comfortable
English
/ˈkʌmf.tə.bəl/, /ˈkʌmf.tə.bəl/, /ˈkʌm.fə.tə.bəl/, /ˈkɐmf.tɘ.bɘl/
adj
Definitions
- Providing physical comfort and ease; agreeable.
- In a state of comfort and content.
- (obsolete) Comforting, providing comfort; consolatory.
- Amply sufficient, satisfactory.
- (obsolete) Strong; vigorous; valiant.
- (obsolete) Serviceable; helpful.
Etymology
Derived from Old French confortable.
Origin
Old French
confortable
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Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- comfort English
- comfortability English
- comfortableness English
- comfortably English
- semicomfortable English
- supercomfortable English
- uncomfortable English
- uncomfortableness English
- uncomfortably English
- komfortabel German
- konflis Hungarian
- comfort Dutch, Flemish
- comfortabel Dutch, Flemish
- confortable Old French