"courage" meaning in French

See courage in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Interjection

IPA: /ku.ʁaʒ/ Audio: Fr-courage.ogg Forms: courage ! [canonical]
Rhymes: -aʒ Etymology: Inherited from Middle French corage, from Old French corage, from Vulgar Latin *corāticum, from Latin cor. Cognate with Catalan coratge, Italian coraggio, Occitan coratge, Spanish coraje. Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|fr|frm|corage|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Middle French corage, {{inh+|fr|frm|corage}} Inherited from Middle French corage, {{inh|fr|fro|corage}} Old French corage, {{inh|fr|VL.|*corāticum}} Vulgar Latin *corāticum, {{der|fr|la|cor}} Latin cor, {{cog|ca|coratge}} Catalan coratge, {{cog|it|coraggio}} Italian coraggio, {{cog|oc|coratge}} Occitan coratge, {{cog|es|coraje}} Spanish coraje
  1. chin up! keep going! take heart!
    Sense id: en-courage-fr-intj-p~aKU6NS Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 94 6

Noun

IPA: /ku.ʁaʒ/ Audio: Fr-courage.ogg Forms: courages [plural]
Rhymes: -aʒ Etymology: Inherited from Middle French corage, from Old French corage, from Vulgar Latin *corāticum, from Latin cor. Cognate with Catalan coratge, Italian coraggio, Occitan coratge, Spanish coraje. Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|fr|frm|corage|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Middle French corage, {{inh+|fr|frm|corage}} Inherited from Middle French corage, {{inh|fr|fro|corage}} Old French corage, {{inh|fr|VL.|*corāticum}} Vulgar Latin *corāticum, {{der|fr|la|cor}} Latin cor, {{cog|ca|coratge}} Catalan coratge, {{cog|it|coraggio}} Italian coraggio, {{cog|oc|coratge}} Occitan coratge, {{cog|es|coraje}} Spanish coraje Head templates: {{fr-noun|m}} courage m (plural courages)
  1. courage Tags: masculine Synonyms: bravoure Derived forms: bon courage, prendre son courage à deux mains Derived forms (courageux): courageusement Derived forms (décourager): décourageant, découragement Derived forms (encourager): encourageant, encouragement
    Sense id: en-courage-fr-noun-RJKqvXM~

Inflected forms

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      "ipa": "/ku.ʁaʒ/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "Fr-courage.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/a/ac/Fr-courage.ogg/Fr-courage.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ac/Fr-courage.ogg"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-aʒ"
    }
  ],
  "word": "courage"
}

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