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PRONUNCIATION OF INDOCILE

indocile  [ɪnˈdəʊsaɪl] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF INDOCILE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Indocile is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES INDOCILE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of indocile in the English dictionary

The definition of indocile in the dictionary is difficult to discipline or instruct.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH INDOCILE


abseil
ˈæbsaɪl
acyl
ˈeɪsaɪl
antimissile
ˌæntɪˈmɪsaɪl
docile
ˈdəʊsaɪl
domicile
ˈdɒmɪˌsaɪl
ensile
ɛnˈsaɪl
expansile
ɪkˈspænsaɪl
facile
ˈfæsaɪl
fissile
ˈfɪsaɪl
flexile
ˈflɛksaɪl
gracile
ˈɡræsaɪl
missile
ˈmɪsaɪl
pensile
ˈpɛnsaɪl
prehensile
prɪˈhɛnsaɪl
reconcile
ˈrɛkənˌsaɪl
seil
saɪl
sessile
ˈsɛsaɪl
sile
saɪl
tensile
ˈtɛnsaɪl
undocile
ʌnˈdəʊsaɪl

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE INDOCILE

indocility
indoctrinate
indoctrination
indoctrinator
indol
indole
indoleacetic acid
indolebutyric acid
indolence
indolency
indolent
indolently
Indologist
Indology
indometacin
indomethacin
indomitability
indomitable
indomitableness

WORDS THAT END LIKE INDOCILE

ancile
automobile
bile
C.difficile
chile
Clostridium difficile
decile
difficile
file
imbecile
juvenile
meanwhile
mile
mobile
overfacile
profile
smile
textile
tile
while

Synonyms and antonyms of indocile in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «indocile» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF INDOCILE

Find out the translation of indocile to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of indocile from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «indocile» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

indocile
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

indócil
570 millions of speakers

English

indocile
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

indocile
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

indocile
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

indocile
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

indócil
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

অশিক্ষণীয়
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

indocile
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Indocile
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

indocile
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

indocile
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

indocile
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Indocile
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

khó dạy
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

கீழ்ப்படிதல் இல்லாத
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

अविचल
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

inatçı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

indocile
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

niesforny
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

indocile
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

indocile
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

απείθαρχου
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

opstandig
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

indocile
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

indocile
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of indocile

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «INDOCILE»

The term «indocile» is normally little used and occupies the 123.398 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «INDOCILE» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about indocile

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «INDOCILE»

