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Translate obedient from English to French

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obedient:
- obéissant; coulant; docile; complaisant; obligeant; obligeamment; accommodant; docilement; servile; serviable
Wiktionary:
- obedient → obéissant, obédient
- obedient → obéissant, humble, soumis, docile

English

Detailed Translations for obedient from English to French

obedient:

obedient adj

obedient (submissive; docile; servient; willing; cooperative; tractable)
obéissant; coulant; docile; complaisant; obligeant; obligeamment; accommodant; docilement
- obéissant adj
- coulant adj
- docile adj
- complaisant adj
- obligeant adj
- obligeamment adj
- accommodant adj
- docilement adj
obedient (submissive; docile; meek)
docile; obéissant; servile; serviable
- docile adj
- obéissant adj
- servile adj
- serviable adj

Translation Matrix for obedient:

Modifier	Related Translations	Other Translations
accommodant	cooperative; docile; obedient; servient; submissive; tractable; willing	accommodating; agreeable; complaisant; compliant; conciliatory; enjoyable; flexible; handy; manageable; nice; obliging; pleasant; pliable; ready; servient; simple to operate; submissive; tolerant; tractable; willing; yielding
complaisant	cooperative; docile; obedient; servient; submissive; tractable; willing	accommodating; chivalrous; civil; complaisant; compliant; courteous; courtly; flexible; forward; mannerly; obliging; pliable; pliant; polite; ready; responsive; servient; simple to operate; submissive; tolerant; tractable; well bred; well educated; well-educated; well-mannered; willing; willingly; yielding
coulant	cooperative; docile; obedient; servient; submissive; tractable; willing	accommodating; complaisant; compliant; flexible; fluent; fluently; obliging; pliable; ready; servient; simple to operate; smooth; streaming; submissive; tolerant; tractable; willing; yielding
docile	cooperative; docile; meek; obedient; servient; submissive; tractable; willing	accommodating; amenable; complaisant; compliant; docile; domesticated; fawning; flexible; house-trained; humble; inferior; malleable; meek; minor; obliging; obsequious; pliable; ready; secondary; servient; servile; simple to operate; slavishly; submissive; subordinate; tame; tamed; tolerant; tractable; willing; yielding
docilement	cooperative; docile; obedient; servient; submissive; tractable; willing	accommodating; amenable; complaisant; compliant; docile; domesticated; flexible; house-trained; humble; malleable; meek; obliging; pliable; ready; servient; simple to operate; slavishly; submissive; tame; tamed; tolerant; tractable; willing; yielding
obligeamment	cooperative; docile; obedient; servient; submissive; tractable; willing	lenient; obliging; readiness; ready; servient; tractable; willing; willingly
obligeant	cooperative; docile; obedient; servient; submissive; tractable; willing	assistent; attentive; benevolent; complaisant; emphatitic; enjoyable; good-natured; helpful; kind; lenient; mild; obliging; readiness; ready; salutary; servient; sympathetic; tractable; willing; willingly
obéissant	cooperative; docile; meek; obedient; servient; submissive; tractable; willing	amenable; docile; domesticated; house-trained; humble; malleable; meek; obliging; pliable; servient; slavishly; submissive; tame; tamed; tractable; willing
serviable	docile; meek; obedient; submissive	assistent; attentive; benevolent; chivalrous; civil; complaisant; courteous; courtly; forward; good-natured; helpful; kind; mannerly; mild; obliging; pliable; pliant; polite; ready; responsive; servient; tractable; well bred; well educated; well-educated; well-mannered; willing
servile	docile; meek; obedient; submissive	cringing; fawning; humble; inferior; minor; obsequious; secondary; servile; slavishly; submissive; subordinate

Related Words for "obedient":

disobedient, obediently

Synonyms for "obedient":

acquiescent; biddable; conformable; dutiful; duteous; Y2K compliant; compliant; docile; good; manageable; submissive; tractable; manipulable

Antonyms for "obedient":

disobedient

Related Definitions for "obedient":

dutifully complying with the commands or instructions of those in authority¹
- an obedient soldier¹
- obedient children¹
- a little man obedient to his wife¹
- the obedient colonies...are heavily taxed; the refractory remain unburdened¹

Wiktionary Translations for obedient:

obedient

adjective

willing to comply with the commands
- obedient → obéissant

obedient

adjective

vx|fr litt|fr obéissant.
- obédient → obedient
Qui obéir.
- obéissant → obedient; compliant

Cross Translation:

From	To	Via
• obedient	→ obéissant	↔ gehoorzaam — bereid gehoor te geven aan regels of bevelen
• obedient	→ humble; soumis	↔ ergeben — bereit, jemandem zu dienen
• obedient	→ docile	↔ folgsam — bereit zu folgen, sich fügend
• obedient	→ obéissant	↔ gehorsam — Anweisungen oder Befehle eines Vorgesetzten oder Vormundes befolgend

¹WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University