credibility

English

Etymology

From the French crédibilité

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈkɹɛd.ə.bɪ.ɫɪ.ti/, X-SAMPA: /"krEd.@.bI.5I.ti/

Noun

credibility (countable and uncountable; plural credibilities)

1. reputation impacting one's ability to be believed

   After weeks of blowing smoke, her credibility with me was next to nil.

2. (law) Whether or not a witness is being truthful.

   The primary measure of credibility is whether the testimony is probable or improbable when judged by common experience.

Related terms

• credence
• credible
• credit

Coordinate terms

• cred

Translations

reputation impacting one's ability to be believed

• Czech: důvěryhodnost (cs) f
• Dutch: geloofwaardigheid (nl) f
• Finnish: uskottavuus (fi)
• French: crédibilité (fr) f
• Irish: inchreidteacht (ga) f
• Japanese: 信用性 (ja) (shin'yō-sē)

• Manx: yn-chredjallys (gv) m
• Portuguese: credibilidade (pt) f
• Romanian: credibilitate (ro)
• Scottish Gaelic: creideas (gd) m
• Swedish: trovärdighet (sv) c

law: whether or not a witness is being truthful

• Irish: creidiúnacht (ga) f

• Polish: wiarygodność f

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Translations to be checked

• German: Glaubwürdigkeit f
• Hebrew: אמינות (aminut) f
• Spanish: credibilidad f