accountable

English

Etymology

• First attested around 1400.
• account +‎ -able

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ʌˈkaʊntəbl̩/, X-SAMPA: /V"kaUnt@b@l/
• (US) IPA: /ə.ˈkaʊn.tə.bəl/

• Audio (US)

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Adjective

accountable (comparative more accountable, superlative most accountable)

1. Having accountability (individuals have accountability); answerable.

   Every man is accountable to God for his conduct.

   You will be held accountable for your misdemeanors.

2. Requiring accountability (property or funds require accountability).
3. Liable to be called on to render an account;
4. Being answerable for.
5. Being liable for.
6. (rare) Capable of being accounted for; explicable; explainable.

   • True religion . . . intelligible, rational, and accountable, -- not a burden but a privilege. - Benjamin Whichcote

Synonyms

• amenable, responsible, liable, answerable

Translations

Having accountability

• Afrikaans: verantwoordelik, aanspreeklik
• Bulgarian: отговорен (bg) (otgovoren)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 有責任的 (cmn), 有解說義務的 (cmn)

• Dutch: verantwoordelijk (nl), aansprakelijk (nl)

• Finnish: vastuussa oleva, vastuullinen
• French: responsable (fr) m and f
• German: verantwortlich (de)
• Spanish: responsable (es)
• West Frisian: ferantwurdlik

Requiring accountability

• Dutch: verklaarbaar
• Finnish: vastuullinen (fi)

• West Frisian: ferklearber

Liable to be called on to render an account

• Bulgarian: подотчетен (bg) (podotčeten)
• French: responsable (fr) m and f

• Greek: υπόλογος (el) (ypólogos)

Capable of being accounted for; explicable

• French: expliquable (fr) m and f
• Greek: ευεξήγητος (el) (evexígitos)

• Icelandic: skýranlegur (is) m

Items such as airline tickets, whose issue must be recorded by the issuing authority and matched up again after use

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• Catalan: responsable
• Interlingua: responsabile

• Italian: responsabile
• Portuguese: responsable

See also

• hold to account