courage

See also: Courage

courage - English

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA: /ˈkʌɹ.ɪdʒ/

Noun

courage (usually uncountable, plural courages)

The quality of being confident, not afraid or easily intimidated, but without being incautious or inconsiderate.
- It takes a lot of courage to be successful in business.
The ability to overcome one's fear, do or live things which one finds frightening.
- He plucked up the courage to tell her how he felt.
The ability to maintain one's will or intent despite either the experience of fear, frailty, or frustration; or the occurrence of adversity, difficulty, defeat or reversal. Moral fortitude.

Synonyms

See also courage

Derived terms

Related terms

cardiac

Translations

Abkhaz: агәымшәара (agʷəmŝʷara)
Afrikaans: moed (af), dapperheid
Albanian: guxim (sq) m, trimëri (sq) f
Arabic: شَجَاعَة‎ (ar) f (šajāʕa), جَسَارَة‎ f (jasāra)
- Egyptian Arabic: جسارة‎ f (gasāra)
- Hijazi Arabic: شجاعة‎ f (šajāʕa)
Aragonese: corache m
Armenian: քաջություն (hy) (kʿaǰutʿyun), արիություն (hy) (ariutʿyun), խիզախություն (hy) (xizaxutʿyun)
Assamese: সাহ (xah), সাহস (xahox)
Asturian: coraxe m, bravura f, braveza f
Azerbaijani: cəsarət (az)
Bashkir: батырлыҡ (batırlıq), ҡыйыулыҡ (qıyıwlıq), тәүәккәллек (täwäkkällek), баҙнатлыҡ (baðnatlıq)
Basque: kemen
Belarusian: сме́ласць f (smjélascʹ), хра́брасць f (xrábrascʹ), адва́га f (adváha), му́жнасць f (múžnascʹ)
Bengali: সাহস (śahoś)
Breton: nerz-kalon m
Bulgarian: сме́лост (bg) f (smélost), хра́брост (bg) f (hrábrost), кура́ж (bg) m (kuráž)
Burmese: သူရသတ္တိ (my) (sura.satti.)
Catalan: coratge (ca) m, valor (ca) m
Cherokee: ᎠᎵᎦᎵᏴᎯ (aligaliyvhi)
Chinese:
- Mandarin: 勇氣／勇气 (zh) (yǒngqì), 膽量／胆量 (zh) (dǎnliàng)
Czech: odvaha (cs) f, kuráž f, statečnost f
Danish: mod (da) n, tapperhed (da) c
Dutch: moed (nl) m, dapperheid (nl) f
Esperanto: kuraĝo
Estonian: julgus, vaprus (et)
Faroese: dirvi n, mót n, áræði n, treysti n
Finnish: rohkeus (fi), urheus (fi), urhoollisuus (fi)
French: bravoure (fr) f, courage (fr) m, cœur (fr) m, vaillance (fr) f
Friulian: fiât m
Galician: coraxe (gl) f
Georgian: გულადობა (guladoba), მამაცობა (mamacoba), ვაჟკაცობა (važḳacoba)
German: Courage (de) f, Herz (de) n, Mut (de) m, Tapferkeit (de) f
Gothic: 𐌱𐌰𐌻𐌸𐌴𐌹 f (balþei)
Greek: κουράγιο (el) n (kourágio), θάρρος (el) n (thárros), γενναιότητα (el) f (gennaiótita), ανδρεία (el) f (andreía)
- Ancient: θάρσος n (thársos), ἀνδρεία f (andreía), τόλμα f (tólma)
Guaraní: py'aguasu
Gujarati: હિંમત m (himmat)
Hawaiian: koa
Hebrew: אֹמֶץ‎ (he) m (ómets)
Hindi: साहस (hi) (sāhas), हौसला (hi) m (hauslā), हिम्मत (hi) f (himmat)
Hungarian: bátorság (hu)
Icelandic: hugrekki (is) f or n, kjarkur (is) m
Ido: kurajo (io)
Indonesian: keberanian (id)
Interlingua: corage
Irish: misneach (ga) m, sprid (ga) f
Italian: coraggio (it) m
Japanese: 勇気 (ja) (ゆうき, yūki), 度胸 (ja) (どきょう, dokyō)
Javanese: wani, kawenan
Kazakh: батылдық (kk) (batyldyq), аужарлық (aujarlyq)
Khmer: សេចក្ដីក្លាហាន (səckdəy klaa haan)
Korean: 용기(勇氣) (ko) (yonggi)
Kurdish:
- Northern Kurdish: wêrekî (ku) f, bistehî (ku) f, cesaret (ku) f, curet (ku) f, mêranî (ku) f
Kyrgyz: кайрат (ky) (kayrat), кайраттуулук (ky) (kayrattuuluk), жүрөктүүлүк (ky) (jüröktüülük)
Ladino: koraje, animo, djesaret
Lao: ເສົາຣະຍະ (sao ra nya), ຄວາມກ້າຫານ (khuām kā hān)
Latin: fortitudo (la) f, virtus (la) f, animus (la) m, audentia f
Latvian: drosme
Lithuanian: drąsa (lt)
Luxembourgish: Mutt m, Courage m
Macedonian: храброст f (hrabrost), смелост f (smelost)
Malay: keberanian
Malayalam: ധൈര്യം (ml) (dhairyaṃ)
Maltese: kuraġġ
Maori: hautoa, māia, toa (mi)
Mirandese: coraige
Mongolian: эр зориг (er zorig)
Nepali: बहादुरी (bahādurī), साहस (sāhas)
Norwegian:
- Bokmål: mot (no) n, tapperhet m
Occitan: coratge (oc) m
Old English: nōþ m
Ossetian: хъӕбатырдзинад (qæbatyrʒinad)
Persian: شهامت‎ (fa) (šahâmat), جرات‎ (fa) (jorât), جسارت‎ (fa) (jasârat), شجاعت‎ (fa) (šajâ'at)
Polish: odwaga (pl) f, męstwo (pl) n, śmiałość (pl) f
Portuguese: coragem (pt) f, coração (pt) m, valentia (pt) f
Romanian: curaj (ro) n
Russian: сме́лость (ru) f (smélostʹ), хра́брость (ru) f (xrábrostʹ), отва́га (ru) f (otvága), му́жество (ru) n (múžestvo)
Scottish Gaelic: tapachd f
Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: хра́бро̄ст f, сме̏ло̄ст f
- Roman: hrábrōst (sh) f, smȅlōst f
Sicilian: curaggiu (scn) m
Slovak: odvaha f
Slovene: pogum (sl) m, hrabrost f
Spanish: coraje (es) m, valor (es) m, valentía (es) f
Swahili: ujasiri (sw)
Swedish: mod (sv) n, tapperhet (sv) c
Tagalog: tapang, katapangan, lakas ng loob (tl)
Tajik: ҷасурӣ (jasurī), далерӣ (tg) (dalerī), диловарӣ (dilovarī), ҷуръат (jurʾat), ҷасорат (jasorat)
Tamil: தைரியம் (ta) (tairiyam)
Telugu: ధైర్యము (te) (dhairyamu)
Thai: ความกล้า (th) (kwaam-glâa), ความกล้าหาญ (th) (kwaam-glâa-hǎan)
Tibetan: སྙིང་སྟོབས (snying stobs)
Turkish: cesaret (tr), yüreklilik (tr)
Turkmen: batyrlyk (tk), mertlik, ýüreklilik
Tuvan: эрес дидим чорук (eres didim çoruk)
Ukrainian: сміли́вість (uk) f (smilývistʹ), хоро́брість f (xoróbristʹ), му́жність f (múžnistʹ), відва́га f (vidváha)
Urdu: ساہس‎ (sāhas), ہمت‎ f (himmat)
Uyghur: جاسارەت‎ (jasaret)
Uzbek: botirlik (uz), jasurlik (uz), mardlik (uz), jasorat (uz)
Vietnamese: can đảm (vi)
Volapük: kurad (vo)
Welsh: hyfdra (cy) m
West Frisian: moed
White Hmong: peevxwm, peev xwm
Yiddish: מוט‎ m (mut)
Zazaki: cesaret c, egitey (diq) c
Zulu: isibindi (zu) class 7/8

