careful

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• General-American: /ˈkɛɹfəl/
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• General-American: [ˈkɛɹfəɫ]
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• General-American: [ˈkɛɹfɫ̩]
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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈkɛːfl̩/
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• Received-Pronunciation: [ˈkɛːfɫ̩]
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• rhymes with -ɛːfəl
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• rhymes with -ɛəɹfəl
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• CMU ARPABET: K EH1 R F AH0 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English careful, from Old English carful; equivalent to care + -ful.

155 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: kujdesshëm — cautious
• Arabic: حَذِر (ḥaḏir) — cautious
• Belarusian: асцяро́жны (ascjaróžny) — cautious
• Belarusian: пі́льны (pílʹny) — cautious
• Belarusian: ува́жлівы (uvážlivy) — cautious
• Belarusian: акура́тны (akurátny) — cautious
• Bengali: সতর্ক (śotork) — cautious
• Bengali: সাবধান (śabodhan) — cautious
• Bulgarian: грижли́в (grižlív) — cautious
• Bulgarian: внима́телен (vnimátelen) — cautious
• Catalan: cautelós — cautious
• Catalan: anar amb compte — cautious
• Chinese Mandarin: 當心 /当心 (dāngxīn) — cautious
• Chinese Mandarin: 小心 (xiǎoxīn) — cautious
• Crimean Tatar: saqt ol — cautious
• Crimean Tatar: muqayt ol — cautious
• Czech: opatrný — cautious
• Danish: forsigtig — cautious
• Dutch: voorzichtig — cautious
• Dutch: behoedzaam — cautious
• Dutch: omzichtig — cautious
• Dutch: prudent — cautious
• Esperanto: zorga — cautious
• Esperanto: zorgema — cautious
• Esperanto: singarda — cautious
• Estonian: ettevaatlik — cautious
• Estonian: tähelepanelik — cautious
• Faroese: varin — cautious
• Faroese: ansin — cautious
• Faroese: varur — cautious
• Faroese: hyggin — cautious
• Faroese: gáin — cautious
• Finnish: varovainen — cautious
• French: prudent — cautious
• Galician: cauto — cautious
• Georgian: ყურადღებიანი (q̇uradɣebiani) — cautious
• German: vorsichtig — cautious
• German: behutsam — cautious
• Greek: προσεκτικός (prosektikós) — cautious
• Ancient Greek: ἐπιμελής (epimelḗs) — cautious
• Gujarati: સાવધાન (sāvdhān) — cautious
• Hebrew: זָהִיר (zahír) — cautious
• Hindi: सावधान (sāvdhān) — cautious
• Hindi: सतर्क (satark) — cautious
• Hungarian: óvatos — cautious
• Icelandic: var — cautious
• Icelandic: varkár — cautious
• Indonesian: hati-hati — cautious
• Irish: aireach — cautious
• Italian: prudente — cautious
• Italian: cauto — cautious
• Italian: fare attenzione — cautious
• Japanese: 思慮深い (shiryobukai) — cautious
• Kazakh: сақ (saq) — cautious
• Korean: 조심하다 (josimhada) — cautious
• Korean: 신중하다 (sinjunghada) — cautious
• Latin: curiosus — cautious
• Latin: cautus — cautious
• Latvian: rūpīgs — cautious
• Latvian: uzmanīgs — cautious
• Macedonian: внимателен (vnimatelen) — cautious
• Malay: hati-hati — cautious
• Marathi: सावध (sāvadh) — cautious
• Neapolitan: accuorto — cautious
• Norwegian Bokmål: forsiktig — cautious
• Occitan: téner ment — cautious
• Old English: carful — cautious
