charity

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See also Charity

English

Pronunciation

• (US): IPA: /ˈtʃæɹəti/, /ˈtʃɛɹəti/, SAMPA: /tSEr@ti/.

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Etymology

From Old French charité (French: charité), from Latin caritas.

Noun

charity (countable and uncountable; plural charities)

1. (archaic) Christian love; representing God's love of man, man's love of God, or man's love of his fellow-men.
2. In general, an attitude of kindness and understanding towards others, now especially suggesting generosity.

   Judge thyself with the judgment of sincerity, and thou will judge others with the judgment of charity. — John Mitchell Mason

3. (uncountable) Benevolence to others less fortunate than ourselves; the providing of goods or money to those in need.
4. (countable) The goods or money given to those in need.
5. (countable) An organization, the objective of which is to carry out a charitable purpose.

Synonyms

• (organization): charitable organization

Translations

attitude

• Bulgarian: милосърдие (bg) (milosǎrdie) n
• Dutch: naastenliefde (nl) f
• Finnish: armeliaisuus (fi)
• French: charité (fr) f

• German: Nächstenliebe (de) f
• Greek: καλοσύνη (el) (kalosýni) f
• Macedonian: милосрдие (mk) (milos'rdie) n
• Russian: милосердие (ru) (milosérdije) n
• Spanish: caridad (es) f, amor al prójimo (es) m

providing of goods or money

• Arabic: إحسان (ar) ('iHsaan) m
• Bulgarian: благотворителност (bg) (blagotvorítelnost) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 慈善 (cmn) (císhàn)

• Czech: dobročinnost (cs) f
• Dutch: liefdadigheid (nl) f
• Finnish: hyväntekeväisyys (fi)
• French: charité (fr) f
• Galician: caridade (gl) f
• German: Wohltätigkeit (de) f
• Greek: αγαθοεργία (el) (aghathoerghía) f
• Hebrew: צדקה (he) (tzedaqa) f
• Hindi: दान (hi) (dān)

• Hungarian: jótékonyság (hu)
• Icelandic: góðgerðarstarfsemi (is) f
• Indonesian: amal (id)
• Italian: carità (it) f
• Japanese: 慈善 (ja) (じぜん, jizen)
• Kazakh: қайырымдылық (kk) (qayırımdılıq)
• Korean: 자선 (ko) (jaseon) (慈善 (ko))
• Macedonian: добротворност (mk) (dobrotvórnost) f
• Occitan: caritat (oc) f
• Portuguese: caridade (pt), doação (pt) f
• Russian: благотворительность (ru) (blagotvorítel'nost') f
• Serbo-Croatian: dobrodavstvo (sh), dobrodavanje (sh)
• Swedish: välgörenhet (sv) c

goods or money given

• Arabic: صدقة (ar) (Sadaqa) f
• Bulgarian: благотворителност (bg) (blagotvorítelnost) f
• Dutch: liefdadigheid (nl) f
• Finnish: hyväntekeväisyys (fi)
• French: charité (fr) f

• Macedonian: добротворен прилог (mk) (dobrotvóren prílog) m
• Persian: صدقه (fa)
• Russian: благотворительность (ru) (blagotvorítel'nost') f, (handout, alms) милостыня (ru) (mílostynja) f
• Serbo-Croatian: dobrodavanje (sh), dobrodavati (sh)

organization

• Bulgarian: благотворителна организация (bg) (blagotvoritelna organizacija) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 慈善機構 (cmn), 慈善机构 (cmn) (císhàn jīgòu)

• Czech: charita (cs) f
• Dutch: liefdadigheidsinstelling (nl) f
• Finnish: hyväntekeväisyysjärjestö (fi)
• French: organisme de charité (fr) m

• Icelandic: góðgerðarstofnun (is) f
• Macedonian: добротворна организација (mk) (dobrotvórna organizácija) f
• Portuguese: instituição de caridade (pt) f
• Russian: благотворительное общество (ru) (blagotvorítel'noje óbščestvo) n, (asylum) богадельня (ru) (bogadél'nja) f
• Spanish: entidad benéfica (es) f
• Swedish: välgörenhetsorganisation (sv) c

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• Telugu: దానము (te) (daanamu), ధర్మము (te) (dharmamu)