accountable

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• /əˈkaʊntəbl̩/
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From account + -able. First attested around 1400.

52 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: verantwoordelik — obliged to answer for one’s deeds
• Afrikaans: aanspreeklik — obliged to answer for one’s deeds
• Arabic: مُحَاسَب (muḥāsab) — obliged to answer for one’s deeds
• Arabic: مَسْؤُول (masʔūl) — obliged to answer for one’s deeds
• Armenian: հաշվետու (hašvetu) — obliged to answer for one’s deeds
• Armenian: պատասխանատու (patasxanatu) — obliged to answer for one’s deeds
• Armenian: հաշվետվողական (hašvetvoġakan) — obliged to answer for one’s deeds
• Bashkir: яуаплы (yawaplı) — obliged to answer for one’s deeds
• Bulgarian: отговорен (otgovoren) — obliged to answer for one’s deeds
• Chinese Mandarin: 有責任的 /有责任的 — obliged to answer for one’s deeds
• Chinese Mandarin: 有解說義務的 /有解说义务的 — obliged to answer for one’s deeds
• Danish: ansvarlig — obliged to answer for one’s deeds
• Dutch: verantwoordelijk — obliged to answer for one’s deeds
• Dutch: aansprakelijk — obliged to answer for one’s deeds
• Estonian: vastutav — obliged to answer for one’s deeds
• Finnish: vastuullinen — obliged to answer for one’s deeds
• Finnish: vastuunalainen — obliged to answer for one’s deeds
• French: responsable — obliged to answer for one’s deeds
• West-Frisian: ferantwurdlik — obliged to answer for one’s deeds
• German: verantwortlich — obliged to answer for one’s deeds
• Greek: αρμόδιος (armódios) — obliged to answer for one’s deeds
• Ancient Greek: ὑπεύθυνος (hupeúthunos) — obliged to answer for one’s deeds
• Hindi: उत्तरदायी (uttardāyī) — obliged to answer for one’s deeds
• Hungarian: felelős — obliged to answer for one’s deeds
• Hungarian: felelősségre vonható — obliged to answer for one’s deeds
• Italian: responsabile — obliged to answer for one’s deeds
• Macedonian: отчетен (otčeten) — obliged to answer for one’s deeds
• Persian: پاسخگو (pâsox-gu) — obliged to answer for one’s deeds
• Polish: odpowiedzialny — obliged to answer for one’s deeds
• Portuguese: responsável — obliged to answer for one’s deeds
• Russian: отве́тственный (otvétstvennyj) — obliged to answer for one’s deeds
• Serbo-Croatian: о̏дгово̄ран — obliged to answer for one’s deeds
• Serbo-Croatian: ȍdgovōran — obliged to answer for one’s deeds
• Slovak: zúčtovateľný — obliged to answer for one’s deeds
• Spanish: hacer rendir cuentas — obliged to answer for one’s deeds
• Swedish: ansvarig — obliged to answer for one’s deeds
• Bashkir: яуаплы (yawaplı) — obliged to keep accurate records
• Russian: подотчётный (podotčótnyj) — obliged to keep accurate records
• Bashkir: яуаплы (yawaplı) — liable to be called on to render an account
• Bulgarian: подотчетен (podotčeten) — liable to be called on to render an account
• Finnish: vastuullinen — liable to be called on to render an account
• Finnish: vastuunalainen — liable to be called on to render an account
• French: responsable — liable to be called on to render an account
• Greek: υπόλογος (ypólogos) — liable to be called on to render an account
• Hungarian: elszámoltatható — liable to be called on to render an account
• Russian: подотчётный (podotčótnyj) — liable to be called on to render an account
• Dutch: verklaarbaar — capable of being accounted for; explicable
• French: expliquable — capable of being accounted for; explicable
• West-Frisian: ferklearber — capable of being accounted for; explicable
• Greek: ευεξήγητος (evexígitos) — capable of being accounted for; explicable
• Icelandic: skýranlegur — capable of being accounted for; explicable
• Russian: объясни́мый (obʺjasnímyj) — capable of being accounted for; explicable