"sangfroid" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /sɑŋˈfɹɑ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-sangfroid.wav [Southern-England] Forms: sangfroids [plural]
Rhymes: -ɑ Etymology: Borrowed from French sang-froid, from sang (“blood”) + froid (“cold”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|sang-froid}} French sang-froid, {{m|fr|sang|t=blood}} sang (“blood”), {{m|fr|froid|t=cold}} froid (“cold”) Head templates: {{en-noun|-|s}} sangfroid (usually uncountable, plural sangfroids)
  1. Composure, self-possession or imperturbability especially when in a dangerous situation. Tags: uncountable, usually Synonyms: aplomb, poise, unflappability, sang-froid, sang froid Related terms: sanguine Translations (composure, self-possession or imperturbability): սառնարյունություն (saṙnaryunutʻyun) (Armenian), ինքնատիրապետում (inkʻnatirapetum) (Armenian), халаднакро́ўе (xaladnakróŭje) [neuter] (Belarusian), хладнокръ́вие (hladnokrǎ́vie) [neuter] (Bulgarian), sang freda [feminine] (Catalan), koldblodighed [common-gender] (Danish), koelbloedigheid [feminine] (Dutch), külmavereline (Estonian), kylmähermoisuus (Finnish), kylmäverisyys (Finnish), kylmäpäisyys (Finnish), sang-froid [masculine] (French), Gelassenheit [feminine] (German), Seelenruhe [feminine] (German), Kaltblütigkeit [feminine] (German), ψυχραιμία (psychraimía) [feminine] (Greek), hidegvér (Hungarian), sangue freddo [masculine] (Italian), imperturbabilità [feminine] (Italian), neuchorraghys [masculine] (Manx), kaldblodig (Norwegian), uberørt (Norwegian), zimna krew [feminine] (Polish), sangue-frio [masculine] (Portuguese), хладнокро́вие (xladnokróvije) [neuter] (Russian), самооблада́ние (samoobladánije) [neuter] (Russian), хладнокр́вно̄ст [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), hladnokŕvnōst [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), sangre fría [feminine] (Spanish), behärskning [common-gender] (Swedish), soğukkanlılık (Turkish), serinkanlılık (Turkish), холоднокро́вність (xolodnokróvnistʹ) (Ukrainian)
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      "lang": "Manx",
      "sense": "composure, self-possession or imperturbability",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "neuchorraghys"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "composure, self-possession or imperturbability",
      "word": "kaldblodig"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "composure, self-possession or imperturbability",
      "word": "uberørt"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "composure, self-possession or imperturbability",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "zimna krew"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "composure, self-possession or imperturbability",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sangue-frio"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "xladnokróvije",
      "sense": "composure, self-possession or imperturbability",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "хладнокро́вие"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "samoobladánije",
      "sense": "composure, self-possession or imperturbability",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "самооблада́ние"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "composure, self-possession or imperturbability",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "хладнокр́вно̄ст"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "composure, self-possession or imperturbability",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "hladnokŕvnōst"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "composure, self-possession or imperturbability",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "sangre fría"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "composure, self-possession or imperturbability",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "behärskning"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "composure, self-possession or imperturbability",
      "word": "soğukkanlılık"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "composure, self-possession or imperturbability",
      "word": "serinkanlılık"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "xolodnokróvnistʹ",
      "sense": "composure, self-possession or imperturbability",
      "word": "холоднокро́вність"
    }
  ],
  "word": "sangfroid"
}

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