"reliable" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

IPA: /ɹɪˈlaɪəbəl/ Audio: en-us-reliable.ogg [US] Forms: more reliable [comparative], most reliable [superlative]
enPR: rĭ-līʹə-bəl Rhymes: -aɪəbəl Etymology: rely + -able Etymology templates: {{af|en|rely|-able}} rely + -able Head templates: {{en-adj}} reliable (comparative more reliable, superlative most reliable)
  1. Suitable or fit to be relied on; worthy of dependence, reliance or trust; dependable, trustworthy Categories (topical): Personality Translations (fit to be relied on): امين (amīn) [Egyptian-Arabic] (Arabic), վստահելի (vstaheli) (Armenian), հուսալի (husali) (Armenian), etibarlı (Azerbaijani), ышаныслы (ışanıslı) (Bashkir), яуаплы (yawaplı) (Bashkir), надзе́йны (nadzjéjny) (Belarusian), наде́жден (nadéžden) (Bulgarian), 可靠 (kěkào) (Chinese Mandarin), spolehlivý (Czech), pålidelig (Danish), betrouwbaar (Dutch), zeker (Dutch), fidinda (Esperanto), luotettava (Finnish), fiable (French), sûr (French), fiábel [feminine, masculine] (Galician), fiable (Galician), საიმედო (saimedo) (Georgian), სანდო (sando) (Georgian), verlässlich (German), zuverlässig (German), αξιόπιστος (axiópistos) [masculine] (Greek), אמין (amin) (Hebrew), megbízható (Hungarian), szavahihető (Hungarian), affidabile (Italian), sicuro [masculine] (Italian), 頼もしい (tanomoshii) (alt: たのもしい) (Japanese), អាចទុកចិត្តបាន (ʼaac-tuk cət-baan) (Khmer), 믿음직스럽다 (mideumjikseureopda) (Korean), uzticams (Latvian), доверлив (doverliv) (Macedonian), andal (Malay), haepapa (Maori), titikaha (Maori), pålitelig (Norwegian Bokmål), troverdig (Norwegian Bokmål), påliteleg (Norwegian Nynorsk), truverdig (Norwegian Nynorsk), niezawodny (Polish), spolegliwy (Polish), fiável (Portuguese), fiabil [masculine] (Romanian), sigur [masculine] (Romanian), надёжный (nadjóžnyj) (Russian), seasmhach (Scottish Gaelic), earbsach (Scottish Gaelic), pouzdan (Serbo-Croatian), spoľahlivý (Slovak), fiable (Spanish), confiable (Spanish), pålitlig (Swedish), ไว้ใจได้ (Thai), เชื่อถือได้ (Thai), güvenilir (Turkish), ygtybarly (Turkmen), наді́йний (nadíjnyj) (Ukrainian), tin cậy (Vietnamese), đáng tin cậy (Vietnamese), fertroud (West Frisian)
    Sense id: en-reliable-en-adj-BecSReM~ Disambiguation of Personality: 67 18 15 Disambiguation of 'fit to be relied on': 95 5
  2. (signal processing, of a communication protocol) Such that either a sent packet will reach its destination, even if it requires retransmission, or the sender will be told that it didn't Categories (topical): Signal processing
    Sense id: en-reliable-en-adj-cWiTHeFH Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -able Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 40 57 2 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -able: 36 56 8 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences, signal-processing
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: secure, dependable, trustworthy, trusty Derived forms: reliableness, reliably, semireliable Related terms: reliability, reliance, rely

Noun [English]

IPA: /ɹɪˈlaɪəbəl/ Audio: en-us-reliable.ogg [US] Forms: reliables [plural]
enPR: rĭ-līʹə-bəl Rhymes: -aɪəbəl Etymology: rely + -able Etymology templates: {{af|en|rely|-able}} rely + -able Head templates: {{en-noun}} reliable (plural reliables)
  1. Something or someone reliable or dependable Translations (someone to be relied on): getrouwe [masculine] (Dutch), confiable [masculine] (Spanish), fiable [masculine] (Spanish) Translations (something reliable or dependable): zekerheid (Dutch)
    Sense id: en-reliable-en-noun-uSLMlviF

