cautious

English

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈkɔːʃəs/
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Rhymes: -ɔːʃəs

Adjective

cautious (comparative more cautious, superlative most cautious)

careful; using or exercising caution; tentative
He took a few cautious steps toward the cave.

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Translations

careful

Arabic: وَرِع‎ (wariʿ), حَذِر‎ (ar) (ḥaḏir)
Bengali: সতর্ক (sôtôrkô), সাবধান (sābdhān)
Bulgarian: внимателен (bg) (vnimátelen), предпазлив (bg) (predpazlív)
Catalan: cautelós, caut
Chinese:
Mandarin: 謹慎 (zh), 谨慎 (zh) (jǐnshèn), 慎重 (zh) (shènzhòng)
Czech: opatrný m
Danish: varsom, forsigtig
Dutch: voorzichtig (nl)
Estonian: ettevaatlik
Finnish: varovainen (fi)
French: prudent (fr)
German: vorsichtig (de), zaghaft (de), behutsam (de)
Greek:
Ancient: ἐπιμελής (epimelḗs)
Gujarati: સાવધાન (sāvdhān)
Hindi: सावधान (hi) (sāvdhān), सतर्क (hi) (satark)
Hungarian: óvatos (hu)

Interlingua: caute
Irish: aireach, faichilleach
Italian: cauto (it), ritenuto (it), oculato (it)
Japanese: 慎重な (ja) (しんちょうな, shinchō na)
Latin: cautus m
Maori: mohito, tūpato
Marathi: सावध (sāvadh)
Persian: محتاط‎ (fa) (mohtât)
Polish: ostrożny (pl) m
Portuguese: cuidadoso (pt), cauteloso (pt)
Russian: осторо́жный (ru) (ostoróžnyj), внима́тельный (ru) (vnimátelʹnyj)
Scottish Gaelic: cùramach
Serbo-Croatian: oprezan (sh), budan (sh), pažljiv (sh)
Spanish: cauto (es), cauteloso (es), precavido (es), cuidadoso (es)
Urdu: ساودھان‎ (sāvdhān), سترک‎ (satark)
Vietnamese: cẩn trọng, cẩn thận (vi)
Volapük: prüdik (vo)
Winnebago: hirakikaraxjį

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