"docile" meaning in English

See docile in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈdəʊ.saɪl/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈdɑ.səl/ [US], /ˈdɑ.saɪl/ [US] Audio: en-us-docile.ogg [US], en-us-docile2.ogg [US], en-au-docile.ogg [Australia] Forms: more docile [comparative], most docile [superlative]
Rhymes: (US) -ɑːsəl Etymology: From Middle English docyle, from Middle French docile, from Latin docilis, from docēre (“teach”). Compare Spanish dócil ("docile"). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*deḱ-}}, {{inh|en|enm|docyle}} Middle English docyle, {{der|en|frm|docile}} Middle French docile, {{der|en|la|docilis}} Latin docilis, {{m|la|docēre||teach}} docēre (“teach”) Head templates: {{en-adj}} docile (comparative more docile, superlative most docile)
  1. Ready to accept instruction or direction; obedient; subservient. Synonyms (ready to accept instruction): amenable, compliant, teachable Translations (accepting instructions): схватлив (shvatliv) (Bulgarian), възприемчив (vǎzpriemčiv) (Bulgarian), dòcil (Catalan), føjelig [common-gender] (Danish), lydig (Danish), tottelevainen (Finnish), kuulias (Finnish), fügsam (German), gefügig (German), gehorsam (German), folgsam (German), gelehrig (German), irányítható (Hungarian), obbediente (Italian), pojętny [masculine] (Polish), поня́тливый (ponjátlivyj) (Russian), poslušan [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), poučljiv (Serbo-Croatian), dócil (Spanish), lydig (Swedish), foglig (Swedish), uysal (Turkish), uslu (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-docile-en-adj-zT1A7QHa Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 45 55 Disambiguation of 'ready to accept instruction': 94 6 Disambiguation of 'accepting instructions': 73 27
  2. Yielding to control or supervision, direction, or management. Categories (topical): Personality Synonyms (yielding to control): compliant, malleable, meek, submissive, tractable, manageable Translations (yielding to control): κτίλος (ktílos) (Ancient Greek), податлив (podatliv) (Bulgarian), послушен (poslušen) (Bulgarian), dòcil (Catalan), 溫順嘅 (Chinese Cantonese), 温顺嘅 (wan¹ seon⁶ ge³) (Chinese Cantonese), yuvaş (Crimean Tatar), poslušný [masculine] (Czech), poddajný [masculine] (Czech), føjelig (Danish), volgzaam (Dutch), säyseä (Finnish), alistuva (Finnish), kuulias (Finnish), tottelevainen (Finnish), docile (French), dócil (Galician), manso (Galician), fügsam (German), gefügig (German), steuerbar (German), handhabbar (German), sanftmütig (German), gutmütig (German), unterwürfig (German), πειθήνιος (peithínios) (Greek), υπάκουος (ypákouos) (Greek), kezelhető (Hungarian), docile (Italian), mansueto (Italian), 従順な (jūjun na) (Japanese), おとなしい (otonashii) (Japanese), kōratarata (Maori), kōtungatunga (Maori), sernerm (Northern Kurdish), medgjørlig (Norwegian), docil (Occitan), ontlich (Plautdietsch), potulny (Polish), uległy (Polish), dócil (Portuguese), docil (Romanian), покорный (pokornyj) (Russian), послу́шный (poslúšnyj) (Russian), soirbh (Scottish Gaelic), sèimh (Scottish Gaelic), pokoran [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), poslušan (Serbo-Croatian), dócil (Spanish), foglig (Swedish), yumuşak başlı (Turkish), uysal (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-docile-en-adj-OsA5viC4 Disambiguation of Personality: 18 82 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 45 55 Disambiguation of 'yielding to control': 17 83 Disambiguation of 'yielding to control': 14 86
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: biddable, docile, passive, pliant, yielding Hyponyms: obedient, submissive Derived forms: docilely, docility Related terms: docent, doctor, doctorate, doctrinaire, doctrinal, doctrine, document, indoctrinate, humble

Inflected forms

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          "_dis1": "14 86",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "podatliv",
          "sense": "yielding to control",
          "word": "податлив"
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          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "poslušen",
          "sense": "yielding to control",
          "word": "послушен"
        },
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          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "yielding to control",
          "word": "dòcil"
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          "code": "yue",
          "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
          "sense": "yielding to control",
          "word": "溫順嘅"
        },
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          "_dis1": "14 86",
          "code": "yue",
          "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
          "roman": "wan¹ seon⁶ ge³",
          "sense": "yielding to control",
          "word": "温顺嘅"
        },
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          "code": "crh",
          "lang": "Crimean Tatar",
          "sense": "yielding to control",
          "word": "yuvaş"
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          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "yielding to control",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "poslušný"
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          "code": "cs",
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          "sense": "yielding to control",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "poddajný"
        },
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          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "yielding to control",
          "word": "føjelig"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "14 86",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "yielding to control",
          "word": "volgzaam"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "14 86",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "yielding to control",
          "word": "säyseä"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "14 86",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "yielding to control",
          "word": "alistuva"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "14 86",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "yielding to control",
          "word": "kuulias"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "14 86",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "yielding to control",
          "word": "tottelevainen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "14 86",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "yielding to control",
          "word": "docile"
        },
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          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "yielding to control",
          "word": "dócil"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "14 86",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "yielding to control",
          "word": "manso"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "14 86",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "yielding to control",
          "word": "fügsam"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "14 86",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "yielding to control",
          "word": "gefügig"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "14 86",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "yielding to control",
          "word": "steuerbar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "14 86",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "yielding to control",
