doubt

Etymology
The verb is derived from, from , , (compare 🇨🇬), from , the    of ; the further etymology is uncertain, but one theory is that dubitō may be derived from , from , from  (ultimately from ) +  (possibly ultimately from ). Although the Middle English form of the word was spelled without a, this letter was later introduced through the influence of the Latin words dubitāre and dubitō. However, the English word continued to be pronounced without the b sound.

The noun is derived from, , from, , , from , , (compare 🇨🇬; modern 🇨🇬); see further etymology above.

Displaced and.

Verb

 * 1)  To be undecided about; to lack confidence in; to disbelieve, to question.
 * 2)  To harbour suspicion about; suspect.
 * 3)  To anticipate with dread or fear; to apprehend.
 * 4)  To fill with fear; to affright.
 * 5)  To dread, to fear.
 * 1)  To harbour suspicion about; suspect.
 * 2)  To anticipate with dread or fear; to apprehend.
 * 3)  To fill with fear; to affright.
 * 4)  To dread, to fear.
 * 1)  To harbour suspicion about; suspect.
 * 2)  To anticipate with dread or fear; to apprehend.
 * 3)  To fill with fear; to affright.
 * 4)  To dread, to fear.
 * 1)  To harbour suspicion about; suspect.
 * 2)  To anticipate with dread or fear; to apprehend.
 * 3)  To fill with fear; to affright.
 * 4)  To dread, to fear.
 * 1)  To harbour suspicion about; suspect.
 * 2)  To anticipate with dread or fear; to apprehend.
 * 3)  To fill with fear; to affright.
 * 4)  To dread, to fear.
 * 1)  To fill with fear; to affright.
 * 2)  To dread, to fear.
 * 1)  To fill with fear; to affright.
 * 2)  To dread, to fear.
 * 1)  To dread, to fear.

Usage notes

 * In archaic usage, the phrase after "doubt" is what the doubter worries may be the case; in modern usage, that phrase is what the doubter worries may not be the case. Thus the archaic "I doubt he may be lying" is equivalent to the modern "I doubt he is telling the truth."
 * In Scotland the archaic usage is still current but with a meaning broadened beyond worry: to doubt something is to consider it likely, so examples include not just "I doubt he's lying," but also "I doubt we'll arrive before dark."

Translations

 * Arabic: شَكَّ
 * Armenian:, , , , ,
 * Asturian: dudar, duldar
 * Bashkir: шикләнеү, шөбһәләнеү, икеләнеү
 * Basque: duda egin, zalantza egin, zalantzatu
 * Belarusian: сумнява́цца
 * Bulgarian: съмня́вам се
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech:
 * Dalmatian: dobitur
 * Danish: betvivle, tvivle
 * Dutch: ,
 * Elfdalian: twivel
 * Esperanto:
 * Estonian: kõhklema
 * Fang (Bantu): ásóo
 * Faroese: ivast
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * Middle French: dubiter
 * Galician: dubidar
 * Georgian: დაეჭვება, ეჭვის შეტანა
 * German: ,
 * Greek:
 * Ancient Greek: ἀπιστέω
 * Greenlandic: qularpoq
 * Hebrew: לְפַקפֵּק
 * Hindi: संदेह करना
 * Hungarian:, , ,
 * Icelandic:, efast
 * Ido:
 * Indonesian:, , , ragu akan
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:, 訝しむ
 * Kabuverdianu: diskunfia, deskonfiá
 * Khmer:
 * Korean:
 * Latin:
 * Latvian: šaubīties
 * Lithuanian: ,
 * Luxembourgish: zweiwelen
 * Macedonian: се сомнева
 * Malayalam:
 * Maori: kumukumu, raupeka
 * Mongolian: ,
 * Northern Sami: eahpidit
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Nynorsk: tvila
 * Old English: twēoġan
 * Polish:, ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: avea dubii,
 * Romansch: dubitar
 * Russian:
 * Sanskrit: शङ्के
 * Scottish Gaelic: cuir teagamh
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: сумњати
 * Roman:
 * Slovak: pochybovať
 * Slovene:
 * Sorbian:
 * Upper Sorbian:
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili: shuku
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: ,
 * Telugu: ,
 * Thai:
 * Tocharian B: klänk-
 * Turkish: ,
 * Ukrainian: сумніва́тися
 * Vietnamese:
 * Welsh:

Noun

 * 1)  Disbelief or uncertainty (about something);  a particular instance of such disbelief or uncertainty.
 * 2)  A point of uncertainty; a query.
 * 1)  A point of uncertainty; a query.
 * 1)  A point of uncertainty; a query.
 * 1)  A point of uncertainty; a query.
 * 1)  A point of uncertainty; a query.
 * 1)  A point of uncertainty; a query.
 * 1)  A point of uncertainty; a query.
 * 1)  A point of uncertainty; a query.

Translations

 * Albanian:
 * American Sign Language: V@NearNose-PalmBack BentV@FromChin
 * Arabic: شَكّ
 * Egyptian Arabic: شك
 * Aragonese: dubda
 * Armenian:, , , , ,
 * Assamese: সন্দেহ
 * Asturian: duda, dulda
 * Azerbaijani:, şəkk
 * Bashkir: шикләнеү, шөбһәләнеү, икеләнеү, шик, шөбһә
 * Belarusian: су́мнеў, сумне́нне
 * Bengali:
 * Bulgarian:
 * Burmese:
 * Catalan:
 * Cebuano: duda
 * Chechen: шеко
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, ,
 * Czech: ,
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto:
 * Estonian: kõhklus, kahtlus
 * Faroese: ivi
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * Old French: doutance
 * Galician:
 * Georgian: ეჭვი
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Ancient Greek: ἀπιστία
 * Hebrew:
 * Hindi: ,
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Icelandic: efasemd, ,
 * Ido:
 * Indonesian: ,
 * Interlingua: dubita
 * Irish: aincheas
 * Italian: ,
 * Japanese:, ,
 * Kazakh: күмән, шүбә, шек
 * Khmer:
 * Korean:
 * Kurdish:
 * Northern Kurdish:, , hulhul, , ,
 * Kyrgyz: күмөн,
 * Lao: ສົງໄສ
 * Latin: dubium, dubitātiō, dubietās
 * Latvian: šaubas
 * Lithuanian:, dvejonė
 * Luxembourgish:
 * Macedonian: сомнеж, сомневање
 * Malay: keraguan
 * Malayalam:
 * Manx: dooyt, ourys
 * Maori: kumukumu
 * Mongolian:
 * Cyrillic:, ,
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: tvil
 * Occitan:
 * Old English: twēo
 * Oromo: mamii, shakkii
 * Pashto:, شبهه
 * Persian: ,
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Romanian: ,
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic: amharas, mì-chinnt, teagamh
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: су́мња
 * Roman:
 * Sicilian: dùbbitu
 * Slovak: pochybnosť
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish: ,
 * Tagalog: ,
 * Tajik: шак, шубҳа
 * Tamil: ,
 * Tatar:
 * Telugu: ,
 * Thai:
 * Tocharian B: sklok
 * Turkish:, , ,
 * Turkmen: şübhe
 * Ukrainian:
 * Urdu:
 * Uyghur: شۈبھە, گۇمان, شەك
 * Uzbek:, ,
 * Vietnamese:
 * Volapük:
 * Welsh:
 * West Frisian: twivel
 * Yiddish: צווייפֿל
 * Zazaki: şek


 * Arabic: شُبْهَة
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Spanish: