"audacity" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ɔːˈdæsɪti/ [UK], /ɔˈdæsɪti/ [US] Audio: en-us-audacity.ogg [US] Forms: audacities [plural]
enPR: ô-dăʹsĭti Etymology: From late Middle English audacite, from Medieval Latin audacitas, from Latin audax (“bold”), from audeō (“I am bold, I dare”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|audacite}} Middle English audacite, {{der|en|ML.|audacitas}} Medieval Latin audacitas, {{der|en|la|audax||bold}} Latin audax (“bold”), {{m|la|audeō||I am bold, I dare}} audeō (“I am bold, I dare”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} audacity (countable and uncountable, plural audacities)
  1. Insolent boldness, especially when imprudent or unconventional. Tags: countable, uncountable Synonyms: audaciousness, chutzpah, outdaciousness, temerity Translations (insolent boldness): τόλμη (tólmē) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), جُرْأَة (jurʔa) [feminine] (Arabic), وَقَاحَة (waqāḥa) [feminine] (Arabic), جُرْأَة (jurʔa) [Hijazi-Arabic, feminine] (Arabic), بَجَاحَة (bajāḥa) [Hijazi-Arabic, feminine] (Arabic), дързост (dǎrzost) (Bulgarian), barra [feminine] (Catalan), desvergonyiment [masculine] (Catalan), 放肆 (fàngsì) (Chinese Mandarin), 魯莽 (Chinese Mandarin), 鲁莽 (lǔmǎng) (Chinese Mandarin), smělost [feminine] (Czech), troufalost [feminine] (Czech), brutaliteit [feminine] (Dutch), aŭdaco (Esperanto), julkeus (Finnish), otsa (Finnish), audace [feminine] (French), toupet [masculine] (French), culot [familiar, masculine] (French), impudence [feminine] (French), descaro [masculine] (Galician), insolencia [feminine] (Galician), თავხედობა (tavxedoba) (Georgian), Dreistigkeit [feminine] (German), Unverschämtheit [feminine] (German), Unverfrorenheit [feminine] (German), Verwegenheit f. (German), θράσος (thrásos) [neuter] (Greek), עזות מצח (Hebrew), vakmerőség (Hungarian), ofdirfska [feminine] (Icelandic), ósvífni [feminine] (Icelandic), ófyrirleitni [feminine] (Icelandic), bíræfni [feminine] (Icelandic), audaco (Ido), جرأت (jor'at) (Persian), پررویی (por-ruyi) (Persian), śmiałość [feminine] (Polish), audácia (Portuguese), сме́лость (smélostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), де́рзость (dérzostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), audacia [feminine] (Spanish), desfachatez (Spanish), fräckhet [common-gender] (Swedish), cesaret (Turkish), cesurluk (Turkish), cüret (Turkish), küstahlık (Turkish), korkusuzluk (Turkish), digywilydd-dra [masculine] (Welsh), חוצפּה (khutspe) (Yiddish)
    Sense id: en-audacity-en-noun-xI7sNzgW Disambiguation of 'insolent boldness': 81 19
  2. Fearlessness, intrepidity or daring, especially with confident disregard for personal safety, conventional thought, or other restrictions. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (fearless daring): смелост (smelost) [feminine] (Bulgarian), безстрашие (bezstrašie) [neuter] (Bulgarian), audàcia [feminine] (Catalan), gosadia [feminine] (Catalan), 大膽 (Chinese Mandarin), 大胆 (dàdǎn) (Chinese Mandarin), 無畏 (Chinese Mandarin), 无畏 (wúwèi) (Chinese Mandarin), moed [masculine] (Dutch), aŭdaco (Esperanto), uhkarohkeus (Finnish), audace [feminine] (French), culot [familiar, masculine] (French), audacia [feminine] (Galician), afouteza [feminine] (Galician), atrevemento [masculine] (Galician), ousadía [feminine] (Galician), Mut [masculine] (German), Heldenmut [masculine] (German), Chuzpe [feminine] (German), Wagemut [masculine] (German), Kühnheit [feminine] (German), Draufgängertum [neuter] (German), Verwegenheit [feminine] (German), τόλμη (tólmi) [feminine] (Greek), אומץ לב (Hebrew), rettenthetetlenség (Hungarian), bátorság (Hungarian), vakmerőség (Hungarian), dirfska [feminine] (Icelandic), fífldirfska [feminine] (Icelandic), audaco (Ido), audácia [feminine] (Portuguese), îndrăzneală [feminine] (Romanian), бесстра́шие (besstrášije) [neuter] (Russian), osadía [feminine] (Spanish), audacia [feminine] (Spanish), djärvhet (Swedish), dristighet [common-gender] (Swedish), atılganlık (Turkish), cesaret (Turkish), cürret (Turkish), girişkenlik (Turkish), beiddgarwch [masculine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-audacity-en-noun-fBuWW7Sp Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 39 61 Disambiguation of 'fearless daring': 28 72
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          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "jor'at",
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          "word": "جرأت"
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          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "por-ruyi",
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          "word": "پررویی"
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          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "insolent boldness",
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          "word": "śmiałość"
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          "roman": "smélostʹ",
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          "roman": "dérzostʹ",
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          "sense": "insolent boldness",
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          "roman": "bezstrašie",
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          "word": "大膽"
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          "roman": "dàdǎn",
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          "word": "大胆"
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          "word": "無畏"
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          "sense": "fearless daring",
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      "sense": "insolent boldness",
      "word": "放肆"
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      "word": "魯莽"
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      "tags": [
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      "tags": [
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      "tags": [
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "თავხედობა"
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      "code": "de",
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      "word": "Unverschämtheit"
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      "tags": [
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      "code": "he",
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      "code": "is",
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      "code": "is",