Discover the use of indocile in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to indocile and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Maximum Security: The Culture of Violence in Inner-City Schools
FOUCAULT,. SECURITY. GUARDS,. AND. INDOCILE. BODIES. Thus discipline produces subjected and practiced bodies, "docile" bodies. — Michel Foucault, Discipline and Punish They don't hassle you. — fifteen-year-old girl (recent ...
John Devine, 1996
2
Dizionario delle lingue italiana ed inglese: Italiano ed inglese
indulto, ignorant, unlearned, that knows nothing. lndottiinábile, adj. indocible, indocile, dull. Jnduttrlnare, v. Addottrinarc. lndovirsi, to keep, to stay, to be. Л foolish word. Indovinaménto, «- m. divination, the act of guessing. Indovinire, to divine ...
Giuseppe Marco Antonio Baretti, 1813
3
The Cambridge Companion to Cicero
8.321–2: is genus indocile ac dispersum montibus altis / composuit legesque dedit . ... 'indocile' est quod penitus non potest discere, 'indoctum' quod nondum didicit. hos autem dicit esse conpositos, unde apparet quia 'indocile' dixit pro ...
C. E. W. Steel, 2013
4
The Many Faces of Virtue
Contemporary university students, as Allan Bloom has pointed out in The Closing of the American Mind, are notoriously lost and indocile. When a person who is lost is also indocile, needless to say, his indocility assures that he will continue to  ...
Donald DeMarco, 2000
5
Walker's Critical Pronouncing Dictionary and Expositor of ...
INDOCILE, ln-d&sisll, a. Unteachable, incapable of being instructed. $y» This word and all its relatives have the o so differently pronounced by our best orthoepists, that the shortest way to show the difference will be to exhibit them at one view.
John Walker, 1854
6
A new dictionary of the Italian and English languages: based ...
Indocible, &c. V. indocile. Indocile, a. I . indocile, indottrinábile -, 2. mil- die, intrattábile, f erice. Indocility, s. indocilità, f. astratto di indocile. To Indoctrinate, v. a. addoltrináre, anmaet- tráre. Indoctrination, s. addottrinamento, ammaettra- me'nto, ...
Giuseppe Marco Antonio Baretti, 1854
7
Italian Women Writers: A Bio-bibliographical Sourcebook
(The poet to the shepherd) she characterizes the thoughts that she struggles to capture as rebellious and intractable ("indocile"), using the same adjective with which she will later, in Mad Virgins, describe herself. (That poem, "Creta indocile, " ...
Rinaldina Russell, 1994
8
Royal Dictionary, English and French and French and English
[Indocile follnws the noun in pro"; gwcrns a' : indocile au joug. au: n'gleL] INDOCILITÉ (in-dô-sI-li-ttl), s. [caractère de celui qui est indocile] indocili'ty', unlrnclableneu, :tubborrman, fiowardnm, untowardnm. L'—- d'un enfant_, the untowardneu ...
Charles Fleming, J. Tibbins, 1852
9
New Italian and English Dictionary in Two Parts: With a New ...
1. to show the way : direct; guide Indiiizrato, -в, adj. directed ; guided ; conducted Indirizzatóre, tin. guide ; director; guardian Inciiscernfbile, adj. indiscernible Indisciplinábile, adj. indocile ; unteachable Indisciplina to, -a, adj. undisciplined; ...
F. C. Meadows, 1835
10
In Memory of Elaine Marks: Life Writing, Writing Death
“Memoirs. of. an. Indocile. Daughter”. Encounters. with. Elaine. Marks. martine debaisieux, translated by richard e. goodkin In her study at home, Elaine Marks used to work facing a 1945 portrait of Simone de Beauvoir at the Café de Flore, ...
Richard Goodkin, 2007

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «INDOCILE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term indocile is used in the context of the following news items.
1
When luck of the Irish changed for the better
Literary lion John Milton, author of "Paradise Lost," dismissed the Irish as "indocile and averse from every civility and amendment." Periodic ... «Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Jun 15»
2
Et si on contrôlait les finances des courses roses?
Une chose est sûre: moi cancéreuse indocile je ne cautionne pas ces courses, nous sommes nombreuses à ne pas vouloir nous associer à ce ... «Le Huffington Post, May 15»
3
L'atelier fra le lenzuola
... considerandola il tentativo di normalizzare un autore così indocile e così lontano dall' avanguardia riassorbibile e «beneducata» di cui parla ... «il manifesto, May 15»
4
We Crossbreed Grasscutters For High Performance
Grasscutters can be subdivided into two categories, the docile and indocile grasscutters. The docile grasscutter adapts well to life in ... «P.M. News, Mar 15»
5
Interview de We insist ! – une certaine culture de l'accident
Avec ce sixième long format, le groupe semble avoir opéré une nouvelle mue. Si la musique de We Insist ! reste toujours aussi riche et indocile, ... «Alter1fo.com, Feb 15»
6
Brown earns spelling victory with 'imprudent'
Some of the words the two battled on included remediless, balletic, indocile, diamantine, and unmitigable. With his win, Brown qualified for the ... «Forest Lake Times, Feb 15»
7
Christian Maric spells his way to victory
Some of the words that Christian and Rohan spelled correctly were such tough words as neigh, indocile, noctambulist and umami. Sixth grader ... «Baltimore Sun, Jan 15»
8
Royal Opera's Tristan und Isolde: an absurd production - but still a …
... imagine life could be, and to puncture them gently but decisively by slipping in the indocile realities that are what we have, finally, to live with. «Spectator.co.uk, Dec 14»
9
Cameroun - Rapt: Huit Camerounais enlevés à Garoua-Boulaï
Cette nouvelle prise d'otages de Camerounais selon nos sources, « est consécutive au comportement indocile de nos compatriotes qui, ... «Cameroon-info.net, Sep 14»
10
Lessons from the Great French Inflation
Farmers, who, as a class, are generally stubborn and indocile, were led to believe that the backwardness of agriculture was due to the lack of ... «Somewhat Reasonable - Heartland Institute, May 14»

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