obedient

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• Received-Pronunciation: /əˈbiːdɪənt/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /əʊˈbiːdɪənt/
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• General-American: /əˈbidiənt/
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• General-American: /oʊˈbidiənt/
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• CMU ARPABET: OW0 B IY1 D IY0 AH0 N T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English obedient, from Old French obedient, from Latin oboediēns, present active participle of oboediō (“obey”).

93 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: مُطِيع (muṭīʕ) — willing to comply with commands
• Arabic: مُذْعِن (muḏʕin) — willing to comply with commands
• Arabic: مطيع (muṭīʕ) — willing to comply with commands
• Armenian: հլու (hlu) — willing to comply with commands
• Armenian: հնազանդ (hnazand) — willing to comply with commands
• Armenian: խելոք (xelokʻ) — willing to comply with commands
• Basque: esaneko — willing to comply with commands
• Belarusian: паслухмя́ны (pasluxmjány) — willing to comply with commands
• Belarusian: слухмя́ны (sluxmjány) — willing to comply with commands
• Belarusian: паслу́шны (paslúšny) — willing to comply with commands
• Belarusian: пако́рлівы (pakórlivy) — willing to comply with commands
• Bulgarian: послу́шен (poslúšen) — willing to comply with commands
• Bulgarian: поко́рен (pokóren) — willing to comply with commands
• Catalan: obedient — willing to comply with commands
• Chinese Mandarin: 服從的 /服从的 (fúcóng de) — willing to comply with commands
• Chinese Mandarin: 順從的 /顺从的 (shùncóng de) — willing to comply with commands
• Chinese Mandarin: 聽話 /听话 (tīnghuà) — willing to comply with commands
• Chinese Mandarin: 乖 (guāi) — willing to comply with commands
• Czech: poslušný — willing to comply with commands
• Dutch: gehoorzaam — willing to comply with commands
• Esperanto: obeema — willing to comply with commands
• Finnish: kuuliainen — willing to comply with commands
• Finnish: tottelevainen — willing to comply with commands
• French: obéissant — willing to comply with commands
• West-Frisian: mak — willing to comply with commands
• Galician: guiado — willing to comply with commands
• Galician: obediente — willing to comply with commands
• Georgian: მორჩილი (morčili) — willing to comply with commands
• Georgian: დამჯერი (damǯeri) — willing to comply with commands
• Georgian: გამგონი (gamgoni) — willing to comply with commands
• German: gehorsam — willing to comply with commands
• German: folgsam — willing to comply with commands
• German: gfolgig — willing to comply with commands
• German: gfölgig — willing to comply with commands
• Greek: υπάκουος (ypákouos) — willing to comply with commands
• Ancient Greek: ὑπήκοος (hupḗkoos) — willing to comply with commands
• Ancient Greek: κτίλος (ktílos) — willing to comply with commands
• Hebrew: צַיְתָנִי (tsaytani) — willing to comply with commands
• Hindi: आज्ञाकारी (ājñākārī) — willing to comply with commands
• Hungarian: engedelmes — willing to comply with commands
• Hungarian: szófogadó — willing to comply with commands
• Icelandic: hlýðinn — willing to comply with commands
• Indonesian: patuh — willing to comply with commands
• Indonesian: penurut — willing to comply with commands
• Indonesian: taat — willing to comply with commands
• Indonesian: dengar-dengaran — willing to comply with commands
• Indonesian: patih — willing to comply with commands
• Italian: ubbidiente — willing to comply with commands
• Japanese: 従順な (jūjun na) — willing to comply with commands
• Japanese: 忠実な (chūjitsu na) — willing to comply with commands
• Japanese: 大人しい (otonashii) — willing to comply with commands
• Kazakh: тілалғыш (tılalğyş) — willing to comply with commands
• Khmer: ស្ដាប់បង្គាប់ (sdap bɑɑbɑngkŏəp) — willing to comply with commands
• Korean: 순종적 (sunjongjeok) — willing to comply with commands
• Latin: oboediens — willing to comply with commands
• Latin: mōrigerus — willing to comply with commands
• Latvian: paklausīgs — willing to comply with commands
• Latvian: rātns — willing to comply with commands
• Lithuanian: klusnùs — willing to comply with commands
• Lithuanian: paklusnùs — willing to comply with commands
• Macedonian: послушен (poslušen) — willing to comply with commands
• Māori: ngāwari — willing to comply with commands
• Middle English: serviable — willing to comply with commands
• Norn: entig — willing to comply with commands
• Norwegian Bokmål: lydig — willing to comply with commands
• Norwegian Nynorsk: lydig — willing to comply with commands
• Old English: ġehīersum — willing to comply with commands
• Plautdietsch: ontlich — willing to comply with commands
• Polish: posłuszny — willing to comply with commands
• Portuguese: obediente — willing to comply with commands
• Romanian: ascultător — willing to comply with commands
• Romanian: obedient — willing to comply with commands
• Romanian: docil — willing to comply with commands
• Romanian: supus — willing to comply with commands
• Russian: послу́шный (poslúšnyj) — willing to comply with commands
• Russian: поко́рный (pokórnyj) — willing to comply with commands
• Serbo-Croatian: послушан — willing to comply with commands
• Serbo-Croatian: poslušan — willing to comply with commands
• Slovak: poslušný — willing to comply with commands
• Slovene: poslušen — willing to comply with commands
• Spanish: obediente — willing to comply with commands
• Swedish: lydig — willing to comply with commands
• Telugu: విధేయము (vidhēyamu) — willing to comply with commands
• Thai: เชื่อฟัง (chʉ̂ʉa-fang) — willing to comply with commands
• Thai: ว่านอนสอนง่าย — willing to comply with commands
• Tongan: talangofua — willing to comply with commands
• Turkish: itaatkâr — willing to comply with commands
• Ukrainian: слухня́ний (sluxnjányj) — willing to comply with commands
• Ukrainian: покі́рний (pokírnyj) — willing to comply with commands
• Ukrainian: покі́рливий (pokírlyvyj) — willing to comply with commands
• Ukrainian: послу́шний (poslúšnyj) — willing to comply with commands
• Vietnamese: vâng lời — willing to comply with commands
• Vietnamese: tuân lời — willing to comply with commands