          "word": "handhabbar"
        },
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          "_dis1": "14 86",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "yielding to control",
          "word": "sanftmütig"
        },
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "yielding to control",
          "word": "gutmütig"
        },
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "yielding to control",
          "word": "unterwürfig"
        },
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          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "peithínios",
          "sense": "yielding to control",
          "word": "πειθήνιος"
        },
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          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "ypákouos",
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          "word": "υπάκουος"
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          "code": "grc",
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          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "yielding to control",
          "word": "kezelhető"
        },
        {
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          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "yielding to control",
          "word": "docile"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "14 86",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "yielding to control",
          "word": "mansueto"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "14 86",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "jūjun na",
          "sense": "yielding to control",
          "word": "従順な"
        },
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          "_dis1": "14 86",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "otonashii",
          "sense": "yielding to control",
          "word": "おとなしい"
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          "_dis1": "14 86",
          "code": "kmr",
          "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
          "sense": "yielding to control",
          "word": "sernerm"
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          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "yielding to control",
          "word": "kōratarata"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "14 86",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "yielding to control",
          "word": "kōtungatunga"
        },
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          "_dis1": "14 86",
          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "yielding to control",
          "word": "medgjørlig"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "14 86",
          "code": "oc",
          "lang": "Occitan",
          "sense": "yielding to control",
          "word": "docil"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "14 86",
          "code": "pdt",
          "lang": "Plautdietsch",
          "sense": "yielding to control",
          "word": "ontlich"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "14 86",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "yielding to control",
          "word": "potulny"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "14 86",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "yielding to control",
          "word": "uległy"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "14 86",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "yielding to control",
          "word": "dócil"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "14 86",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "yielding to control",
          "word": "docil"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "14 86",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "pokornyj",
          "sense": "yielding to control",
          "word": "покорный"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "14 86",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "poslúšnyj",
          "sense": "yielding to control",
          "word": "послу́шный"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "14 86",
          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "yielding to control",
          "word": "soirbh"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "14 86",
          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "yielding to control",
          "word": "sèimh"
        },
        {
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          "_dis1": "14 86",
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          "_dis1": "14 86",
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    "English terms derived from Middle English",
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    "English terms inherited from Middle English",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
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      "word": "doctor"
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      "word": "doctrinaire"
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      "word": "doctrinal"
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    {
      "word": "doctrine"
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    {
      "word": "document"
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    {
      "word": "indoctrinate"
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      "sense": "ready to accept instruction",
      "word": "amenable"
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    {
      "sense": "ready to accept instruction",
      "word": "compliant"
    },
    {
      "sense": "ready to accept instruction",
      "word": "teachable"
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      "sense": "yielding to control",
      "word": "compliant"
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    {
      "sense": "yielding to control",
      "word": "malleable"
    },
    {
      "sense": "yielding to control",
      "word": "meek"
    },
    {
      "sense": "yielding to control",
      "word": "submissive"
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    {
      "sense": "yielding to control",
      "word": "tractable"
    },
    {
      "sense": "yielding to control",
      "word": "manageable"
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    {
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      "word": "pliant"
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "podatliv",
      "sense": "yielding to control",
      "word": "податлив"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "poslušen",
      "sense": "yielding to control",
      "word": "послушен"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "yielding to control",
      "word": "dòcil"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "sense": "yielding to control",
      "word": "溫順嘅"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "roman": "wan¹ seon⁶ ge³",
      "sense": "yielding to control",
      "word": "温顺嘅"
    },
    {
      "code": "crh",
      "lang": "Crimean Tatar",
      "sense": "yielding to control",
      "word": "yuvaş"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "yielding to control",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "poslušný"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "yielding to control",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "poddajný"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "yielding to control",
