gullible

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• General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /ˈɡʌlɪbl̩/
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Origin uncertain. Either from gull (“to dupe, trick, fool”) + -ible; or alternatively from Middle English gole, goll, gol (“an unfledged bird, silly fellow”), perhaps from Old Norse gulr (“yellow, pale”), from the hue of its down.

93 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: سَاذَج (sāḏaj) — easily deceived or duped, naive
• Iraqi Arabic: قَشْمَرْ (Qašmar) — easily deceived or duped, naive
• Armenian: դյուրահավատ (dyurahavat) — easily deceived or duped, naive
• Armenian: միամիտ (miamit) — easily deceived or duped, naive
• Belarusian: даве́рлівы (davjérlivy) — easily deceived or duped, naive
• Belarusian: легкаве́рны (ljehkavjérny) — easily deceived or duped, naive
• Bulgarian: доверчи́в (doverčív) — easily deceived or duped, naive
• Bulgarian: наи́вен (naíven) — easily deceived or duped, naive
• Bulgarian: лекове́рен (lekovéren) — easily deceived or duped, naive
• Catalan: ingenu — easily deceived or duped, naive
• Catalan: albat — easily deceived or duped, naive
• Catalan: càndid — easily deceived or duped, naive
• Chinese Mandarin: 容易輕信的 /容易轻信的 (róngyì qīngxìn de) — easily deceived or duped, naive
• Chinese Mandarin: 輕信別人的 /轻信别人的 — easily deceived or duped, naive
• Chinese Mandarin: 輕信別人的 /轻信别人的 (qīngxìn biérén de) — easily deceived or duped, naive
• Czech: důvěřivý — easily deceived or duped, naive
• Czech: naivní — easily deceived or duped, naive
• Czech: lehkověrný — easily deceived or duped, naive
• Danish: godtroende — easily deceived or duped, naive
• Danish: enfoldig — easily deceived or duped, naive
• Danish: naiv — easily deceived or duped, naive
• Dutch: naïef — easily deceived or duped, naive
• Dutch: lichtgelovig — easily deceived or duped, naive
• Dutch: goedgelovig — easily deceived or duped, naive
• Esperanto: kredema — easily deceived or duped, naive
• Esperanto: naiva — easily deceived or duped, naive
• Finnish: herkkäuskoinen — easily deceived or duped, naive
• Finnish: sinisilmäinen — easily deceived or duped, naive
• Finnish: hyväuskoinen — easily deceived or duped, naive
• French: crédule — easily deceived or duped, naive
• French: naïf — easily deceived or duped, naive
• German: einfältig — easily deceived or duped, naive
• German: leichtgläubig — easily deceived or duped, naive
• German: naiv — easily deceived or duped, naive
• German: gutgläubig — easily deceived or duped, naive
• Greek: εύπιστος (éfpistos) — easily deceived or duped, naive
• Greek: αφελής (afelís) — easily deceived or duped, naive
• Hebrew: פֶּתִי (péti) — easily deceived or duped, naive
• Hungarian: hiszékeny — easily deceived or duped, naive
• Hungarian: naiv — easily deceived or duped, naive
• Hungarian: becsapható — easily deceived or duped, naive
• Hungarian: rászedhető — easily deceived or duped, naive
• Hungarian: átejthető — easily deceived or duped, naive
• Icelandic: trúgjarn — easily deceived or duped, naive
• Icelandic: auðtrúa — easily deceived or duped, naive
• Interlingua: credule — easily deceived or duped, naive
• Italian: credulone — easily deceived or duped, naive
• Khmer: ឆោត (chaot) — easily deceived or duped, naive
• Latin: crēdulus — easily deceived or duped, naive
• Luxembourgish: naiv — easily deceived or duped, naive
• Luxembourgish: liichtgleeweg — easily deceived or duped, naive
• Luxembourgish: topeg — easily deceived or duped, naive
• Macedonian: лековерен (lekoveren) — easily deceived or duped, naive
• Malay: lurus bendul — easily deceived or duped, naive
• Malay: lurus macam bendul — easily deceived or duped, naive
• Māori: tūpatokore — easily deceived or duped, naive
• Norwegian Bokmål: godtroende — easily deceived or duped, naive
• Norwegian Bokmål: lettlurt — easily deceived or duped, naive
• Norwegian Bokmål: naiv — easily deceived or duped, naive
• Norwegian Nynorsk: godtruande — easily deceived or duped, naive
• Norwegian Nynorsk: lettlurt — easily deceived or duped, naive
• Norwegian Nynorsk: naiv — easily deceived or duped, naive
• Occitan: creserèl — easily deceived or duped, naive
• Occitan: credul — easily deceived or duped, naive
• Polish: naiwny — easily deceived or duped, naive
• Polish: łatwowierny — easily deceived or duped, naive
• Portuguese: crédulo — easily deceived or duped, naive
• Romanian: credul — easily deceived or duped, naive
• Russian: дове́рчивый (dovérčivyj) — easily deceived or duped, naive
• Russian: простоду́шный (prostodúšnyj) — easily deceived or duped, naive
• Russian: наи́вный (naívnyj) — easily deceived or duped, naive
• Russian: легкове́рный (lexkovérnyj) — easily deceived or duped, naive
• Serbo-Croatian: ла̏кове̄ран — easily deceived or duped, naive
• Serbo-Croatian: ла̏ковје̄ран — easily deceived or duped, naive
• Serbo-Croatian: lȁkovēran — easily deceived or duped, naive
• Serbo-Croatian: lȁkovjēran — easily deceived or duped, naive
• Slovak: dôverčivý — easily deceived or duped, naive
• Slovak: naivný — easily deceived or duped, naive
• Slovak: ľahkoverný — easily deceived or duped, naive
• Spanish: crédulo — easily deceived or duped, naive
• Spanish: cándido — easily deceived or duped, naive
• Spanish: ingenuo — easily deceived or duped, naive
• Spanish: engañadizo — easily deceived or duped, naive
• Spanish: candelejón — easily deceived or duped, naive
• Spanish: panoli — easily deceived or duped, naive
• Swedish: lättlurad — easily deceived or duped, naive
• Tagalog: mapaniwalain — easily deceived or duped, naive
• Turkish: saf — easily deceived or duped, naive
• Turkish: naif — easily deceived or duped, naive
• Ukrainian: дові́рливий (dovírlyvyj) — easily deceived or duped, naive
• Ukrainian: легкові́рний (lehkovírnyj) — easily deceived or duped, naive
• Vietnamese: cả tin — easily deceived or duped, naive
• Spanish: papanatas — Translations