"courageous" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

IPA: /kəˈɹeɪd͡ʒəs/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-courageous.wav [Southern-England] Forms: more courageous [comparative], most courageous [superlative]
Rhymes: -eɪdʒəs Etymology: From Middle English corajous, from Old French corageus, from corage + -eus. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|corajous}} Middle English corajous, {{der|en|fro|corageus}} Old French corageus, {{m|fro|corage}} corage, {{m|fro|-eus}} -eus Head templates: {{en-adj}} courageous (comparative more courageous, superlative most courageous)
  1. Of a person, displaying or possessing courage. Categories (topical): Personality, Emotions Synonyms: bold, brave, hardy, valorous
    Sense id: en-courageous-en-adj-LLDobAXB Disambiguation of Emotions: 70 30 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -ous Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 74 26 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 78 22 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 84 16 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ous: 78 22
  2. Of an action, that requires courage. Synonyms: bold, brave, heroic Translations (of an action, that requires courage): شجاع (Arabic), شجيع (šagīʕ) [Egyptian-Arabic] (Arabic), coratjós (Catalan), valent (Catalan), odvážný (Czech), modig (Danish), rohkea (Finnish), peloton (Finnish), გულადი (guladi) (Georgian), მამაცი (mamaci) (Georgian), უშიშარი (ušišari) (Georgian), mutig (German), θαρραλέος (tharraléos) (Greek), γενναίος (gennaíos) (Greek), bátor (Hungarian), merész (Hungarian), kurajoza (Ido), coraggioso (Italian), magnanimus (Latin), drosmīgs (Latvian), drošs (Latvian), хра́бар (hrábar) (Macedonian), смел (smel) (Macedonian), о́дважен (ódvažen) (Macedonian), شجاعانه (šojâ'âne) (Persian), brow (Plautdietsch), corajoso (Portuguese), curajos (Romanian), хра́брый (xrábryj) (Russian), сме́лый (smélyj) (Russian), отва́жный (otvážnyj) (Russian), misneachail (Scottish Gaelic), valiente (Spanish), matapang (Tagalog)
    Sense id: en-courageous-en-adj-zWwY4EPb Disambiguation of 'of an action, that requires courage': 21 79
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: courageously, courageousness

Alternative forms

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      "roman": "hrábar",
      "sense": "of an action, that requires courage",
      "word": "хра́бар"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "smel",
      "sense": "of an action, that requires courage",
      "word": "смел"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "ódvažen",
      "sense": "of an action, that requires courage",
      "word": "о́дважен"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "šojâ'âne",
      "sense": "of an action, that requires courage",
      "word": "شجاعانه"
    },
    {
      "code": "pdt",
      "lang": "Plautdietsch",
      "sense": "of an action, that requires courage",
      "word": "brow"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "of an action, that requires courage",
      "word": "corajoso"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "of an action, that requires courage",
      "word": "curajos"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "xrábryj",
      "sense": "of an action, that requires courage",
      "word": "хра́брый"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "smélyj",
      "sense": "of an action, that requires courage",
      "word": "сме́лый"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "otvážnyj",
      "sense": "of an action, that requires courage",
      "word": "отва́жный"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "of an action, that requires courage",
      "word": "misneachail"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "of an action, that requires courage",
      "word": "valiente"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "of an action, that requires courage",
      "word": "matapang"
    }
  ],
  "word": "courageous"
}

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