innocent

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• /ˈɪnəsənt/
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From Middle English innocent, from Old French innocent, inocent, borrowed from Latin innocēns (“harmless, inoffensive”), from in- (“not”) + nocēns, present participle of noceō (“to hurt”). By surface analysis, in- (“not”) + nocent (“harmful; guilty”). Displaced native Old English unsċyldiġ.

177 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Amharic: ንጹሐን (nəṣuḥän) — pure, free from sin, untainted
• Arabic: بَرِيء (barīʔ) — pure, free from sin, untainted
• Arabic: بَرِيئَة (barīʔa) — pure, free from sin, untainted
• Armenian: անմեղ (anmeġ) — pure, free from sin, untainted
• Azerbaijani: günahsız — pure, free from sin, untainted
• Azerbaijani: məsum — pure, free from sin, untainted
• Belarusian: няві́нны (njavínny) — pure, free from sin, untainted
• Belarusian: бязві́нны (bjazvínny) — pure, free from sin, untainted
• Bengali: নির্দোষ (nirdōś) — pure, free from sin, untainted
• Bengali: মাসুম (maśum) — pure, free from sin, untainted
• Bulgarian: неви́нен (nevínen) — pure, free from sin, untainted
• Catalan: innocent — pure, free from sin, untainted
• Chinese Mandarin: 無猜 /无猜 (wúcāi) — pure, free from sin, untainted
• Czech: nevinný — pure, free from sin, untainted
• Dutch: onnozel — pure, free from sin, untainted
• Dutch: onschuldig — pure, free from sin, untainted
• Esperanto: senpeka — pure, free from sin, untainted
• Finnish: viaton — pure, free from sin, untainted
• French: innocent — pure, free from sin, untainted
• Galician: inocente — pure, free from sin, untainted
• German: rein — pure, free from sin, untainted
• German: unschuldig — pure, free from sin, untainted
• Gothic: 𐍃𐍅𐌹𐌺𐌽𐍃 (swikns) — pure, free from sin, untainted
• Greek: αθώος (athóos) — pure, free from sin, untainted
• Hebrew: תָּמִים (tamím) — pure, free from sin, untainted
• Hebrew: חף מפשע (khaf mipésha) — pure, free from sin, untainted
• Hindi: निर्दोष (nirdoṣ) — pure, free from sin, untainted
• Hungarian: ártatlan — pure, free from sin, untainted
• Japanese: 無邪気な (mujaki na) — pure, free from sin, untainted
• Korean: 순진하다 (sunjinhada) — pure, free from sin, untainted
• Kyrgyz: күнөөсүз (künöösüz) — pure, free from sin, untainted
• Kyrgyz: айыпсыз (ayıpsız) — pure, free from sin, untainted
• Latin: innocēns — pure, free from sin, untainted
• Latvian: nevainīgs — pure, free from sin, untainted
• Macedonian: невин (nevin) — pure, free from sin, untainted
• Māori: harakore — pure, free from sin, untainted
• Marathi: निर्दोष (nirdoṣ) — pure, free from sin, untainted
• Mongolian: гэмгүй (gemgüj) — pure, free from sin, untainted
• Mongolian: ариун (ariun) — pure, free from sin, untainted
• Old English: unsċyldiġ — pure, free from sin, untainted
• Old English: unsċaþful — pure, free from sin, untainted
• Persian: بیگناه (bigonâh) — pure, free from sin, untainted
• Polish: niewinny — pure, free from sin, untainted
• Portuguese: inocente — pure, free from sin, untainted
• Romanian: inocent — pure, free from sin, untainted
• Russian: неви́нный (nevínnyj) — pure, free from sin, untainted
• Russian: безви́нный (bezvínnyj) — pure, free from sin, untainted
• Sanskrit: निर्दोष (nirdoṣa) — pure, free from sin, untainted
• Serbo-Croatian: невин — pure, free from sin, untainted
• Serbo-Croatian: nevin — pure, free from sin, untainted
• Slovak: nevinný — pure, free from sin, untainted
• Slovene: nedolžen — pure, free from sin, untainted
• Spanish: inocente — pure, free from sin, untainted
• Tagalog: walang-sala — pure, free from sin, untainted
• Telugu: నిర్దోషి (nirdōṣi) — pure, free from sin, untainted
• Thai: บริสุทธิ์ (bɔɔ-rí-sùt) — pure, free from sin, untainted