• Persian: محتاط (mohtât) — cautious
• Polish: ostrożny — cautious
• Portuguese: cauteloso — cautious
• Portuguese: cuidadoso — cautious
• Portuguese: prudente — cautious
• Portuguese: tomar cuidado — cautious
• Romanian: precaut — cautious
• Romanian: prudent — cautious
• Romanian: atent — cautious
• Romanian: îngrijit — cautious
• Romanian: grijuliu — cautious
• Russian: осторо́жный (ostoróžnyj) — cautious
• Russian: внима́тельный (vnimátelʹnyj) — cautious
• Russian: аккура́тный (akkurátnyj) — cautious
• Sanskrit: सावधान (sāvadhāna) — cautious
• Sanskrit: सतर्क (satarka) — cautious
• Scottish Gaelic: cùramach — cautious
• Serbo-Croatian: о̏пре̄зан — cautious
• Serbo-Croatian: ȍprēzan — cautious
• Slovak: opatrný — cautious
• Slovene: skrben — cautious
• Spanish: cauto — cautious
• Spanish: cuidadoso — cautious
• Spanish: tener cuidado — cautious
• Spanish: precavido — cautious
• Swedish: försiktig — cautious
• Tagalog: maingat — cautious
• Tocharian B: imassu — cautious
• Turkish: dikkatli — cautious
• Ukrainian: обере́жний (oberéžnyj) — cautious
• Ukrainian: акура́тний (akurátnyj) — cautious
• Ukrainian: ува́жний (uvážnyj) — cautious
• Urdu: ساودھان (sāvdhān) — cautious
• Urdu: سترک (satark) — cautious
• Welsh: gofalus — cautious
• Arabic: دَقِيق (daqīq) — meticulous
• Bulgarian: стара́телен (starátelen) — meticulous
• Bulgarian: акура́тен (akuráten) — meticulous
• Catalan: curós — meticulous
• Catalan: acurat — meticulous
• Chinese Mandarin: 過細 /过细 (guòxì) — meticulous
• Chinese Mandarin: 細緻 /细致 (xìzhì) — meticulous
• Chinese Mandarin: 仔細 /仔细 (zǐxì) — meticulous
• Czech: pečlivý — meticulous
• Dutch: zorgvuldig — meticulous
• Dutch: grondig — meticulous
• Dutch: doortastend — meticulous
• Esperanto: atenta — meticulous
• Finnish: huolellinen — meticulous
• French: soigneux — meticulous
• French: attentif — meticulous
• German: sorgfältig — meticulous
• Greek: επιμελής (epimelís) — meticulous
• Hindi: सावधान (sāvdhān) — meticulous
• Hindi: सतर्क (satark) — meticulous
• Hindi: सचेत (sacet) — meticulous
• Indonesian: teliti — meticulous
• Indonesian: cermat — meticulous
• Ingrian: hoolekas — meticulous
• Irish: curamach — meticulous
• Italian: accurato — meticulous
• Italian: attento — meticulous
• Japanese: 注意深い (chūibukai) — meticulous
• Korean: 주의깊다 (juuigipda) — meticulous
• Latin: meticulosus — meticulous
• Latin: diligens — meticulous
• Latvian: rūpīgs — meticulous
• Latvian: uzmanīgs — meticulous
• Norman: souongneux — meticulous
• Persian: دقیق (daqiq) — meticulous
• Polish: drobiazgowy — meticulous
• Portuguese: cuidadoso — meticulous
• Portuguese: meticuloso — meticulous
• Russian: тща́тельный (tščátelʹnyj) — meticulous
• Russian: аккура́тный (akkurátnyj) — meticulous
• Russian: стара́тельный (starátelʹnyj) — meticulous
• Scottish Gaelic: cùramach — meticulous
• Serbo-Croatian: брѝжљив — meticulous
• Serbo-Croatian: бри̏жан — meticulous
• Serbo-Croatian: по̀мњив — meticulous
• Serbo-Croatian: brìžljiv — meticulous
• Serbo-Croatian: brȉžan — meticulous
• Serbo-Croatian: pòmnjiv — meticulous
• Slovak: starostlivý — meticulous
• Spanish: cuidadoso — meticulous
• Spanish: concienzudo — meticulous
• Spanish: minucioso — meticulous
• Swedish: noggrann — meticulous