courageous

English

Etymology

Old French corageus, from corage + -eus

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eɪdʒəs

Adjective

courageous (comparative more courageous, superlative most courageous)

1. Of a person, displaying or possessing courage.

   the most courageous man I have ever met

2. Of an action, that requires courage.

   a courageous deed

Synonyms

• (person): bold, brave, hardy,valorous
• (act): bold, brave,heroic
• See also Wikisaurus:brave

Translations

of a person, displaying or possessing courage

• Armenian: քաջ (hy) (k’aǰ)
• Bulgarian: смел (bg) (smel), храбър (bg) (hrabǎr)
• Catalan: coratjós (ca), valent (ca)
• Czech: odvážný (cs) m
• Danish: modig (da)
• French: courageux (fr)
• German: mutig (de)
• Greek: θαρραλέος (el) (tharraléos)
• Ido: kurajoza (io)
• Irish: misniúil (ga), móruchtúil (ga)
• Italian: coraggioso (it)

• Latin: animosus (la), fortis (la), magnanimus (la)
• Latvian: drosmīgs (lv), drošs (lv)
• Luxembourgish: couragéiert (lb)
• Polish: odważny (pl)
• Portuguese: corajoso (pt)
• Romanian: curajos (ro), brav (ro)
• Scottish Gaelic: tapaidh (gd), misneachail (gd)
• Spanish: valeroso (es), valiente (es), corajudo (es)
• Tagalog: matapang (tl)

of an action, that requires courage

• Catalan: coratjós (ca), valent (ca)
• Czech: odvážný (cs) m
• Danish: modig (da)
• German: mutig (de)
• Italian: coraggioso (it)

• Latin: magnanimus (la)
• Latvian: drosmīgs (lv), drošs (lv)
• Portuguese: corajoso (pt) m
• Romanian: curajos (ro)
• Scottish Gaelic: misneachail (gd)

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Translations to be checked

• Telugu: ధైర్యవంతమైన (dhairyavamtamaina)
• Arabic: شجاع
• Irish: uchtúil (ga)