reliable
adjectifnomcourant dans les dialogues
- //ɹɪˈlaɪəbl̩//
Suitable or fit to be relied on; worthy of dependence, reliance or trust; dependable, trustworthy
adjectif
- 1
Suitable or fit to be relied on; worthy of dependence, reliance or trust; dependable, trustworthy
a reliable witness to the truth of the miracles
the best means, and the most reliable pledge, of a higher object
According to General Livingston's humorous account, his own village of Elizabethtown was not much more reliable, being peopled in those agitated times by unknown, unrecommended strangers, guilty-looking Tories, and very knavish Whigs.
- 2
Such that either a sent packet will reach its destination, even if it requires retransmission, or the sender will be told that it didn't.
Étymologie
Etymology tree English rely Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlomder. Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English reliable From rely + -able.
nom
- 1
Something or someone reliable or dependable
the old reliables
Formes
- pluriel
- reliables
- comparatif
- more reliable
- superlatif
- most reliable
reliable · Suitable or fit to be relied on; worthy of dependence, reliance or trust; dependable, trustworthy
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