      "word": "føjelig"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "yielding to control",
      "word": "volgzaam"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "yielding to control",
      "word": "säyseä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "yielding to control",
      "word": "alistuva"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "yielding to control",
      "word": "kuulias"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "yielding to control",
      "word": "tottelevainen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "yielding to control",
      "word": "docile"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "yielding to control",
      "word": "dócil"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "yielding to control",
      "word": "manso"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "yielding to control",
      "word": "fügsam"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "yielding to control",
      "word": "gefügig"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "yielding to control",
      "word": "steuerbar"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "yielding to control",
      "word": "handhabbar"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "yielding to control",
      "word": "sanftmütig"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "yielding to control",
      "word": "gutmütig"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "yielding to control",
      "word": "unterwürfig"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "peithínios",
      "sense": "yielding to control",
      "word": "πειθήνιος"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "ypákouos",
      "sense": "yielding to control",
      "word": "υπάκουος"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "ktílos",
      "sense": "yielding to control",
      "word": "κτίλος"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "yielding to control",
      "word": "kezelhető"
    },
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "yielding to control",
      "word": "docile"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "yielding to control",
      "word": "mansueto"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "jūjun na",
      "sense": "yielding to control",
      "word": "従順な"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "otonashii",
      "sense": "yielding to control",
      "word": "おとなしい"
    },
    {
      "code": "kmr",
      "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
      "sense": "yielding to control",
      "word": "sernerm"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "yielding to control",
      "word": "kōratarata"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "yielding to control",
      "word": "kōtungatunga"
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    {
      "code": "no",
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      "sense": "yielding to control",
      "word": "medgjørlig"
    },
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      "code": "oc",
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      "sense": "yielding to control",
      "word": "docil"
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      "code": "pdt",
      "lang": "Plautdietsch",
      "sense": "yielding to control",
      "word": "ontlich"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "yielding to control",
      "word": "potulny"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "yielding to control",
      "word": "uległy"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "yielding to control",
      "word": "dócil"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "yielding to control",
      "word": "docil"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "pokornyj",
      "sense": "yielding to control",
      "word": "покорный"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "poslúšnyj",
      "sense": "yielding to control",
      "word": "послу́шный"
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    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "yielding to control",
      "word": "soirbh"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "yielding to control",
      "word": "sèimh"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "yielding to control",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pokoran"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "yielding to control",
      "word": "poslušan"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "yielding to control",
      "word": "dócil"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "yielding to control",
      "word": "foglig"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "yielding to control",
      "word": "yumuşak başlı"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "yielding to control",
      "word": "uysal"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "shvatliv",
      "sense": "accepting instructions",
      "word": "схватлив"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "vǎzpriemčiv",
      "sense": "accepting instructions",
      "word": "възприемчив"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "accepting instructions",
      "word": "dòcil"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "accepting instructions",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "føjelig"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "accepting instructions",
      "word": "lydig"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "accepting instructions",
      "word": "tottelevainen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "accepting instructions",
      "word": "kuulias"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "accepting instructions",
      "word": "fügsam"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "accepting instructions",
      "word": "gefügig"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "accepting instructions",
      "word": "gehorsam"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "accepting instructions",
      "word": "folgsam"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "accepting instructions",
      "word": "gelehrig"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "accepting instructions",
      "word": "irányítható"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "accepting instructions",
      "word": "obbediente"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "accepting instructions",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pojętny"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ponjátlivyj",
      "sense": "accepting instructions",
      "word": "поня́тливый"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "accepting instructions",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "poslušan"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "accepting instructions",
      "word": "poučljiv"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "accepting instructions",
      "word": "dócil"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "accepting instructions",
      "word": "lydig"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "accepting instructions",
      "word": "foglig"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "accepting instructions",
      "word": "uysal"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "accepting instructions",
      "word": "uslu"
    }
  ],
  "word": "docile"
}

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If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.