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• Received-Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈspɒn.sə.bəl/
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• Received-Pronunciation: [ɹɪˈspɒn.sə.bɫ̩]
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• Atlantic-Canada, General-American: /ɹɪˈspɑn.sə.bəl/
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• Atlantic-Canada, General-American: [ɹɪˈspɑn.sə.bɫ̩]
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• Canada, dialectal: [ɹɪˈspɒn.sə.bɫ̩] of the US
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• Australian: /ɹɪˈspɔn.sə.bəl/
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• Australian: [ɹɪˈspɔn.sə.bɫ̩]
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• New-Zealand: /ɹəˈspɒn.sə.bəl/
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• New-Zealand: [ɹəˈspɔ̟n.sə.bɫ̩]
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From Middle French responsable, from Old French responsable, responsible, formed from the root of Latin responsus, from respondeō, respondēre. The spelling of the English word is taken from the Old French variant responsible. By surface analysis, response + -ible.

201 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: përgjegjës — answerable for an act performed or for its consequences
• Arabic: مَسْؤُول (masʔūl) — answerable for an act performed or for its consequences
• Arabic: مَسْئُول (masʔūl) — answerable for an act performed or for its consequences
• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܡܸܫܬܲܐܠܵܢܵܐ (mištaˀlānā) — answerable for an act performed or for its consequences
• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܡܸܫܬܲܠܵܢܬܵܐ (mištallāntā) — answerable for an act performed or for its consequences
• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܡܸܬܓ݂ܝܼܒ݂ܵܢܵܐ (mitḡīḇānā) — answerable for an act performed or for its consequences
• Armenian: պատասխանատու (patasxanatu) — answerable for an act performed or for its consequences
• Azerbaijani: cavabdeh — answerable for an act performed or for its consequences
• Azerbaijani: sorğulu — answerable for an act performed or for its consequences
• Azerbaijani: məsul — answerable for an act performed or for its consequences
• Bashkir: яуаплы (yawaplı) — answerable for an act performed or for its consequences
• Belarusian: адка́зны (adkázny) — answerable for an act performed or for its consequences
• Belarusian: адпавяда́льны (adpavjadálʹny) — answerable for an act performed or for its consequences
• Bengali: দায়ী (daẏi) — answerable for an act performed or for its consequences
• Bulgarian: отгово́рен (otgovóren) — answerable for an act performed or for its consequences
• Catalan: responsable — answerable for an act performed or for its consequences
• Chinese Cantonese: 有責任 /有责任 (jau5 zaak3 jam6) — answerable for an act performed or for its consequences
• Chinese Mandarin: 有責任 /有责任 (yǒu zérèn) — answerable for an act performed or for its consequences
• Czech: odpovědný — answerable for an act performed or for its consequences
• Danish: ansvarlig — answerable for an act performed or for its consequences
• Dutch: verantwoordelijk — answerable for an act performed or for its consequences
• Dutch: aansprakelijk — answerable for an act performed or for its consequences
• Estonian: vastutav — answerable for an act performed or for its consequences
• Finnish: vastuussa — answerable for an act performed or for its consequences
• French: responsable — answerable for an act performed or for its consequences
• Galician: responsable — answerable for an act performed or for its consequences
• Georgian: პასუხისმგებელი (ṗasuxismgebeli) — answerable for an act performed or for its consequences
• German: verantwortlich — answerable for an act performed or for its consequences
• Greek: υπεύθυνος (ypéfthynos) — answerable for an act performed or for its consequences
• Ancient Greek: ὑπεύθυνος (hupeúthunos) — answerable for an act performed or for its consequences
• Hebrew: אַחְרָאִי (akhra'i) — answerable for an act performed or for its consequences
• Hindi: उत्तरदायी (uttardāyī) — answerable for an act performed or for its consequences
