fallible

English

Etymology

From Middle English fallible, from Medieval Latin fallibilis (“liable to err, also deceitful”), from Latin fallere (“to deceive”).

Adjective

fallible (comparative more fallible, superlative most fallible)

1. Capable of making mistakes or being wrong.

Synonyms

• defective
• faulty
• faultful
• imperfect

Antonyms

• perfect
• infallible

Related terms

• fail
• fallacious
• fallacy
• fallibilist
• fallibilism
• fallibility

Translations

capable of making mistakes or being wrong

• Belarusian: please add this translation if you can
• Bulgarian: склонен да греши (sklonen da greši)
• Catalan: fal·lible
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 殘缺的／残缺的 (zh) (cánquē de)

• Czech: omylný m
• Finnish: erehtyväinen (fi)
• French: faillible (fr)
• Galician: falible (gl), falíbel (gl)
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• German: fehlbar (de)
• Italian: fallibile
• Kyrgyz: жаңылышкан (ky) (jaŋılışkan)
• Polish: omylny m
• Portuguese: falível
• Russian: подверженный ошибкам (podveržennyj ošibkam), (somewhat) ненадёжный (ru) (nenadjóžnyj), (technology) подверженный отказам (podveržennyj otkazam), (somewhat) оши́бочный (ru) (ošíbočnyj)
• Spanish: falible (es)

Further reading

• “fallible”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “fallible”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
• “fallible”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams

• fillable