Arabic:
- Egyptian Arabic: جسارة‎ f (gasāra)
Armenian: խիզախություն (hy) (xizaxutʿyun)
Bulgarian: мъ́жество (bg) n (mǎ́žestvo), реши́телност (bg) f (rešítelnost)
Catalan: coratge (ca) m
Danish: mod (da) n
Dutch: moed (nl) m
French: courage (fr) m
German: Mut (de) m, Beherztheit (de) f
Greek: θάρρος (el) n (thárros), κουράγιο (el) n (kourágio)
- Ancient: θάρσος n (thársos), ἀνδρεία f (andreía)
Khmer: សេចក្ដីក្លាហាន (səckdəy klaa haan)
Kurdish:
- Central Kurdish: پاڵەوانی‎ (pallewanî)
Malayalam: ധൈര്യം (ml) (dhairyaṃ)
Maore Comorian: bari class 5
Maori: hautoa, māia, toa (mi)
Marathi: धाडस (dhāḍas)
Mirandese: coraige f, oudácia f
Nepali: हिम्मत (ne) (himmat)
Persian: جرأت‎ (fa) (jor'at), شهامت‎ (fa) (šahâmat)
Portuguese: coragem (pt) f, audácia (pt) f
Russian: му́жество (ru) n (múžestvo), реши́тельность (ru) f (rešítelʹnostʹ)
Scottish Gaelic: tapachd f
Spanish: valor (es) m, valentía (es) f
Swahili: udjasiri class 11
Tagalog: katapangan, lakas ng loob (tl)
Zulu: isibindi (zu) class 7/8

Verb

courage (third-person singular simple present courages, present participle couraging, simple past and past participle couraged)

(obsolete) To encourage.

courage - French

Pronunciation

IPA: /ku.ʁaʒ/

Noun

courage m (plural courages)

courage
- Synonym: bravoure

Derived terms

Descendants

→ Bulgarian: кураж (kuraž)
→ Macedonian: кураж (kuraž)
→ Romanian: curaj
→ Russian: кураж (kuraž)

Interjection

courage !

chin up! keep going! take heart!

Usage notes

"bon courage !" has a slightly different meaning: "good luck!".