See also: crédible
Contents
- 1 English
- 1.1 Etymology
- 1.2 Pronunciation
- 1.3 Adjective
- 1.3.1 Antonyms
- 1.3.2 Related terms
- 1.3.3 Translations
- 1.3.4 See also
- 1.3.5 Further reading
- 2 Middle English
- 2.1 Alternative forms
- 2.2 Etymology
- 2.3 Pronunciation
- 2.4 Adjective
- 2.4.1 Descendants
- 2.4.2 References
English
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Etymology
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From Middle English credible, borrowed from Middle French credible, from Latin crēdibilis (“worthy of belief”), from crēdō (“believe”); see credit.
Pronunciation
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- IPA(key): /ˈkɹɛdəbəl/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Audio (Mid-Atlantic US): (file)
Adjective
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credible (comparative more credible, superlative most credible)
- Believable or plausible.
think up a credible excuse
credible alibi
2022 December 28, Philip Haigh, “Building the case for West Midlands rail improvements”, in RAIL, number 973, page 25:
While WMRE makes clear that electrification is the only credible option to decarbonise, it says that bi-mode trains could be used in the interim.
- Dependable, trustworthy, or reliable.
credible sources
- Authentic or convincing.
credible acting
Antonyms
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Related terms
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Translations
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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)
- Macedonian: веродо́стоен (verodóstoen), у́верлив (úverliv)
- Manx: so-chredjal
- Norwegian:
- Portuguese: crível(pt), credível(pt)
- Romanian: credibil(ro), plauzibil(ro), demn de încredere
- Spanish: creíble(es)
- Swedish: trolig(sv)
- Turkish: inandırıcı(tr)
dependable or reliable
- Greek: αξιόπιστος(el) (axiópistos)
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), credível(pt)
- Spanish: creíble(es)
- Swedish: trovärdig(sv), tillförlitlig(sv)
See also
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Further reading
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- “credible”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “credible”, in The Century Dictionary[…], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
Middle English
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Alternative forms
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Etymology
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Borrowed from Middle French crédible, from Latin crēdibilis; compare crede, credence, and creditour.
Pronunciation
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Adjective
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credible (Late Middle English)
- credible (believable, plausible)
- credible (dependable, reliable)
- naive; easily trusting
Descendants
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- English: credible
References
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- “credīble, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
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