credible

See also: crédible

English

Etymology

From Middle English credible, borrowed from Old French credible, from Latin crēdibilis (“worthy of belief”), from crēdō (“believe”); see credit.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɹɛdəbl̩/

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Adjective

credible (comparative more credible, superlative most credible)

1. Believable or plausible.
2. Authentic or convincing.

Antonyms

• incredible, noncredible, uncredible

Related terms

• credibility
• credit
• credence
• credential

Translations

believable or plausible

• Armenian: արժանահավատ (aržanahavat)
• Bulgarian: правдоподобен (bg) (pravdopodoben)
• Catalan: creïble (ca)
• French: crédible (fr)
• Galician: crible (gl), críbel (gl)
• Georgian: დასაჯერებელი (dasaǯerebeli), შესაძლებელი (šesaʒlebeli)
• German: glaubhaft (de)
• Hungarian: hihető (hu)
• Irish: sochreidte

• Latin: crēdibilis (la)
• Manx: so-chredjal
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: troverdig (no)

• Portuguese: crível (pt)
• Romanian: credibil (ro), plauzibil (ro), demn de încredere
• Spanish: creíble (es)
• Swedish: trolig (sv)

authentic or convincing

• Armenian: արժանահավատ (aržanahavat)
• Bulgarian: заслужаващ доверие (zaslužavašt doverie)
• Catalan: creïble (ca)
• Dutch: geloofwaardig (nl)
• French: crédible (fr)
• Galician: cribel, crível
• Georgian: დამაჯერებელი (damaǯerebeli), დასაჯერებელი (dasaǯerebeli), ნდობით აღჭურვილი (ndobit aɣč̣urvili), ნდობის ღირსი (ndobis ɣirsi)

• German: glaubwürdig (de)
• Hungarian: hiteles (hu), hitelt érdemlő
• Latin: fidus
• Manx: so-chredjal
• Portuguese: crível (pt)
• Spanish: creíble (es)
• Swedish: trovärdig (sv), tillförlitlig (sv)

See also

• street cred

Further reading

• credible in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• credible in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.