reckless

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• /ˈɹɛkləs/
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• [ˈɹwɛkləs] ~ [ˈɹwɛkls̩]
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Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *rōkijaną Proto-West Germanic *rōkijan Old English rēċan Proto-Indo-European *lewh1- Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der. Proto-Germanic *leusaną Proto-Germanic *lausaz Proto-Germanic *-lausaz Proto-West Germanic *-laus Old English -lēas Old English rēċelēas Middle English rekles English reckless From Middle English rekles, reckeles, rekkeles, (also recheles), from Old English rēcelēas (“reckless, careless, negligent”), equivalent to reck + -less. Cognate with West Frisian roekeleas (“reckless”), Dutch roekeloos (“reckless”), German Low German ruuklos (“careless”), German ruchlos (“careless, notorious”).

166 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: مُتَهَوِّر (mutahawwir) — careless or heedless; headstrong or rash
• Armenian: անխոհեմ (anxohem) — careless or heedless; headstrong or rash
• Armenian: անշրջահայաց (anšrǰahayacʻ) — careless or heedless; headstrong or rash
• Belarusian: неразва́жны (njerazvážny) — careless or heedless; headstrong or rash
• Belarusian: безразва́жны (bjezrazvážny) — careless or heedless; headstrong or rash
• Belarusian: бязглу́зды (bjazhlúzdy) — careless or heedless; headstrong or rash
• Belarusian: шалёны (šaljóny) — careless or heedless; headstrong or rash
• Belarusian: легкаду́мны (ljehkadúmny) — careless or heedless; headstrong or rash
• Bulgarian: безразсъ́ден (bezrazsǎ́den) — careless or heedless; headstrong or rash
• Bulgarian: необми́слен (neobmíslen) — careless or heedless; headstrong or rash
• Catalan: imprudent — careless or heedless; headstrong or rash
• Cherokee: ᏄᏁᎸᎾ (nunelvna) — careless or heedless; headstrong or rash
• Chinese: 魯莽 /鲁莽 (ló͘-bóng) — careless or heedless; headstrong or rash
• Chinese Mandarin: 魯莽 /鲁莽 (lǔmǎng) — careless or heedless; headstrong or rash
• Chinese Mandarin: 愣頭愣腦 /愣头愣脑 (lèngtóulèngnǎo) — careless or heedless; headstrong or rash
• Chinese Mandarin: 毛頭毛腦 /毛头毛脑 (máotóumáonǎo) — careless or heedless; headstrong or rash
• Czech: bezohledný — careless or heedless; headstrong or rash
• Czech: bezstarostný — careless or heedless; headstrong or rash
• Czech: lehkomyslný — careless or heedless; headstrong or rash
• Danish: skødesløs — careless or heedless; headstrong or rash
• Danish: ubetænksom — careless or heedless; headstrong or rash
• Dutch: roekeloos — careless or heedless; headstrong or rash
• Esperanto: temerara — careless or heedless; headstrong or rash
• Finnish: harkitsematon — careless or heedless; headstrong or rash
• Finnish: holtiton — careless or heedless; headstrong or rash
• French: irresponsable — careless or heedless; headstrong or rash
• French: insouciant — careless or heedless; headstrong or rash
• Galician: imprudente — careless or heedless; headstrong or rash
• Georgian: წინდაუხედავი (c̣indauxedavi) — careless or heedless; headstrong or rash
• Georgian: თავზეხელაღებული (tavzexelaɣebuli) — careless or heedless; headstrong or rash
• Georgian: დაუდევარი (daudevari) — careless or heedless; headstrong or rash
• Georgian: გაუფრთხილებელი (gauprtxilebeli) — careless or heedless; headstrong or rash
• German: waghalsig — careless or heedless; headstrong or rash
• German: unverantwortlich — careless or heedless; headstrong or rash
• German: unbekümmert — careless or heedless; headstrong or rash
• German: leichtsinnig — careless or heedless; headstrong or rash
• German: leichtfertig — careless or heedless; headstrong or rash
• Gothic: 𐌿𐌽𐍄𐌹𐌻𐌰𐌼𐌰𐌻𐍃𐌺𐍃 (untilamalsks) — careless or heedless; headstrong or rash
• Greek: απερίσκεπτος (aperískeptos) — careless or heedless; headstrong or rash
• Ancient Greek: ἰταμός (itamós) — careless or heedless; headstrong or rash
• Ancient Greek: προπετής (propetḗs) — careless or heedless; headstrong or rash
• Hebrew: רַשְׁלָן (rashlán) — careless or heedless; headstrong or rash
• Hungarian: vakmerő — careless or heedless; headstrong or rash
• Ido: temerara — careless or heedless; headstrong or rash
• Indonesian: sembrono — careless or heedless; headstrong or rash
