diligent

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• UK: /ˈdɪlɪdʒənt/
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From Middle English diligent, from Old French diligent, from Latin dīligēns (“careful, attentive, diligent”), present participle of dīligō (“to love, esteem much”, literally “to choose, select”), from dī-, dis- (“apart”) + legō (“to choose”); see elect and select.

140 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: i zellshëm — hard-working and focused
• Southern Altai: иштеҥкей (išteŋkey) — hard-working and focused
• Southern Altai: иштемекей (ištemekey) — hard-working and focused
• Arabic: مُجْتَهِد (mujtahid) — hard-working and focused
• Armenian: աշխատասեր (ašxataser) — hard-working and focused
• Azerbaijani: çalışqan — hard-working and focused
• Bashkir: тырыш (tırış) — hard-working and focused
• Bashkir: егәрле (yegərle) — hard-working and focused
• Bashkir: эшсән (eşsən) — hard-working and focused
• Belarusian: працаві́ты (pracavíty) — hard-working and focused
• Belarusian: стара́нны (staránny) — hard-working and focused
• Belarusian: руплі́вы (ruplívy) — hard-working and focused
• Belarusian: пі́льны (pílʹny) — hard-working and focused
• Bulgarian: приле́жен (priléžen) — hard-working and focused
• Bulgarian: усъ́рден (usǎ́rden) — hard-working and focused
• Bulgarian: стара́телен (starátelen) — hard-working and focused
• Bulgarian: трудолюби́в (trudoljubív) — hard-working and focused
• Catalan: diligent — hard-working and focused
• Chinese Mandarin: 刻苦 (kèkǔ) — hard-working and focused
• Chinese Mandarin: 耐勞 /耐劳 (nàiláo) — hard-working and focused
• Chinese Mandarin: 努力 (nǔlì) — hard-working and focused
• Chinese Mandarin: 勤奮 /勤奋 (qínfèn) — hard-working and focused
• Chinese Mandarin: 勤勞 /勤劳 (qínláo) — hard-working and focused
• Chinese Mandarin: 勤勉 (qínmiǎn) — hard-working and focused
• Czech: pilný — hard-working and focused
• Danish: flittig — hard-working and focused
• Danish: ihærdig — hard-working and focused
• Danish: arbejdsom — hard-working and focused
• Dutch: ijverig — hard-working and focused
• Dutch: vlijtig — hard-working and focused
• Dutch: toegewijd — hard-working and focused
• Esperanto: diligenta — hard-working and focused
• Estonian: usin — hard-working and focused
• Faroese: íðin — hard-working and focused
• Faroese: dúgligur — hard-working and focused
• Faroese: arbeiðssamur — hard-working and focused
• Finnish: tunnollinen — hard-working and focused
• Finnish: huolellinen — hard-working and focused
• Finnish: uuttera — hard-working and focused
• Finnish: ahkera — hard-working and focused
• Finnish: reipas — hard-working and focused
• French: industrieux — hard-working and focused
• French: diligent — hard-working and focused
• Galician: dilixente — hard-working and focused
• Galician: bulideiro — hard-working and focused
• Georgian: შრომისმოყვარე (šromismoq̇vare) — hard-working and focused
• Georgian: ბეჯითი (beǯiti) — hard-working and focused
• German: fleißig — hard-working and focused
• German: arbeitsam — hard-working and focused
• German: eifrig — hard-working and focused
• German: sorgfältig — hard-working and focused
• German: dienstbeflissen — hard-working and focused
• German: tüchtig — hard-working and focused
• German: betriebsam — hard-working and focused
• Greek: επιμελής (epimelís) — hard-working and focused
• Greek: εργατικός (ergatikós) — hard-working and focused
• Greek: φιλόπονος (filóponos) — hard-working and focused
• Ancient Greek: σπουδαῖος (spoudaîos) — hard-working and focused
• Hebrew: חָרוּץ (kharúts) — hard-working and focused
• Hindi: कर्मठ (karmaṭh) — hard-working and focused
• Hindi: कर्मनिष्ठ (karmaniṣṭh) — hard-working and focused
• Hindi: परिश्रमी (pariśramī) — hard-working and focused
• Hindi: उद्योगी (udyogī) — hard-working and focused
• Hindi: मेहनती (mehnatī) — hard-working and focused
• Hungarian: szorgalmas — hard-working and focused
• Hungarian: igyekvő — hard-working and focused
