English
Etymology
Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis
English dependable
From depend + -able.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): [dɪˈpɛndəbəɫ]
Adjective
dependable (comparative more dependable, superlative most dependable)
- Able, or easily able to be depended on.
He was a very dependable person.
Synonyms
Derived terms
Translations
able to be depended on
- Belarusian: надзе́йны (nadzjéjny)
- Bulgarian: надежден (bg) (nadežden), непоколебим (bg) (nepokolebim), сигурен (bg) (siguren)
- Catalan: acèrrim, fiable (ca)
- Czech: spolehlivý (cs) m
- Danish: pålidelig, driftsikker
- Dutch: betrouwbaar (nl)
- Finnish: luotettava (fi), vankkumaton (fi)
- French: fiable (fr)
- German: ausdauernd (de), beharrlich (de), verlässlich (de), zuverlässig (de)
- Hebrew: מהימן (he)
- Ido: ferma (io)
- Italian: affidabile (it), fermo (it)
- Latin: fīdus
- Macedonian: доверлив (doverliv)
- Malay: kuat (ms)
- Manx: barrantagh
- Māori: hākirikiri, horopū, ngākau pono, titikaha, tōmau
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: trofast (no)
- Occitan: fisable (oc)
- Polish: niezawodny (pl)
- Portuguese: confiável (pt), forte (pt)
- Romanian: fiabil (ro) m
- Russian: надёжный (ru) (nadjóžnyj)
- Sanskrit: दृढ (sa) (dṛḍha)
- Scottish Gaelic: seasmhach
- Spanish: fiable (es), firme (es), dependible
- Swedish: pålitlig (sv), ståndaktig (sv)
- Turkish: güvenilir (tr), itimada şayan (obsolete), itimat edilir
- Ukrainian: наді́йний (nadíjnyj)
- Uyghur: پۇختا (puxta)
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Noun
dependable (plural dependables)
- A reliable person or thing.
2009 June 7, Jeff Z. Klein, “At Full Strength, Red Wings Dominate”, in New York Times[1]:But Datsyuk’s return rejuvenated the old dependables like Rafalski, Lidstrom and Marian Hossa, who consistently outshone Malkin and Crosby.
Translations
a person who can be relied upon