• Indonesian: gila-gilaan — careless or heedless; headstrong or rash
• Irish: ráscánta — careless or heedless; headstrong or rash
• Irish: meargánta — careless or heedless; headstrong or rash
• Irish: neamhchúramach — careless or heedless; headstrong or rash
• Irish: místuama — careless or heedless; headstrong or rash
• Italian: avventato — careless or heedless; headstrong or rash
• Japanese: 無謀 (mubō) — careless or heedless; headstrong or rash
• Japanese: 無知 (muchi) — careless or heedless; headstrong or rash
• Korean: 무모하다 (mumohada) — careless or heedless; headstrong or rash
• Latin: incautus — careless or heedless; headstrong or rash
• Latvian: neapdomīgs — careless or heedless; headstrong or rash
• Latvian: pārsteidzīgs — careless or heedless; headstrong or rash
• Macedonian: безра́суден (bezrásuden) — careless or heedless; headstrong or rash
• Macedonian: нео́бмислен (neóbmislen) — careless or heedless; headstrong or rash
• Māori: totoa — careless or heedless; headstrong or rash
• Māori: tōtōā — careless or heedless; headstrong or rash
• Māori: pokerenoa — careless or heedless; headstrong or rash
• Norwegian: hensynsløs — careless or heedless; headstrong or rash
• Occitan: irresponsable — careless or heedless; headstrong or rash
• Occitan: imprudent — careless or heedless; headstrong or rash
• Old Norse: órǿkinn — careless or heedless; headstrong or rash
• Old Norse: ósvífr — careless or heedless; headstrong or rash
• Plautdietsch: onbekjemmat — careless or heedless; headstrong or rash
• Polish: lekkomyślny — careless or heedless; headstrong or rash
• Polish: nierozważny — careless or heedless; headstrong or rash
• Portuguese: imprudente — careless or heedless; headstrong or rash
• Romanian: nesăbuit — careless or heedless; headstrong or rash
• Romanian: nechibzuit — careless or heedless; headstrong or rash
• Romanian: imprudent — careless or heedless; headstrong or rash
• Russian: безрассу́дный (bezrassúdnyj) — careless or heedless; headstrong or rash
• Russian: опроме́тчивый (oprométčivyj) — careless or heedless; headstrong or rash
• Russian: бесшаба́шный (besšabášnyj) — careless or heedless; headstrong or rash
• Russian: безу́мный (bezúmnyj) — careless or heedless; headstrong or rash
• Scottish Gaelic: coma — careless or heedless; headstrong or rash
• Slovak: bezohľadný — careless or heedless; headstrong or rash
• Slovak: bezstarostný — careless or heedless; headstrong or rash
• Slovak: ľahkomyseľný — careless or heedless; headstrong or rash
• Slovak: ľahkovážny — careless or heedless; headstrong or rash
• Slovene: nepazljiv — careless or heedless; headstrong or rash
• Slovene: lahkomiseln — careless or heedless; headstrong or rash
• Slovene: nepremišljen — careless or heedless; headstrong or rash
• Spanish: imprudente — careless or heedless; headstrong or rash
• Spanish: temerario — careless or heedless; headstrong or rash
• Swedish: obetänksam — careless or heedless; headstrong or rash
• Thai: บ้าระห่ํา — careless or heedless; headstrong or rash
• Turkish: umursamaz — careless or heedless; headstrong or rash
• Turkish: kayıtsız — careless or heedless; headstrong or rash
• Turkish: ihtiyatsız — careless or heedless; headstrong or rash
• Ottoman Turkish: دلی (deli) — careless or heedless; headstrong or rash
• Ukrainian: безрозсу́дний (bezrozsúdnyj) — careless or heedless; headstrong or rash
• Ukrainian: нерозсу́дливий (nerozsúdlyvyj) — careless or heedless; headstrong or rash
• Ukrainian: нерозва́жний (nerozvážnyj) — careless or heedless; headstrong or rash
• Ukrainian: необа́чний (neobáčnyj) — careless or heedless; headstrong or rash
• Ukrainian: безглу́здий (bezhlúzdyj) — careless or heedless; headstrong or rash
• Ukrainian: легкоду́мний (lehkodúmnyj) — careless or heedless; headstrong or rash
• Vietnamese: bất cẩn — careless or heedless; headstrong or rash
• Welsh: anystyriol — careless or heedless; headstrong or rash
• Welsh: di-hid — careless or heedless; headstrong or rash
• Welsh: rhyfygus — careless or heedless; headstrong or rash
• Armenian: անհոգ (anhog) — indifferent to danger or the consequences
• Armenian: անփույթ (anpʻuytʻ) — indifferent to danger or the consequences