• Icelandic: iðinn — hard-working and focused
• Ido: diligenta — hard-working and focused
• Indonesian: rajin — hard-working and focused
• Interlingua: diligente — hard-working and focused
• Irish: dúthrachtach — hard-working and focused
• Italian: diligente — hard-working and focused
• Japanese: 勤勉な (kinben na) — hard-working and focused
• Kazakh: құнтты (qūntty) — hard-working and focused
• Kazakh: ынталы (yntaly) — hard-working and focused
• Khmer: លំអោត (lumʼaot) — hard-working and focused
• Khmer: ស្រវាស្រទេញ (srɑɑvaa srɑɑtɨñ) — hard-working and focused
• Khmer: ឱហាត (ʼaohaat) — hard-working and focused
• Korean: 근면하다 (geunmyeonhada) — hard-working and focused
• Korean: 부지런하다 (bujireonhada) — hard-working and focused
• Kyrgyz: тырышчаак (tırışcaak) — hard-working and focused
• Kyrgyz: кунттуу (kunttuu) — hard-working and focused
• Latin: sēdulus — hard-working and focused
• Latin: industrius — hard-working and focused
• Latin: diligens — hard-working and focused
• Latvian: centīgs — hard-working and focused
• Latvian: cītīgs — hard-working and focused
• Latvian: uzcītīgs — hard-working and focused
• Lithuanian: stropus — hard-working and focused
• Macedonian: усрден (usrden) — hard-working and focused
• Macedonian: трудољубив (trudoljubiv) — hard-working and focused
• Macedonian: работлив (rabotliv) — hard-working and focused
• Māori: urupū — hard-working and focused
• Māori: pukunanaiore — hard-working and focused
• Mongolian: хичээнгүй (xičeengüj) — hard-working and focused
• Norwegian Bokmål: flittig — hard-working and focused
• Norwegian Bokmål: iherdig — hard-working and focused
• Norwegian Bokmål: arbeidsom — hard-working and focused
• Norwegian Nynorsk: arbeidsam — hard-working and focused
• Iranian Persian: ساعی (sâ'i) — hard-working and focused
• Iranian Persian: کوشا (kušâ) — hard-working and focused
• Iranian Persian: پُرْکار (porkâr) — hard-working and focused
• Polish: pilny — hard-working and focused
• Portuguese: diligente — hard-working and focused
• Romanian: harnic — hard-working and focused
• Romanian: diligent — hard-working and focused
• Russian: приле́жный (priléžnyj) — hard-working and focused
• Russian: усе́рдный (usérdnyj) — hard-working and focused
• Russian: трудолюби́вый (trudoljubívyj) — hard-working and focused
• Russian: работя́щий (rabotjáščij) — hard-working and focused
• Russian: стара́тельный (starátelʹnyj) — hard-working and focused
• Scottish Gaelic: dèanadach — hard-working and focused
• Serbo-Croatian: ма̀рљив — hard-working and focused
• Serbo-Croatian: трудољубив — hard-working and focused
• Serbo-Croatian: màrljiv — hard-working and focused
• Serbo-Croatian: trudoljubiv — hard-working and focused
• Slovak: pilný — hard-working and focused
• Slovak: usilovný — hard-working and focused
• Slovak: pracovitý — hard-working and focused
• Slovene: marljiv — hard-working and focused
• Spanish: diligente — hard-working and focused
• Swedish: flitig — hard-working and focused
• Swedish: ihärdig — hard-working and focused
• Swedish: arbetsam — hard-working and focused
• Tajik: боғайрат (boġayrat) — hard-working and focused
• Tajik: серғайрат (serġayrat) — hard-working and focused
• Tajik: меҳнатдӯст (mehnatdüst) — hard-working and focused
• Tajik: меҳнатӣ (mehnati) — hard-working and focused
• Tatar: тырыш (tırış) — hard-working and focused
• Thai: ขยัน (kà-yǎn) — hard-working and focused
• Turkish: çalışkan — hard-working and focused
• Ukrainian: стара́нний (staránnyj) — hard-working and focused
• Ukrainian: пи́льний (pýlʹnyj) — hard-working and focused
• Ukrainian: рете́льний (retélʹnyj) — hard-working and focused
• Urdu: مِحْنَتی (mihnatī) — hard-working and focused
• Uyghur: تىرىشچان (tirishchan) — hard-working and focused
• Uzbek: tirishqoq — hard-working and focused
• Vietnamese: siêng năng — hard-working and focused
• Vietnamese: chăm chỉ — hard-working and focused
• Welsh: diwyd — hard-working and focused