• Hindi: ज़िम्मेदार (zimmedār) — answerable for an act performed or for its consequences
• Hungarian: felelős — answerable for an act performed or for its consequences
• Icelandic: ábyrgur — answerable for an act performed or for its consequences
• Indonesian: bertanggung jawab — answerable for an act performed or for its consequences
• Italian: responsabile — answerable for an act performed or for its consequences
• Japanese: 責任のある (sekinin no aru) — answerable for an act performed or for its consequences
• Kazakh: жауапты (jauapty) — answerable for an act performed or for its consequences
• Korean: 책임 있는 (chaegim inneun) — answerable for an act performed or for its consequences
• Northern Kurdish: mesûl — answerable for an act performed or for its consequences
• Northern Kurdish: berpirsyar — answerable for an act performed or for its consequences
• Kyrgyz: жооптуу (jooptuu) — answerable for an act performed or for its consequences
• Latvian: atbildīgs — answerable for an act performed or for its consequences
• Lithuanian: atsakingas — answerable for an act performed or for its consequences
• Macedonian: одговорен (odgovoren) — answerable for an act performed or for its consequences
• Malay: bertanggungjawab — answerable for an act performed or for its consequences
• Māori: haepapa — answerable for an act performed or for its consequences
• Māori: noho haepapa — answerable for an act performed or for its consequences
• Mongolian: хариуцлагатай (xariuclagataj) — answerable for an act performed or for its consequences
• Mongolian: ᠬᠠᠷᠢᠭᠤᠴᠠᠯᠭᠠᠲᠠᠢ (qarigučalɣatai) — answerable for an act performed or for its consequences
• Norman: responsabl'ye — answerable for an act performed or for its consequences
• Norwegian Bokmål: ansvarlig — answerable for an act performed or for its consequences
• Occitan: responsable — answerable for an act performed or for its consequences
• Pashto: مسؤل (masúl) — answerable for an act performed or for its consequences
• Pashto: ذمه دار (zemadār) — answerable for an act performed or for its consequences
• Persian: مسئول (mas'ul) — answerable for an act performed or for its consequences
• Persian: ذمهدار (zemme-dâr) — answerable for an act performed or for its consequences
• Persian: جوابدار (javâbdâr) — answerable for an act performed or for its consequences
• Polish: odpowiedzialny — answerable for an act performed or for its consequences
• Portuguese: responsável — answerable for an act performed or for its consequences
• Romanian: responsabil — answerable for an act performed or for its consequences
• Russian: отве́тственный (otvétstvennyj) — answerable for an act performed or for its consequences
• Scottish Gaelic: an urra ri — answerable for an act performed or for its consequences
• Scottish Gaelic: cùramach — answerable for an act performed or for its consequences
• Serbo-Croatian: о̏дгово̄ран — answerable for an act performed or for its consequences
• Serbo-Croatian: ȍdgovōran — answerable for an act performed or for its consequences
• Sicilian: rispunzàbbili — answerable for an act performed or for its consequences
• Slovak: zodpovedný — answerable for an act performed or for its consequences
• Slovene: odgovoren — answerable for an act performed or for its consequences
• Spanish: responsable — answerable for an act performed or for its consequences
• Swedish: ansvarig — answerable for an act performed or for its consequences
• Tagalog: mapanagutin — answerable for an act performed or for its consequences
• Tajik: масъул (mas'ul) — answerable for an act performed or for its consequences
• Tajik: ҷавобгар (javobgar) — answerable for an act performed or for its consequences
• Tatar: җаваплы (cawaplı) — answerable for an act performed or for its consequences
• Thai: รับผิดชอบ (ráp-pìt-chɔ̂ɔp) — answerable for an act performed or for its consequences
• Turkish: sorumlu — answerable for an act performed or for its consequences
• Turkish: mesul — answerable for an act performed or for its consequences
• Turkmen: jogapkär — answerable for an act performed or for its consequences
