"dutiful" meaning in English

See dutiful in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: more dutiful [comparative], most dutiful [superlative]
Etymology: From duty + -ful. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|duty|ful|pos=adjective}} duty + -ful Head templates: {{en-adj}} dutiful (comparative more dutiful, superlative most dutiful)
  1. Accepting of one's legal or moral obligations and willing to do them well, and without complaint. Categories (topical): Personality Translations (accepting of one's obligations): pligttro (Danish), pligtopfyldende (Danish), plichtsgetrouwe (Dutch), dévoué (French), pflichtbewusst (German), pflichtgetreu (German), הַצַּיְתָנִית (hatsaytanít) (Hebrew), kötelességtudó (Hungarian), pius (Latin), odpowiedzialny (Polish), obediente (Portuguese), submisso (Portuguese), îndatoritoare (Romanian), послу́шный (poslúšnyj) (Russian), obediente (Spanish), plikttrogen (Swedish), pliktmedveten (Swedish), ödevcil (Turkish), vazifeşinas (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-dutiful-en-adj-RgTLbilT Disambiguation of Personality: 90 10 Categories (other): English adjectives suffixed with -ful, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hebrew translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Latin translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Turkish translations Disambiguation of English adjectives suffixed with -ful: 80 20 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 98 2 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 98 2 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 98 2 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 99 1 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 97 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 98 2 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 99 1 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 94 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Hebrew translations: 93 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 92 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 99 1 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 93 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 93 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 93 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 99 1 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 99 1 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 93 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 93 7 Disambiguation of "accepting of one's obligations": 74 26
  2. Pertaining to one's duty; demonstrative of one's sense of duty.
    Sense id: en-dutiful-en-adj-h9dLzp5p
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: dutifull [archaic] Derived forms: undutiful

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "undutiful"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "duty",
        "3": "ful",
        "pos": "adjective"
      },
      "expansion": "duty + -ful",
      "name": "suffix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From duty + -ful.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "more dutiful",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most dutiful",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "dutiful (comparative more dutiful, superlative most dutiful)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "80 20",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English adjectives suffixed with -ful",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "98 2",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "98 2",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Entries with translation boxes",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "98 2",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "99 1",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "97 3",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Danish translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "98 2",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Dutch translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "99 1",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with French translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "94 6",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with German translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "93 7",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Hebrew translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "92 8",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Hungarian translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "99 1",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Latin translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "93 7",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Polish translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "93 7",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Portuguese translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "93 7",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Romanian translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "99 1",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Russian translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "99 1",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Spanish translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "93 7",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Swedish translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "93 7",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Turkish translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "90 10",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Personality",
          "orig": "en:Personality",
          "parents": [
            "Mind",
            "Human",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Ralph was a dutiful child, and took the trash out without being told.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Accepting of one's legal or moral obligations and willing to do them well, and without complaint."
      ],
      "id": "en-dutiful-en-adj-RgTLbilT",
      "links": [
        [
          "Accepting",
          "accepting"
        ],
        [
          "obligation",
          "obligation"
        ]
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "74 26",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "accepting of one's obligations",
          "word": "pligttro"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "74 26",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "accepting of one's obligations",
          "word": "pligtopfyldende"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "74 26",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "accepting of one's obligations",
          "word": "plichtsgetrouwe"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "74 26",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "accepting of one's obligations",
          "word": "dévoué"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "74 26",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "accepting of one's obligations",
          "word": "pflichtbewusst"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "74 26",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "accepting of one's obligations",
          "word": "pflichtgetreu"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "74 26",
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "hatsaytanít",
          "sense": "accepting of one's obligations",
          "word": "הַצַּיְתָנִית"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "74 26",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "accepting of one's obligations",
          "word": "kötelességtudó"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "74 26",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "accepting of one's obligations",
          "word": "pius"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "74 26",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "accepting of one's obligations",
          "word": "odpowiedzialny"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "74 26",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "accepting of one's obligations",
          "word": "obediente"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "74 26",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "accepting of one's obligations",
          "word": "submisso"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "74 26",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "accepting of one's obligations",
          "word": "îndatoritoare"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "74 26",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "poslúšnyj",
          "sense": "accepting of one's obligations",
          "word": "послу́шный"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "74 26",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "accepting of one's obligations",
          "word": "obediente"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "74 26",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "accepting of one's obligations",
          "word": "plikttrogen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "74 26",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "accepting of one's obligations",
          "word": "pliktmedveten"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "74 26",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "accepting of one's obligations",
          "word": "ödevcil"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "74 26",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "accepting of one's obligations",
          "word": "vazifeşinas"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Pertaining to one's duty; demonstrative of one's sense of duty."
      ],
      "id": "en-dutiful-en-adj-h9dLzp5p",
      "links": [
        [
          "duty",
          "duty"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ],
      "word": "dutifull"
    }
  ],
  "word": "dutiful"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "English 3-syllable words",
    "English adjectives",
    "English adjectives suffixed with -ful",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "Entries with translation boxes",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Terms with Danish translations",
    "Terms with Dutch translations",
    "Terms with French translations",
    "Terms with German translations",
    "Terms with Hebrew translations",
    "Terms with Hungarian translations",
    "Terms with Latin translations",
    "Terms with Polish translations",
    "Terms with Portuguese translations",
    "Terms with Romanian translations",
    "Terms with Russian translations",
    "Terms with Spanish translations",
    "Terms with Swedish translations",
    "Terms with Turkish translations",
    "en:Personality"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "undutiful"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "duty",
        "3": "ful",
        "pos": "adjective"
      },
      "expansion": "duty + -ful",
      "name": "suffix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From duty + -ful.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "more dutiful",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most dutiful",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "dutiful (comparative more dutiful, superlative most dutiful)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Ralph was a dutiful child, and took the trash out without being told.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Accepting of one's legal or moral obligations and willing to do them well, and without complaint."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Accepting",
          "accepting"
        ],
        [
          "obligation",
          "obligation"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Pertaining to one's duty; demonstrative of one's sense of duty."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "duty",
          "duty"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ],
      "word": "dutifull"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "accepting of one's obligations",
      "word": "pligttro"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "accepting of one's obligations",
      "word": "pligtopfyldende"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "accepting of one's obligations",
      "word": "plichtsgetrouwe"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "accepting of one's obligations",
      "word": "dévoué"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "accepting of one's obligations",
      "word": "pflichtbewusst"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "accepting of one's obligations",
      "word": "pflichtgetreu"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "hatsaytanít",
      "sense": "accepting of one's obligations",
      "word": "הַצַּיְתָנִית"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "accepting of one's obligations",
      "word": "kötelességtudó"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "accepting of one's obligations",
      "word": "pius"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "accepting of one's obligations",
      "word": "odpowiedzialny"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "accepting of one's obligations",
      "word": "obediente"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "accepting of one's obligations",
      "word": "submisso"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "accepting of one's obligations",
      "word": "îndatoritoare"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "poslúšnyj",
      "sense": "accepting of one's obligations",
      "word": "послу́шный"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "accepting of one's obligations",
      "word": "obediente"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "accepting of one's obligations",
      "word": "plikttrogen"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "accepting of one's obligations",
      "word": "pliktmedveten"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "accepting of one's obligations",
      "word": "ödevcil"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "accepting of one's obligations",
      "word": "vazifeşinas"
    }
  ],
  "word": "dutiful"
}

Download raw JSONL data for dutiful meaning in English (3.7kB)


This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-11-06 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-10-02 using wiktextract (fbeafe8 and 7f03c9b). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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.