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      "code": "is",
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      "word": "audaco"
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      "code": "fa",
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      "word": "جرأت"
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      "code": "fa",
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      "word": "audácia"
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      "word": "сме́лость"
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      "word": "де́рзость"
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      "word": "חוצפּה"
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      "code": "bg",
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      "tags": [
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      "code": "ca",
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      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "fearless daring",
      "word": "大膽"
    },
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      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "dàdǎn",
      "sense": "fearless daring",
      "word": "大胆"
    },
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      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "fearless daring",
      "word": "無畏"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "wúwèi",
      "sense": "fearless daring",
      "word": "无畏"
    },
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "fearless daring",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "moed"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "fearless daring",
      "word": "aŭdaco"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "fearless daring",
      "word": "uhkarohkeus"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "fearless daring",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "audace"
    },
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "fearless daring",
      "tags": [
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        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "culot"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "fearless daring",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "audacia"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "fearless daring",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "afouteza"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "fearless daring",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "atrevemento"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "fearless daring",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ousadía"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "fearless daring",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Mut"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "fearless daring",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Heldenmut"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "fearless daring",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Chuzpe"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "fearless daring",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Wagemut"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "fearless daring",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Kühnheit"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "fearless daring",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Draufgängertum"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "fearless daring",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Verwegenheit"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "tólmi",
      "sense": "fearless daring",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "τόλμη"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "sense": "fearless daring",
      "word": "אומץ לב"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "fearless daring",
      "word": "rettenthetetlenség"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "fearless daring",
      "word": "bátorság"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "fearless daring",
      "word": "vakmerőség"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "fearless daring",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "dirfska"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "fearless daring",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "fífldirfska"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "fearless daring",
      "word": "audaco"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "fearless daring",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "audácia"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "fearless daring",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "îndrăzneală"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "besstrášije",
      "sense": "fearless daring",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "бесстра́шие"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "fearless daring",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "osadía"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "fearless daring",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "audacia"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "fearless daring",
      "word": "djärvhet"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "fearless daring",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "dristighet"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "fearless daring",
      "word": "atılganlık"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "fearless daring",
      "word": "cesaret"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "fearless daring",
      "word": "cürret"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "fearless daring",
      "word": "girişkenlik"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "fearless daring",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "beiddgarwch"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "audacity (disambiguation)"
  ],
  "word": "audacity"
}
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  "called_from": "translations/609-20230504",
  "msg": "Translation too long compared to word, so it is skipped",
  "path": [
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  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "audacity",
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}

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