fiable

Catalan

Etymology

From fiar +‎ -able.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central) [fiˈab.blə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [fiˈa.ble]
• IPA^(key): (Northwestern) [fiˈab.ble]

• Audio (Barcelona):

  (file)

Adjective

fiable m or f (masculine and feminine plural fiables)

1. reliable; dependable

Derived terms

• fiabilitat

Further reading

• “fiable”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “fiable”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “fiable” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “fiable”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)

French

Etymology

From fier +‎ -able.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fjabl/

• Audio (Switzerland (Valais)):

  (file)

• Audio (France (Vosges)):

  (file)

Adjective

fiable (plural fiables)

1. reliable, dependable

Derived terms

• fiabilité

Further reading

• “fiable”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

Anagrams

• faible

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *bʰeydʰ-

Proto-Indo-European *bʰéydʰeti

Proto-Italic *feiðō

Latin fīdere

Vulgar Latin *fīdāre

Old Spanish fiar

Spanish fiar

Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom

Proto-Italic *-ðlom

Proto-Italic *-ðlis

Latin -bilis

Latin -ābilis

Old Spanish -abile

Spanish -able

Spanish fiable

From fiar (“to trust”) + -able.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfjable/ [ˈfja.β̞le]
• Rhymes: -able
• Syllabification: fia‧ble

Adjective

fiable m or f (masculine and feminine plural fiables)

1. reliable, trustworthy, dependable

   Synonyms: fidedigno, fehaciente, (Latin America) confiable

2. credible

   Synonym: creíble

Derived terms

• fiablemente

Related terms

• confiar
• fe
• fiabilidad
• fiar

Further reading

• “fiable”, 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