credible

See also crédible

English

Etymology

From Middle English credible, from Old French credible, from Latin crēdibilis (“worthy of belief”), from crēdō (“believe”); see credit.

Adjective

credible (comparative more credible, superlative most credible)

1. believable or plausible
2. authentic or convincing

Related terms

• credibility
• credit
• credence
• credential

Translations

believable or plausible

• Bulgarian: правдоподобен (bg) (pravdopodoben)
• Catalan: creïble (ca)
• German: glaubhaft
• Manx: so-chredjal (gv)

• Romanian: credibil (ro), plauzibil (ro), demn de încredere (ro)
• Spanish: creíble (es)
• Swedish: trolig (sv)

authentic or convincing

• Bulgarian: заслужаващ доверие (bg) (zaslužavašt doverie)
• Catalan: creïble (ca)
• Dutch: geloofwaardig (nl)
• German: glaubwürdig (de)

• Manx: so-chredjal (gv)
• Spanish: creíble (es)
• Swedish: trovärdig (sv), tillförlitlig (sv)

See also

• street cred

External links

• credible in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• credible in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911