Inflected forms

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          "word": "ไว้ใจได้"
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          "word": "เชื่อถือได้"
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          "dependable"
        ]
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          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "someone to be relied on",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "getrouwe"
        },
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          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
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          "code": "es",
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          "sense": "someone to be relied on",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
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          "code": "nl",
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          "word": "zekerheid"
        }
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          "text": "a reliable witness to the truth of the miracles",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "February 18, 1800, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Report on Mr. Pitt's Speech in Parliament of February 17, 1800, on the Continuance of the War with France (published in The Morning Post)",
          "text": "the best means, and the most reliable pledge, of a higher object"
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        "engineering",
        "mathematics",
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    },
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      "word": "secure"
    },
    {
      "word": "dependable"
    },
    {
      "word": "trustworthy"
    },
    {
      "word": "trusty"
    }
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      "code": "arz",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "amīn",
      "sense": "fit to be relied on",
      "tags": [
        "Egyptian-Arabic"
      ],
      "word": "امين"
    },
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      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "vstaheli",
      "sense": "fit to be relied on",
      "word": "վստահելի"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "husali",
      "sense": "fit to be relied on",
      "word": "հուսալի"
    },
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      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "fit to be relied on",
      "word": "etibarlı"
    },
    {
      "code": "ba",
      "lang": "Bashkir",
      "roman": "ışanıslı",
      "sense": "fit to be relied on",
      "word": "ышаныслы"
    },
    {
      "code": "ba",
      "lang": "Bashkir",
      "roman": "yawaplı",
      "sense": "fit to be relied on",
      "word": "яуаплы"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "nadzjéjny",
      "sense": "fit to be relied on",
      "word": "надзе́йны"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "nadéžden",
      "sense": "fit to be relied on",
      "word": "наде́жден"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "kěkào",
      "sense": "fit to be relied on",
      "word": "可靠"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "fit to be relied on",
      "word": "spolehlivý"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "fit to be relied on",
      "word": "pålidelig"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "fit to be relied on",
      "word": "betrouwbaar"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "fit to be relied on",
      "word": "zeker"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "fit to be relied on",
      "word": "fidinda"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "fit to be relied on",
      "word": "luotettava"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "fit to be relied on",
      "word": "fiable"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "fit to be relied on",
      "word": "sûr"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "fit to be relied on",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "fiábel"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "fit to be relied on",
      "word": "fiable"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "saimedo",
      "sense": "fit to be relied on",
      "word": "საიმედო"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "sando",
      "sense": "fit to be relied on",
      "word": "სანდო"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "fit to be relied on",
      "word": "verlässlich"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "fit to be relied on",
      "word": "zuverlässig"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "axiópistos",
      "sense": "fit to be relied on",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "αξιόπιστος"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "amin",
      "sense": "fit to be relied on",
      "word": "אמין"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "fit to be relied on",
      "word": "megbízható"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "fit to be relied on",
      "word": "szavahihető"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "fit to be relied on",
      "word": "affidabile"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "fit to be relied on",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sicuro"
    },
    {
      "alt": "たのもしい",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "tanomoshii",
      "sense": "fit to be relied on",
      "word": "頼もしい"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "ʼaac-tuk cət-baan",
      "sense": "fit to be relied on",
      "word": "អាចទុកចិត្តបាន"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "mideumjikseureopda",
      "sense": "fit to be relied on",
      "word": "믿음직스럽다"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "fit to be relied on",
      "word": "uzticams"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "doverliv",
      "sense": "fit to be relied on",
      "word": "доверлив"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "fit to be relied on",
      "word": "andal"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "fit to be relied on",
      "word": "haepapa"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "fit to be relied on",
      "word": "titikaha"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "fit to be relied on",
      "word": "pålitelig"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "fit to be relied on",
      "word": "troverdig"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "fit to be relied on",
      "word": "påliteleg"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "fit to be relied on",
      "word": "truverdig"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "fit to be relied on",
      "word": "niezawodny"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "fit to be relied on",
      "word": "spolegliwy"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "fit to be relied on",
      "word": "fiável"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "fit to be relied on",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "fiabil"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "fit to be relied on",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sigur"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "nadjóžnyj",
      "sense": "fit to be relied on",
      "word": "надёжный"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "fit to be relied on",
      "word": "seasmhach"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "fit to be relied on",
      "word": "earbsach"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "fit to be relied on",
      "word": "pouzdan"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "fit to be relied on",
      "word": "spoľahlivý"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "fit to be relied on",
      "word": "fiable"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "fit to be relied on",
      "word": "confiable"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "fit to be relied on",
      "word": "pålitlig"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "sense": "fit to be relied on",
      "word": "ไว้ใจได้"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "sense": "fit to be relied on",
      "word": "เชื่อถือได้"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "fit to be relied on",
      "word": "güvenilir"
    },
    {
      "code": "tk",
      "lang": "Turkmen",
      "sense": "fit to be relied on",
      "word": "ygtybarly"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "nadíjnyj",
      "sense": "fit to be relied on",
      "word": "наді́йний"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "fit to be relied on",
      "word": "tin cậy"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "fit to be relied on",
      "word": "đáng tin cậy"
    },
    {
      "code": "fy",
      "lang": "West Frisian",
      "sense": "fit to be relied on",
      "word": "fertroud"
    }
  ],
  "word": "reliable"
}

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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "someone to be relied on",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "getrouwe"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "someone to be relied on",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "confiable"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "someone to be relied on",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "fiable"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "something reliable or dependable",
      "word": "zekerheid"
    }
  ],
  "word": "reliable"
}

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