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• /ɹɪˈlaɪəbl̩/
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• rĭ-līʹə-bəl
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• CMU ARPABET: R IH0 L AY1 AH0 B AH0 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Etymology tree English rely Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dhlom Proto-Indo-European *-dhlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English reliable From rely + -able.

73 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: مَوْثُوق (mawṯūq) — fit to be relied on
• Arabic: امين (amīn) — fit to be relied on
• Armenian: վստահելի (vstaheli) — fit to be relied on
• Armenian: հուսալի (husali) — fit to be relied on
• Azerbaijani: etibarlı — fit to be relied on
• Bashkir: ышаныслы (ışanıslı) — fit to be relied on
• Bashkir: яуаплы (yawaplı) — fit to be relied on
• Belarusian: надзе́йны (nadzjéjny) — fit to be relied on
• Bulgarian: наде́жден (nadéžden) — fit to be relied on
• Chinese Mandarin: 可靠 (kěkào) — fit to be relied on
• Chinese Mandarin: 穩妥 /稳妥 (wěntuǒ) — fit to be relied on
• Czech: spolehlivý — fit to be relied on
• Danish: pålidelig — fit to be relied on
• Dutch: betrouwbaar — fit to be relied on
• Dutch: zeker — fit to be relied on
• Esperanto: fidinda — fit to be relied on
• Finnish: luotettava — fit to be relied on
• French: fiable — fit to be relied on
• French: sûr — fit to be relied on
• West-Frisian: fertroud — fit to be relied on
• Galician: fiábel — fit to be relied on
• Galician: fiable — fit to be relied on
• Georgian: საიმედო (saimedo) — fit to be relied on
• Georgian: სანდო (sando) — fit to be relied on
• German: verlässlich — fit to be relied on
• German: zuverlässig — fit to be relied on
• Greek: αξιόπιστος (axiópistos) — fit to be relied on
• Hebrew: אמין (amin) — fit to be relied on
• Hindi: निष्ठावान (niṣṭhāvān) — fit to be relied on
• Hungarian: megbízható — fit to be relied on
• Hungarian: szavahihető — fit to be relied on
• Irish: iontaofa — fit to be relied on
• Italian: affidabile — fit to be relied on
• Italian: sicuro — fit to be relied on
• Japanese: 頼もしい (tanomoshii) — fit to be relied on
• Khmer: អាចទុកចិត្តបាន (ʼaac-tuk cət-baan) — fit to be relied on
• Korean: 믿음직스럽다 (mideumjikseureopda) — fit to be relied on
• Latvian: uzticams — fit to be relied on
• Macedonian: доверлив (doverliv) — fit to be relied on
• Malay: andal — fit to be relied on
• Māori: haepapa — fit to be relied on
• Māori: titikaha — fit to be relied on
• Māori: horopū — fit to be relied on
• Norwegian Bokmål: pålitelig — fit to be relied on
• Norwegian Bokmål: troverdig — fit to be relied on
• Norwegian Nynorsk: påliteleg — fit to be relied on
• Norwegian Nynorsk: truverdig — fit to be relied on
• Polish: niezawodny — fit to be relied on
• Polish: spolegliwy — fit to be relied on
• Portuguese: fiável — fit to be relied on
• Romanian: fiabil — fit to be relied on
• Romanian: sigur — fit to be relied on
• Russian: надёжный (nadjóžnyj) — fit to be relied on
• Scottish Gaelic: seasmhach — fit to be relied on
• Scottish Gaelic: earbsach — fit to be relied on
• Serbo-Croatian: pouzdan — fit to be relied on
• Slovak: spoľahlivý — fit to be relied on
• Spanish: fiable — fit to be relied on
• Spanish: confiable — fit to be relied on
• Spanish: bienqueda — fit to be relied on
• Swedish: pålitlig — fit to be relied on
• Thai: ไว้ใจได้ — fit to be relied on
• Thai: เชื่อถือได้ — fit to be relied on
• Turkish: güvenilir — fit to be relied on
• Turkmen: ygtybarly — fit to be relied on
• Ukrainian: наді́йний (nadíjnyj) — fit to be relied on
• Vietnamese: tin cậy — fit to be relied on
• Vietnamese: đáng tin cậy — fit to be relied on
• Welsh: dibynadwy — fit to be relied on
• Dutch: getrouwe — someone to be relied on
• Spanish: confiable — someone to be relied on
• Spanish: fiable — someone to be relied on
• Dutch: zekerheid — something reliable or dependable