docile

English

WOTD - 11 February 2007    

Etymology

Latin docilis, from docere 'teach'.

Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /ˈdəʊ.sail/, /ˈdɒ.saɪl/, SAMPA: /'d@UsaIl/
• (US) IPA: /ˈdɑː.səl/, /ˈdɑː.saɪl/

• Audio (US)

  (file)

Adjective

docile (comparative more docile, superlative most docile)

1. Yielding to control or supervision, direction, or management.
2. Ready to accept instruction or direction.

Synonyms

• (yielding to control): compliant, malleable, meek, submissive, tractable
• (ready to accept instruction): amenable, compliant, teachable

Antonyms

• (yielding to control): wilful

Derived terms

• docilely
• docility

Related terms

• docent
• doctor
• doctorate
• doctrinaire
• doctrinal
• doctrine
• document
• indoctrinate

Translations

yielding to control

Bosnian: pokoran (bs) m. Bulgarian: податлив (bg), послушен (bg) Crimean Tatar: yuvaş Czech: poslušný (cs) m., poddajný (cs) m. Dutch: volgzaam (nl) Finnish: säyseä (fi) French: docile (fr) German: fügsam (de), gefügig (de) Hungarian: kezelhető (hu) Italian: docile (it), mansueto (it)

Kurdish: sernerm (ku) Polish: potulny Portuguese: dócil (pt) Romanian: docil (ro) Russian: покорный (ru), послушный (ru) Scottish Gaelic: soirbh, sèimh Spanish: dócil (es) Swedish: foglig Turkish: yumuşak başlı (tr), uysal (tr)

accepting instructions

Bosnian: poslušan (bs) m. Bulgarian: схватлив (bg), възприемчив (bg) Hungarian: irányítható (hu) Polish: pojętny m.

Russian: понятливый (ru) Swedish: lydig, foglig Turkish: uysal (tr), uslu (tr)

Anagrams

• coiled
• coldie

---

French

Pronunciation

• audio

  (file)

Adjective

docile (epicene, plural dociles)

1. docile.

---

Italian

Adjective

docile m. and f. (m and f plural docili)

1. compliant, obedient, mild
2. docile, meek

Antonyms

• indocile

Derived terms

• docilità
• docilmente

---

Latin

Adjective

docile

1. nominative neuter singular of docilis
2. accusative neuter singular of docilis
3. vocative neuter singular of docilis