docile

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈdəʊ.saɪl/
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• US: /ˈdɑ.səl/
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• US: /ˈdɑ.saɪl/
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• rhymes with (US) -ɑːsəl
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• CMU ARPABET: D AA1 S AH0 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *deḱ- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Indo-European *doḱ-éye-ti Proto-Italic *dokejō Proto-Italic *dokeō Latin doceō Proto-Indo-European *-elis Proto-Italic *-elis Latin -ilis Latin docilisder. Middle French docilebor. Middle English docyle English docile From Middle English docyle, from Middle French docile, from Latin docilis, from docēre (“teach”). Compare Portuguese dócil ("docile").

77 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: податлив (podatliv) — yielding to control
• Bulgarian: послушен (poslušen) — yielding to control
• Catalan: dòcil — yielding to control
• Chinese Cantonese: 溫順嘅 /温顺嘅 (wan1 seon6 ge3) — yielding to control
• Crimean Tatar: yuvaş — yielding to control
• Czech: poslušný — yielding to control
• Czech: poddajný — yielding to control
• Czech: povolný — yielding to control
• Czech: krotký — yielding to control
• Danish: føjelig — yielding to control
• Dutch: volgzaam — yielding to control
• Finnish: säyseä — yielding to control
• Finnish: alistuva — yielding to control
• Finnish: kuulias — yielding to control
• Finnish: tottelevainen — yielding to control
• French: docile — yielding to control
• Galician: dócil — yielding to control
• Galician: manso — yielding to control
• German: fügsam — yielding to control
• German: gefügig — yielding to control
• German: steuerbar — yielding to control
• German: handhabbar — yielding to control
• German: sanftmütig — yielding to control
• German: gutmütig — yielding to control
• German: unterwürfig — yielding to control
• Greek: πειθήνιος (peithínios) — yielding to control
• Greek: υπάκουος (ypákouos) — yielding to control
• Ancient Greek: κτίλος (ktílos) — yielding to control
• Hungarian: kezelhető — yielding to control
• Italian: docile — yielding to control
• Italian: mansueto — yielding to control
• Japanese: 従順な (jūjun na) — yielding to control
• Japanese: おとなしい (otonashii) — yielding to control
• Northern Kurdish: sernerm — yielding to control
• Māori: kōratarata — yielding to control
• Māori: kōtungatunga — yielding to control
• Norwegian: medgjørlig — yielding to control
• Occitan: docil — yielding to control
• Plautdietsch: ontlich — yielding to control
• Polish: potulny — yielding to control
• Polish: uległy — yielding to control
• Portuguese: dócil — yielding to control
• Romanian: docil — yielding to control
• Russian: покорный (pokornyj) — yielding to control
• Russian: послу́шный (poslúšnyj) — yielding to control
• Scottish Gaelic: soirbh — yielding to control
• Scottish Gaelic: sèimh — yielding to control
• Serbo-Croatian: pokoran — yielding to control
• Serbo-Croatian: poslušan — yielding to control
• Spanish: dócil — yielding to control
• Swedish: foglig — yielding to control
• Turkish: yumuşak başlı — yielding to control
• Turkish: uysal — yielding to control
• Bulgarian: схватлив (shvatliv) — accepting instructions
• Bulgarian: възприемчив (vǎzpriemčiv) — accepting instructions
• Catalan: dòcil — accepting instructions
• Czech: poslušný — accepting instructions
• Danish: føjelig — accepting instructions
• Danish: lydig — accepting instructions
• Finnish: tottelevainen — accepting instructions
• Finnish: kuulias — accepting instructions
• German: fügsam — accepting instructions
• German: gefügig — accepting instructions
• German: gehorsam — accepting instructions
• German: folgsam — accepting instructions
• German: gelehrig — accepting instructions
• Hungarian: irányítható — accepting instructions
• Italian: obbediente — accepting instructions
• Polish: pojętny — accepting instructions
• Russian: поня́тливый (ponjátlivyj) — accepting instructions
• Serbo-Croatian: poslušan — accepting instructions
• Serbo-Croatian: poučljiv — accepting instructions
• Spanish: dócil — accepting instructions
• Swedish: lydig — accepting instructions
• Swedish: foglig — accepting instructions
• Turkish: uysal — accepting instructions
• Turkish: uslu — accepting instructions