• Turkish: suçsuz — pure, free from sin, untainted
• Turkish: masum — pure, free from sin, untainted
• Ottoman Turkish: صوچسز (suçsuz) — pure, free from sin, untainted
• Ottoman Turkish: كناهسز (günahsız) — pure, free from sin, untainted
• Ukrainian: неви́нний (nevýnnyj) — pure, free from sin, untainted
• Ukrainian: безви́нний (bezvýnnyj) — pure, free from sin, untainted
• Urdu: نردوش (nirdoś) — pure, free from sin, untainted
• Vietnamese: trong sạch — pure, free from sin, untainted
• Walloon: enocin — pure, free from sin, untainted
• Welsh: diniwed — pure, free from sin, untainted
• Arabic: بَرِيء (barīʔ) — not legally responsible for a wrongful act
• Arabic: بَرِيئَة (barīʔa) — not legally responsible for a wrongful act
• Armenian: անմեղ (anmeġ) — not legally responsible for a wrongful act
• Azerbaijani: günahsız — not legally responsible for a wrongful act
• Azerbaijani: suçsuz — not legally responsible for a wrongful act
• Azerbaijani: təqsirsiz — not legally responsible for a wrongful act
• Basque: errugabe — not legally responsible for a wrongful act
• Belarusian: няві́нны (njavínny) — not legally responsible for a wrongful act
• Belarusian: невінава́ты (njevinaváty) — not legally responsible for a wrongful act
• Bulgarian: невино́вен (nevinóven) — not legally responsible for a wrongful act
• Bulgarian: неви́нен (nevínen) — not legally responsible for a wrongful act
• Catalan: innocent — not legally responsible for a wrongful act
• Chinese Mandarin: 無辜 /无辜 (wúgū) — not legally responsible for a wrongful act
• Chinese Mandarin: 無罪 /无罪 (wúzuì) — not legally responsible for a wrongful act
• Czech: nevinný — not legally responsible for a wrongful act
• Danish: uskyldig — not legally responsible for a wrongful act
• Dutch: onschuldig — not legally responsible for a wrongful act
• Esperanto: senkulpa — not legally responsible for a wrongful act
• Finnish: syytön — not legally responsible for a wrongful act
• French: innocent — not legally responsible for a wrongful act
• Galician: inocente — not legally responsible for a wrongful act
• German: unschuldig — not legally responsible for a wrongful act
• Greek: αθώος (athóos) — not legally responsible for a wrongful act
• Ancient Greek: ἀθῷος (athōîos) — not legally responsible for a wrongful act
• Hebrew: לא אשם (lo ashém) — not legally responsible for a wrongful act
• Hebrew: חף מפשע (khaf mipésha) — not legally responsible for a wrongful act
• Hindi: मासूम (māsūm) — not legally responsible for a wrongful act
• Hindi: निर्दोष (nirdoṣ) — not legally responsible for a wrongful act
• Hungarian: ártatlan — not legally responsible for a wrongful act
• Icelandic: saklaus — not legally responsible for a wrongful act
• Icelandic: ámælislaus — not legally responsible for a wrongful act
• Irish: neamhchiontach — not legally responsible for a wrongful act
• Italian: innocente — not legally responsible for a wrongful act
• Japanese: 無罪な (muzai na) — not legally responsible for a wrongful act
• Korean: 무죄인 (mujoe-in) — not legally responsible for a wrongful act
• Kyrgyz: кылмышсыз (kılmışsız) — not legally responsible for a wrongful act
• Latin: innocēns — not legally responsible for a wrongful act
• Latvian: nevainīgs — not legally responsible for a wrongful act
• Luxembourgish: onschëlleg — not legally responsible for a wrongful act
• Macedonian: невин (nevin) — not legally responsible for a wrongful act
• Manchu: ᠰᡠᡳ ᠠᡴᡡ (sui akū) — not legally responsible for a wrongful act
• Mongolian: гэм буруугүй (gem buruugüj) — not legally responsible for a wrongful act
• Norwegian: uskyldig — not legally responsible for a wrongful act
• Norwegian Nynorsk: uskuldig — not legally responsible for a wrongful act
