dubious

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• UK: /-bjəs/
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• US: /ˈdu.bi.əs/
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From Latin dubius; like doubt, from Latin duo (cognate to English two), implying “two alternatives” (yes or no, true or false, etc.).

92 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Armenian: կասկածելի (kaskaceli) — arousing doubt
• Azerbaijani: şübhəli — arousing doubt
• Bulgarian: съмнителен (sǎmnitelen) — arousing doubt
• Czech: pochybný — arousing doubt
• Danish: tvivlsom — arousing doubt
• Danish: usikker — arousing doubt
• Dutch: dubieus — arousing doubt
• Dutch: twijfelachtig — arousing doubt
• Finnish: kyseenalainen — arousing doubt
• Finnish: epäilyttävä — arousing doubt
• Finnish: arveluttava — arousing doubt
• French: douteux — arousing doubt
• French: dubitatif — arousing doubt
• French: louche — arousing doubt
• Georgian: საეჭვო (saeč̣vo) — arousing doubt
• Georgian: არასანდო (arasando) — arousing doubt
• Georgian: არასარწმუნო (arasarc̣muno) — arousing doubt
• Georgian: სათუო (satuo) — arousing doubt
• Georgian: საკითხავი (saḳitxavi) — arousing doubt
• German: dubios — arousing doubt
• German: fragwürdig — arousing doubt
• German: ominös — arousing doubt
• German: zwielichtig — arousing doubt
• Greek: αμφίβολος (amfívolos) — arousing doubt
• Greek: αμφιλεγόμενος (amfilegómenos) — arousing doubt
• Greek: ύποπτος (ýpoptos) — arousing doubt
• Hindi: संदेहास्पद (sandehāspad) — arousing doubt
• Hungarian: kérdéses — arousing doubt
• Hungarian: kétséges — arousing doubt
• Hungarian: kétes — arousing doubt
• Italian: dubbio — arousing doubt
• Italian: equivoco — arousing doubt
• Italian: ambiguo — arousing doubt
• Italian: losco — arousing doubt
• Italian: bieco — arousing doubt
• Italian: torvo — arousing doubt
• Kazakh: ұшты (ūşty) — arousing doubt
• Latin: dubius — arousing doubt
• Māori: kārangirangi — arousing doubt
• Norwegian: usikker — arousing doubt
• Norwegian Bokmål: tvilsom — arousing doubt
• Polish: wątpliwy — arousing doubt
• Portuguese: dúbio — arousing doubt
• Portuguese: duvidoso — arousing doubt
• Romanian: dubios — arousing doubt
• Romanian: îndoielnic — arousing doubt
• Russian: сомни́тельный (somnítelʹnyj) — arousing doubt
• Spanish: dudoso — arousing doubt
• Spanish: aleatorio — arousing doubt
• Spanish: ambiguo — arousing doubt
• Spanish: turbio — arousing doubt
• Spanish: equívoco — arousing doubt
• Spanish: torvo — arousing doubt
• Spanish: avieso — arousing doubt
• Swedish: tvivelaktig — arousing doubt
• Turkish: şüpheli — arousing doubt
• Ottoman Turkish: شبههلو (şübheli) — arousing doubt
• Bulgarian: несигурен (nesiguren) — in disbelief, uncertain
• Czech: pochybující — in disbelief, uncertain
• Czech: nejistý — in disbelief, uncertain
• Danish: tvivlende — in disbelief, uncertain
• Danish: tvivlrådig — in disbelief, uncertain
• Danish: usikker — in disbelief, uncertain
• Finnish: epäilevä — in disbelief, uncertain
• Finnish: epävarma — in disbelief, uncertain
• Finnish: epäluuloinen — in disbelief, uncertain
• French: douteux — in disbelief, uncertain
• French: sceptique — in disbelief, uncertain
• Georgian: საეჭვო (saeč̣vo) — in disbelief, uncertain
• Georgian: დამაეჭვებელი (damaeč̣vebeli) — in disbelief, uncertain
• Georgian: ორაზროვანი (orazrovani) — in disbelief, uncertain
• Georgian: გაურკვეველი (gaurḳveveli) — in disbelief, uncertain
• Georgian: არასანდო (arasando) — in disbelief, uncertain
• Georgian: არასარწმუნო (arasarc̣muno) — in disbelief, uncertain
• Georgian: მერყევი (merq̇evi) — in disbelief, uncertain
• German: unsicher — in disbelief, uncertain
• Greek: αβέβαιος (avévaios) — in disbelief, uncertain
• Greek: αναποφάσιστος (anapofásistos) — in disbelief, uncertain
• Hungarian: kétségei vannak — in disbelief, uncertain
• Hungarian: nincs meggyőződve — in disbelief, uncertain
• Hungarian: habozik — in disbelief, uncertain
• Hungarian: bizonytalan — in disbelief, uncertain
• Latin: dubius — in disbelief, uncertain
• Māori: haurokuroku — in disbelief, uncertain
• Norwegian: tvilrådig — in disbelief, uncertain
• Norwegian: usikker — in disbelief, uncertain
• Polish: niepewny — in disbelief, uncertain
• Polish: nieprzekonany — in disbelief, uncertain
• Portuguese: em dúvida — in disbelief, uncertain
• Russian: сомневающийся (somnevajuščijsja) — in disbelief, uncertain
• Russian: колеблющийся (kolebljuščijsja) — in disbelief, uncertain
• Turkish: kararsız — in disbelief, uncertain