• Armenian: անպատասխանատու (anpatasxanatu) — indifferent to danger or the consequences
• Armenian: թեթեւամիտ (tʻetʻewamit) — indifferent to danger or the consequences
• Bulgarian: дързък (dǎrzǎk) — indifferent to danger or the consequences
• Bulgarian: безразсъден (bezrazsǎden) — indifferent to danger or the consequences
• Catalan: temerari — indifferent to danger or the consequences
• Czech: bezstarostný — indifferent to danger or the consequences
• Czech: lehkomyslný — indifferent to danger or the consequences
• Danish: letsindig — indifferent to danger or the consequences
• Dutch: roekeloos — indifferent to danger or the consequences
• Finnish: huimapäinen — indifferent to danger or the consequences
• Finnish: rämäpäinen — indifferent to danger or the consequences
• Finnish: uhkarohkea — indifferent to danger or the consequences
• Finnish: hurjapäinen — indifferent to danger or the consequences
• Finnish: huima — indifferent to danger or the consequences
• Finnish: yltiöpäinen — indifferent to danger or the consequences
• Franco-Provençal: tèmèrèro — indifferent to danger or the consequences
• French: téméraire — indifferent to danger or the consequences
• French: branque — indifferent to danger or the consequences
• Galician: arriscado — indifferent to danger or the consequences
• Galician: temerario — indifferent to danger or the consequences
• Galician: destemido — indifferent to danger or the consequences
• Georgian: თავზეხელაღებული (tavzexelaɣebuli) — indifferent to danger or the consequences
• Georgian: დაუდევარი (daudevari) — indifferent to danger or the consequences
• German: rücksichtslos — indifferent to danger or the consequences
• German: waghalsig — indifferent to danger or the consequences
• German: verwegen — indifferent to danger or the consequences
• German: halsbrecherisch — indifferent to danger or the consequences
• Gothic: 𐌿𐌽𐍄𐌹𐌻𐌰𐌼𐌰𐌻𐍃𐌺𐍃 (untilamalsks) — indifferent to danger or the consequences
• Greek: απερίσκεπτος (aperískeptos) — indifferent to danger or the consequences
• Ancient Greek: ῥιψοκίνδυνος (rhipsokíndunos) — indifferent to danger or the consequences
• Indonesian: gegabah — indifferent to danger or the consequences
• Italian: spericolato — indifferent to danger or the consequences
• Kazakh: бас-көз демей (bas-köz demei) — indifferent to danger or the consequences
• Korean: 무모(無謀)하다 (mumohada) — indifferent to danger or the consequences
• Latin: incautus — indifferent to danger or the consequences
• Macedonian: безо́бѕирен (bezóbdziren) — indifferent to danger or the consequences
• Macedonian: безра́суден (bezrásuden) — indifferent to danger or the consequences
• Macedonian: леко́мислен (lekómislen) — indifferent to danger or the consequences
• Māori: totoa — indifferent to danger or the consequences
• Māori: pokerenoa — indifferent to danger or the consequences
• Māori: nanakia — indifferent to danger or the consequences
• Māori: raukeke — indifferent to danger or the consequences
• Occitan: temerari — indifferent to danger or the consequences
• Persian: جسور (jasur) — indifferent to danger or the consequences
• Polish: lekkomyślny — indifferent to danger or the consequences
• Polish: zawadiacki — indifferent to danger or the consequences
• Portuguese: temerário — indifferent to danger or the consequences
• Russian: беспе́чный (bespéčnyj) — indifferent to danger or the consequences
• Russian: легкомы́сленный (lexkomýslennyj) — indifferent to danger or the consequences
• Russian: безотве́тственный (bezotvétstvennyj) — indifferent to danger or the consequences
• Scottish Gaelic: coma — indifferent to danger or the consequences
• Spanish: temerario — indifferent to danger or the consequences
• Spanish: desconsiderado — indifferent to danger or the consequences
• Spanish: imprudente — indifferent to danger or the consequences
• Swedish: vårdslös — indifferent to danger or the consequences
• Swedish: lättsinnig — indifferent to danger or the consequences
• Thai: ไม่ยั้งคิด — indifferent to danger or the consequences
• Turkish: korkusuz — indifferent to danger or the consequences
• Turkish: pervasız — indifferent to danger or the consequences
• Uzbek: ehtiyotsiz — indifferent to danger or the consequences