credible

See also: crédible

Contents

EnglishEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɹɛdəbl̩/

AdjectiveEdit

credible (comparative more credible, superlative most credible)

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

AntonymsEdit

• incredible

Related termsEdit

• credibility
• credit
• credence
• credential

TranslationsEdit

believable or plausible

• Armenian: արժանահավատ (aržanahavat)
• Bulgarian: правдоподобен (bg) (pravdopodoben)
• Catalan: creïble
• French: crédible (fr)
• Georgian: დასაჯერებელი (dasaǯerebeli), შესაძლებელი (šesaʒlebeli)
• German: glaubhaft (de)

• Latin: fidus
• Manx: so-chredjal
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: troverdig (no)

• 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
• Dutch: geloofwaardig (nl)
• French: crédible (fr)

• Georgian: დამაჯერებელი (damaǯerebeli), დასაჯერებელი (dasaǯerebeli), ნდობით აღჭურვილი (ndobit aɣč̣urvili), ნდობის ღირსი (ndobis ɣirsi)
• German: glaubwürdig (de)
• Manx: so-chredjal
• Spanish: creíble (es)
• Swedish: trovärdig (sv), tillförlitlig (sv)

See alsoEdit

• street cred

Further readingEdit

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