• Norwegian Nynorsk: uskyldig — not legally responsible for a wrongful act
• Old English: unsċyldiġ — not legally responsible for a wrongful act
• Old English: saclēas — not legally responsible for a wrongful act
• Old Norse: saklauss — not legally responsible for a wrongful act
• Persian: بیگناه (bigonâh) — not legally responsible for a wrongful act
• Polish: niewinny — not legally responsible for a wrongful act
• Portuguese: inocente — not legally responsible for a wrongful act
• Romanian: nevinovat — not legally responsible for a wrongful act
• Russian: невино́вный (nevinóvnyj) — not legally responsible for a wrongful act
• Russian: невинова́тый (nevinovátyj) — not legally responsible for a wrongful act
• Serbo-Croatian: невин — not legally responsible for a wrongful act
• Serbo-Croatian: недужан — not legally responsible for a wrongful act
• Serbo-Croatian: nevin — not legally responsible for a wrongful act
• Serbo-Croatian: nedužan — not legally responsible for a wrongful act
• Slovak: nevinný — not legally responsible for a wrongful act
• Slovene: nedolžen — not legally responsible for a wrongful act
• Spanish: inocente — not legally responsible for a wrongful act
• Swedish: oskyldig — not legally responsible for a wrongful act
• Turkish: suçsuz — not legally responsible for a wrongful act
• Ottoman Turkish: صوچسز (suçsuz) — not legally responsible for a wrongful act
• Ottoman Turkish: كناهسز (günahsız) — not legally responsible for a wrongful act
• Ukrainian: невинува́тий (nevynuvátyj) — not legally responsible for a wrongful act
• Ukrainian: неви́нний (nevýnnyj) — not legally responsible for a wrongful act
• Urdu: معصوم (māsūm) — not legally responsible for a wrongful act
• Vietnamese: vô tội — not legally responsible for a wrongful act
• Walloon: enocin — not legally responsible for a wrongful act
• Yiddish: אומשולדיק (umshuldik) — not legally responsible for a wrongful act
• Arabic: بَرِيء (barīʔ) — naive, artless
• Armenian: անմեղ (anmeġ) — naive, artless
• Azerbaijani: məsum — naive, artless
• Bulgarian: наивен (naiven) — naive, artless
• Bulgarian: простодушен (prostodušen) — naive, artless
• Catalan: innocent — naive, artless
• Chinese Mandarin: 天真 (tiānzhēn) — naive, artless
• Finnish: viaton — naive, artless
• Finnish: harmiton — naive, artless
• Finnish: naiivi — naive, artless
• Galician: inocente — naive, artless
• Greek: αθώος (athóos) — naive, artless
• Hebrew: תָּמִים (tamím) — naive, artless
• Hungarian: ártatlan — naive, artless
• Irish: soineanta — naive, artless
• Japanese: 無邪気な (mujaki na) — naive, artless
• Japanese: お人好しな (ohitoyoshi na) — naive, artless
• Plautdietsch: oschuldich — naive, artless
• Polish: niewinny — naive, artless
• Polish: naiwny — naive, artless
• Portuguese: inocente — naive, artless
• Russian: неви́нный (nevínnyj) — naive, artless
• Russian: безви́нный (bezvínnyj) — naive, artless
• Walloon: enocin — naive, artless
• Azerbaijani: məsum — harmless in intent
• Bulgarian: безвреден (bezvreden) — harmless in intent
• Bulgarian: доброкачествен — harmless in intent
• Catalan: innocent — harmless in intent
• Finnish: viaton — harmless in intent
• Finnish: harmiton — harmless in intent
• Galician: inocente — harmless in intent
• Ancient Greek: ἀβλαβής (ablabḗs) — harmless in intent
• Latvian: nevainīgs — harmless in intent
• Portuguese: inocente — harmless in intent
• Russian: неви́нный (nevínnyj) — harmless in intent
• Ottoman Turkish: ضررسز (zararsız) — harmless in intent
• Ottoman Turkish: زیانسز (ziyansız) — harmless in intent
• Walloon: enocin — harmless in intent
• Welsh: diniwed — harmless in intent
• Manchu: ᠰᡠᡳ ᠠᡴᡡᠩᡤᡝ (sui akūngge) — person