Meaning

4 senses
  1. Of a person: having a pleasing appearance; attractive; handsome.

  2. Of a person: having a pleasant manner; amiable, friendly.

    ansehnlich, freundlich, sympathisch

    приятныйprijatnyj

  3. (obsolete, rare)Synonym of personal (“done in person, without an intermediary”).

  4. (obsolete)Being a legal person and thus able to maintain a plea in court, or to hold some property or right.

More definitions
  • (of persons) pleasant in appearance and personality

Examples

4 sentences
  1. Tom is a very personable guy.

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  2. Tom is very personable.

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  3. Tom is personable.

    deTom ist sympathisch.

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  4. He is a personable young man. I like him.

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Translations

4 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
of a person: having a pleasant manner — see also amiable, friendly:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
of a person: having a pleasant manner — see also amiable, friendly:

Origin

From Late Middle English personable, personabil (“having a pleasing appearance, handsome”)

From Late Middle English personable, personabil (“having a pleasing appearance, handsome”), and then from both of the following:

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