable, imitable, immiscible, immovable, immutable, impassable, impeachable, impeccable, impenetrable, imperceptible, impermissible, implacable, implantable, implausible, imponderable, impossible, impracticable, impregnable, impressionable, improbable, inaccessible, inadmissible, inadvisable, inalienable, inapplicable, inaudible, incalculable, incapable, incomparable, incompatible, incomprehensible, incompressible, inconceivable, incontrovertible, incorrigible, incredible, incurable, indefatigable, indefensible, indefinable, indelible, indescribable, indestructible, indispensable, indisputable, indistinguishable, indivisible, indomitable, inedible, ineligible, inequitable, inescapable, inevitable, inexcusable, inexhaustible, inexorable, inexplicable, infallible, infeasible, inflammable, inflatable, inflexible, inheritable, inhospitable, inimitable, injectable, innumerable, inoperable, insatiable, inscrutable, inseparable, insoluble, insufferable, insupportable, insurmountable, intangible, intelligible, interchangeable, interminable, interruptible, intolerable, intractable, invaluable, investable, invincible, inviolable, invisible, invulnerable, irascible, irreconcilable, irrefutable, irremediable, irreparable, irreplaceable, irrepressible, irresistible, irresponsible, irreversible, irrevocable, irritable, issuable, justifiable, knowledgeable, lamentable, laudable, leasable, legible, liable, likable, likeable, livable, lovable, malleable, manageable, mandible, maneuverable, marketable, measurable, memorable, microwavable, miscible, miserable, moldable, movable, navigable, negligible, negotiable, noncallable, nonconvertible, nondeductible, nondurable, nonrefundable, nonrenewable, nontaxable, nontransferable, notable, noticeable, objectionable, observable, obtainable, operable, ostensible, palatable, palpable, parable, passable, patentable, payable, peaceable, perceptible, perishable, permeable, permissible, personable, persuadable, pitiable, plausible, pleasurable, pliable, portable, possible, potable, practicable, predictable, preferable, presentable, preventable, printable, probable, profitable, programmable, prosecutable, provable, punishable, questionable, quotable, reachable, readable, realizable, reasonable, receivable, rechargeable, recognizable, recordable, recoverable, recyclable, redeemable, redoubtable, reducible, refundable, regrettable, reliable, remarkable, removable, renewable, rentable, repairable, repayable, repeatable, replaceable, reportable, reprehensible, reputable, resealable, resettable, respectable, responsible, retractable, returnable, reusable, reversible, revocable, ridable, salable, saleable, salvageable, seasonable, sensible, serviceable, sizable, sizeable, sociable, soluble, solvable, spendable, submersible, suggestible, suitable, supportable, survivable, susceptible, sustainable, syllable, talkable, tangible, taxable, teachable, tenable, terrible, tolerable, traceable, tractable, tradable, tradeable, trainable, transferable, transferrable, transmittable, transportable, treatable, tunable, typeable, unacceptable, unaccountable, unaffordable, unalienable, unalterable, unanswerable, unassailable, unattainable, unavailable, unavoidable, unbearable, unbeatable, unbelievable, unbuildable, uncollectible, uncomfortable, unconscionable, uncontrollable, undeniable, understandable, undesirable, undetectable, unelectable, unemployable, unenforceable, unenviable, unexplainable, unfashionable, unfathomable, unfavorable, unfeasible, unflappable, unforeseeable, unforgettable, unforgivable, ungovernable, unimaginable, unimpeachable, uninhabitable, uninsurable, unintelligible, unjustifiable, unknowable, unlivable, unmanageable, unmentionable, unmistakable, unobtainable, unpalatable, unpredictable, unprintable, unprofitable, unquestionable, unreachable, unreadable, unreasonable, unrecognizable, unreliable, unremarkable, unsalable, unshakable, unsinkable, unsolvable, unspeakable, unstoppable, unsuitable, unsupportable, unsustainable, untenable, unthinkable, untouchable, untraceable, unusable, unverifiable, unwinnable, unworkable, usable, variable, vegetable, venerable, verifiable, veritable, viable, visible, voluble, vulnerable, washable, wearable, winnable, workable.
3	-b u l	able, amble, assemble, babble, Babel, bauble, bible, bramble, bubble, Bumble, cable, cobble, coble, corbel, crumble, cymbal, dabble, Dibble, disable, disassemble, dissemble, double, Drabble, dribble, enable, enfeeble, ennoble, ensemble, fable, feeble, foible, fumble, gable, gamble, Garble, global, gobble, Gribble, grumble, hardscrabble, herbal, hobble, humble, ignoble, immeasurable, immobile, intertribal, jumble, kibble, label, libel, marble, mislabel, mobile, mumble, nibble, nimble, noble, nonverbal, pebble, preamble, psychobabble, quibble, rabble, ramble, reassemble, rebel, redouble, relabel, resemble, Roble, rouble, roundtable, rubble, Ruble, rumble, sable, Scrabble, scramble, scribble, shamble, Sibyl, squabble, Stabile, stable, stubble, stumble, symbol, table, thimble, timetable, treble, tremble, tribal, trouble, tubal, tumble, turntable, umbel, unable, unscramble, unserviceable, unstable, valuable, verbal, wamble, wobble.
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-a-b-e-f-f-l"
	-1 letter: baffle.
	-2 letters: fable.
	-3 letters: able, alae, alba, alef, alfa, baal, baff, bale, blae, feal, flab, flea, leaf.
	-4 letters: aal, aba, aff, ala, alb, ale, baa, bal, bel, eff, elf, lab, lea.
	-5 letters: aa, ab, ae, al, ba, be, ef, el, fa, la.
	Words containing the letters "a-a-b-e-f-f-l"
	+2 letters: affixable, bafflegab.
	+3 letters: affectable, affirmable, affordable, bafflegabs, effaceable.
	+4 letters: falsifiable, trafficable.
	+5 letters: affabilities, ineffaceable, ineffaceably, unaffordable.
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