dubitante

English

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin dubitante, ablative masculine singular of dubitāns (“doubting”), present participle of dubitāre (“to doubt”).

Pronunciation

• enPR: d(y)o͞o′bĭ-tăn′tē, d(y)o͞o′bĭ-tän′tē
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌd(j)uː.bɪˈtæn.tiː/, /ˌd(j)uː.bɪˈtan.tiː/; /ˌd(j)uː.bɪˈtɑːn.tiː/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌd(j)u.bɪˈtæn.ti/; /ˌd(j)u.bɪˈtɑn.ti/
• (Canada) IPA^(key): /ˌd(j)u.bɪˈtæn.ti/; /ˌd(j)u.bɪˈtɒn.ti/, /ˌd(j)u.bɪˈtɑn.ti/
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˌd(j)ʉː.bɪˈtæn.tiː/; /ˌd(j)ʉː.bɪˈtɐːn.tiː/
• (New Zealand) IPA^(key): /ˌd(j)ʉː.bɪˈtæn.tiː/; /ˌd(j)ʉː.bɪˈtɐːn.tiː/
• (Scotland) IPA^(key): /ˌd(j)ʉ.bɪˈtan.ti/; /ˌd(j)ʉ.bɪˈtan.ti/
• (India) IPA^(key): /ˌɖ(j)uː.bɪˈʈa(ː)n.ʈiː/; /ˌɖ(j)uː.bɪˈʈɑːn.ʈiː/

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• Rhymes: -ænti, -ɑːnti
• Hyphenation: du‧bi‧​tan‧​te

Adjective

dubitante (comparative more dubitante, superlative most dubitante)

2. (law) Having doubts; used in law reports of a judge who is doubtful about a legal proposition but hesitates to declare it wrong.

See also

• Appendix:Moby Thesaurus II/02 § agnostic

Further reading

• “dubitante, adj.”, in Merriam-Webster.com Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

Ido

Verb

dubitante

1. adverbial present active participle of dubitar

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /du.biˈtan.te/
• Rhymes: -ante
• Hyphenation: du‧bi‧tàn‧te

Participle

dubitante m or f by sense (plural dubitanti)

1. present participle of dubitare

Latin

Participle

dubitante

1. ablative masculine/feminine/neuter singular of dubitāns

Spanish

Etymology

From dubitar +‎ -ante.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dubiˈtante/ [d̪u.β̞iˈt̪ãn̪.t̪e]
• Rhymes: -ante
• Syllabification: du‧bi‧tan‧te

Adjective

dubitante m or f (masculine and feminine plural dubitantes)

1. (formal) synonym of dubitativo (“dubitative”) (tending to doubt)

Further reading

• “dubitante”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025