obedient

English

Etymology

From Old French obedient, from Latin oboediēns, present active participle of oboediō (“obey”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /oʊˈbidiənt/
• IPA^(key): /əʊˈbiːdɪənt/

• Audio (US):

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• Hyphenation: obe‧di‧ent

Adjective

obedient (comparative more obedient, superlative most obedient)

1. Willing to comply with the commands, orders, or instructions of those in authority.

   Jessica was so intensely obedient of her parents that her brother sometimes thought she was a robot.

Synonyms

• hearsome
• dutiful

Antonyms

• disobedient
• dominant

Related terms

• obedience
• obey

Translations

willing to comply with commands

• Arabic: مُطِيع (muṭīʕ), مُذْعِن (muḏʕin)

  Egyptian Arabic: مطيع (muṭīʕ)

• Armenian: հլու (hy) (hlu), հնազանդ (hy) (hnazand), խելոք (hy) (xelokʻ)
• Belarusian: паслухмя́ны (pasluxmjány), слухмя́ны (sluxmjány), паслу́шны (paslúšny), пако́рлівы (pakórlivy)
• Bulgarian: послу́шен (bg) (poslúšen), поко́рен (bg) (pokóren)
• Catalan: obedient (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 服從的／服从的, 服从的 (fúcóng de), 順從的／顺从的, 顺从的 (shùncóng de), 聽話／听话 (zh) (tīnghuà), 听话 (zh) (tīnghuà), 乖 (zh) (guāi)

• Czech: poslušný m
• Dutch: gehoorzaam (nl)
• Esperanto: obeema
• Finnish: kuuliainen (fi), tottelevainen (fi)
• French: obéissant (fr)
• Galician: guiado, obediente
• German: gehorsam (de), folgsam (de)

  Alemannic German: gfolgig, gfölgig

• Greek: υπάκουος (el) m (ypákouos)

  Ancient: ὑπήκοος (hupḗkoos)

• Hungarian: engedelmes (hu), szófogadó (hu)
• Icelandic: hlýðinn
• Indonesian: patih (id)
• Italian: ubbidiente (it)
• Japanese: 従順な (ja) (じゅうじゅんな, jūjun na), 忠実な (ja) (ちゅうじつな, chūjitsu na), 大人しい (おとなしい, otonashii)
• Korean: 순종적 (sunjongjeok)
• Latin: morigerus
• Latvian: paklausīgs, rātns
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Lithuanian: klusnùs, paklusnùs
• Macedonian: послушен (poslušen)
• Maori: ngāwari
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: lydig (no)

  Nynorsk: lydig

• Old English: ġehīersum
• Polish: posłuszny (pl)
• Portuguese: obediente (pt)
• Romanian: ascultător (ro), obedient (ro), docil (ro), supus (ro)
• Russian: послу́шный (ru) (poslúšnyj), поко́рный (ru) (pokórnyj)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: послушан

  Roman: poslušan (sh)

• Slovak: poslušný
• Slovene: poslušen (sl)
• Spanish: obediente (es)
• Swedish: lydig (sv)
• Telugu: విధేయము (te) (vidhēyamu)
• Thai: เชื่อฟัง (th) (chʉ̂ʉa-fang), ว่านอนสอนง่าย (th)
• Ukrainian: слухня́ний (sluxnjányj), покі́рний (pokírnyj), слухня́ний (sluxnjányj), покі́рливий (pokírlyvyj), покі́рний (pokírnyj), послу́шний (poslúšnyj)
• Vietnamese: vâng lời (vi), tuân lời
• West Frisian: mak (fy)

Further reading

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

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Catalan

Etymology

From Latin oboediēns, present active participle of oboediō (“obey”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [u.βə.ðiˈen]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [o.bə.ðiˈent]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [o.be.ðiˈent]

Adjective

obedient m or f (masculine and feminine plural obedients)

1. obedient

   Antonym: desobedient

Related terms

• obediència
• obeir

Further reading

• “obedient” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

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Latin

Verb

(deprecated template usage) obēdient

1. third-person plural future active indicative of obēdiō

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Old French

Etymology

From Latin oboediēns, present active participle of oboediō (“obey”).

Adjective

obedient m (oblique and nominative feminine singular obedient or obediente)

1. obedient

Declension

Declension of obedient

Number	Case	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Singular	Subject	obedienz, obedients	obediente	obedient
	Oblique	obedient			obediente	obedient
Plural	Subject	obedient	obedientes		obedient
	Oblique	obedienz, obedients			obedientes	obedient