gullible

English

Either gull +‎ -ible, or from dialect Middle English gull (“newly hatched bird”), perhaps from Old Norse gulr, from the hue of its down.^[1]

gullible (comparative more gullible, superlative most gullible)

easily deceived or duped, naïve

Bulgarian: доверчив (bg) (doverčiv), наивен (bg) (naiven)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 容易輕信的, 容易轻信的 (róngyì qīngxìn de), 輕信別人的, 輕信別人的 (qīngxìn biérén de)
Czech: důvěřivý, naivní (cs)
Dutch: naïef (nl), lichtgelovig (nl), goedgelovig (nl)
Esperanto: kredema, naiva (eo)
Finnish: herkkäuskoinen (fi), sinisilmäinen (fi), hyväuskoinen (fi)
French: crédule (fr), naïf (fr)
German: einfältig (de), leichtgläubig (de), naiv (de), gutgläubig (de)
Greek: εύπιστος (el) m (éfpistos), αφελής (el) m (afelís)
Hebrew: פֶּתִי‎‎ (he) m (péti)
Hungarian: hiszékeny (hu)
Icelandic: trúgjarn, auðtrúa
Italian: credulone (it)

Luxembourgish: naiv, liichtgleeweg, topeg
Maori: tūpatokore
Norwegian:
Bokmål: godtroende (no), lettlurt, naiv (no)

Nynorsk: godtruande, lettlurt, naiv
Occitan: creserèl, credul
Polish: naiwny (pl), łatwowierny (pl)
Portuguese: crédulo (pt)
Russian: дове́рчивый (ru) (dovérčivyj), простоду́шный (ru) (prostodúšnyj), наи́вный (ru) (naívnyj)
Serbo-Croatian: lakovjeran m
Spanish: crédulo (es), cándido (es)
Swedish: lättlurad (sv)
Turkish: saf (tr), naif (tr)

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