• Ukrainian: відповіда́льний (vidpovidálʹnyj) — answerable for an act performed or for its consequences
• Urdu: ذمہ دار (zimme-dār) — answerable for an act performed or for its consequences
• Uyghur: جاۋابكار (jawabkar) — answerable for an act performed or for its consequences
• Uyghur: مەسئۇل (mes'ul) — answerable for an act performed or for its consequences
• Uzbek: javobgar — answerable for an act performed or for its consequences
• Uzbek: masʼul — answerable for an act performed or for its consequences
• Vietnamese: có trách nhiệm — answerable for an act performed or for its consequences
• Walloon: responsåve — answerable for an act performed or for its consequences
• Welsh: cyfrifol — answerable for an act performed or for its consequences
• Arabic: مُلام (mulām) — able to answer reasonably for one's conduct
• Armenian: պատասխանատու (patasxanatu) — able to answer reasonably for one's conduct
• Bashkir: яуаплы (yawaplı) — able to answer reasonably for one's conduct
• Catalan: responsable — able to answer reasonably for one's conduct
• Danish: ansvarsbevidst — able to answer reasonably for one's conduct
• Danish: ansvarlig — able to answer reasonably for one's conduct
• Dutch: verantwoordelijk — able to answer reasonably for one's conduct
• French: responsable — able to answer reasonably for one's conduct
• Galician: responsable — able to answer reasonably for one's conduct
• Galician: responsábel — able to answer reasonably for one's conduct
• German: vernünftig — able to answer reasonably for one's conduct
• Hebrew: אַחְרָאִי (akhra'i) — able to answer reasonably for one's conduct
• Hungarian: felelősségteljes — able to answer reasonably for one's conduct
• Hungarian: felelős — able to answer reasonably for one's conduct
• Italian: responsabile — able to answer reasonably for one's conduct
• Norman: responsabl'ye — able to answer reasonably for one's conduct
• Polish: odpowiedzialny — able to answer reasonably for one's conduct
• Portuguese: responsável — able to answer reasonably for one's conduct
• Romanian: responsabil — able to answer reasonably for one's conduct
• Romanian: responsabilă — able to answer reasonably for one's conduct
• Russian: отве́тственный (otvétstvennyj) — able to answer reasonably for one's conduct
• Scottish Gaelic: cùramach — able to answer reasonably for one's conduct
• Serbo-Croatian: odgovoran — able to answer reasonably for one's conduct
• Sicilian: rispunzàbbili — able to answer reasonably for one's conduct
• Spanish: responsable — able to answer reasonably for one's conduct
• Swedish: ansvarstagande — able to answer reasonably for one's conduct
• Swedish: ansvarsfull — able to answer reasonably for one's conduct
• Swedish: ansvarskännande — able to answer reasonably for one's conduct
• Ukrainian: відповіда́льний (vidpovidálʹnyj) — able to answer reasonably for one's conduct
• Armenian: պատասխանատու (patasxanatu) — involving a degree of personal accountability
• Bashkir: яуаплы (yawaplı) — involving a degree of personal accountability
• Chinese Mandarin: 有責任感的 /有责任感的 (yǒu zérèngǎn de) — involving a degree of personal accountability
• Danish: ansvarsfuld — involving a degree of personal accountability
• Dutch: verantwoordelijk — involving a degree of personal accountability
• Dutch: responsabel — involving a degree of personal accountability
• Finnish: vastuullinen — involving a degree of personal accountability
• French: responsable — involving a degree of personal accountability
• Galician: responsable — involving a degree of personal accountability
• Galician: responsábel — involving a degree of personal accountability
• German: verantwortungsvoll — involving a degree of personal accountability
• Hindi: उत्तरदायी (uttardāyī) — involving a degree of personal accountability
• Hungarian: felelős — involving a degree of personal accountability
• Hungarian: felelősségteljes — involving a degree of personal accountability
• Hungarian: felelősséggel járó — involving a degree of personal accountability
• Indonesian: bertanggung jawab — involving a degree of personal accountability
• Italian: di responsabile — involving a degree of personal accountability
• Italian: di responsabilità — involving a degree of personal accountability
• Malay: bertanggungjawab — involving a degree of personal accountability
• Māori: haepapa — involving a degree of personal accountability
• Norman: responsabl'ye — involving a degree of personal accountability
• Portuguese: responsável — involving a degree of personal accountability
• Russian: отве́тственный (otvétstvennyj) — involving a degree of personal accountability
• Sicilian: di rispunzabbilità — involving a degree of personal accountability
• Spanish: de responsabilidad (locution) — involving a degree of personal accountability
• Swedish: ansvarsfull — involving a degree of personal accountability
• Swedish: med förtroende — involving a degree of personal accountability
• Ukrainian: відповіда́льний (vidpovidálʹnyj) — involving a degree of personal accountability
• Armenian: պատասխանատու (patasxanatu) — being a primary cause or agent of some event or action
• Bengali: দায়ী (daẏi) — being a primary cause or agent of some event or action
• Catalan: responsable — being a primary cause or agent of some event or action
• Danish: ansvarlig — being a primary cause or agent of some event or action
• Dutch: verantwoordelijk — being a primary cause or agent of some event or action
• Finnish: vastuussa — being a primary cause or agent of some event or action
• French: responsable — being a primary cause or agent of some event or action
• Galician: responsable — being a primary cause or agent of some event or action
• Galician: responsábel — being a primary cause or agent of some event or action
• German: verantwortlich — being a primary cause or agent of some event or action
• Hindi: उत्तरदायी (uttardāyī) — being a primary cause or agent of some event or action
• Hungarian: felelős — being a primary cause or agent of some event or action
• Italian: responsabile — being a primary cause or agent of some event or action
• Italian: colpevole — being a primary cause or agent of some event or action
• Norman: responsabl'ye — being a primary cause or agent of some event or action
• Portuguese: responsável — being a primary cause or agent of some event or action
• Russian: отве́тственный (otvétstvennyj) — being a primary cause or agent of some event or action
• Sicilian: curpàbbili — being a primary cause or agent of some event or action
• Sicilian: rispunzàbbili — being a primary cause or agent of some event or action
• Spanish: responsable — being a primary cause or agent of some event or action
• Swedish: ansvarig — being a primary cause or agent of some event or action
• Ukrainian: відповіда́льний (vidpovidálʹnyj) — being a primary cause or agent of some event or action
• Armenian: պատասխանատու (patasxanatu) — able to be trusted
• Bulgarian: отговорен (otgovoren) — able to be trusted
• Catalan: responsable — able to be trusted
• Chinese Mandarin: 負責任的 /负责任的 (fù zérèn de) — able to be trusted
• Danish: ansvarsbevidst — able to be trusted
• Danish: pålidelig — able to be trusted
• Dutch: betrouwbaar — able to be trusted
• Dutch: degelijk — able to be trusted
• French: responsable — able to be trusted
• Galician: responsable — able to be trusted
• Galician: responsábel — able to be trusted
• German: zuverlässig — able to be trusted
• Hindi: विश्वसनीय (viśvasnīya) — able to be trusted
• Hungarian: felelősségteljes — able to be trusted
• Hungarian: megbízható — able to be trusted
• Hungarian: kötelességtudó — able to be trusted
• Italian: responsabile — able to be trusted
• Māori: tūtika — able to be trusted
• Māori: haepapa — able to be trusted
• Norman: responsabl'ye — able to be trusted
• Portuguese: responsável — able to be trusted
• Romanian: responsabil — able to be trusted
• Sicilian: rispunzàbbili — able to be trusted
• Spanish: responsable — able to be trusted
• Swedish: ansvarsfull — able to be trusted
• Swedish: pålitlig — able to be trusted
• Czech: odpovědný — Translations
• Galician: responsable — Translations
• Galician: responsábel — Translations
• Italian: responsabile — Translations
• Polish: odpowiedzialny — Translations
• Polish: odpowiedzialna — Translations
• Spanish: responsable — Translations