English [ edit ] Etymology [ edit ] From French héroïsme hero -ism
Pronunciation [ edit ] heroism (countable and uncountable plural heroisms
The qualities characteristic of a hero , such as courage, bravery, fortitude, selflessness, etc.; the display of such qualities.
Synonym: heroship 2022 January 12, Benedict le Vay, “The heroes of Soham...”, in RAIL , number 1948 , page 43 :At the time, with the D-Day invasion of Europe going on, their heroism was hardly noticed. Plenty of other heroes were dying elsewhere. Plenty of bigger bits of history were being made.
Synonyms [ edit ] Related terms [ edit ] Translations [ edit ] the qualities characteristic of a hero, the display of them
Albanian: heroizëm (sq) m
Arabic: بَسَالَة f ( basāla ) , بُطُولَة f ( buṭūla )
Armenian: հերոսություն (hy) ( herosutʻyun )
Azerbaijani: qəhrəmanlıq
Belarusian: гераі́зм m ( hjeraízm ) , гэраі́зм m ( heraízm ) , геро́йства n ( hjerójstva ) , гэро́йства n ( herójstva )
Bulgarian: геро́йство (bg) n ( gerójstvo ) , герои́зъм (bg) m ( geroízǎm )
Burmese: သူရဲကောင်းဝါဒ ( surai:kaung:wada. )
Catalan: heroisme m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 英雄主義 ／ 英雄主义 (zh) ( yīngxióngzhǔyì ) , 豪氣 ／ 豪气 (zh) ( háoqì )
Czech: hrdinství (cs) n heroismus m
Danish: heltemod n
Dutch: heldenmoed (nl) m
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Estonian: kangelaslikkus
Finnish: sankaruus (fi)
French: héroïsme (fr) m
Galician: heroísmo m
Georgian: გმირობა ( gmiroba )
German: Heldenmut (de) m Heroismus (de) m Heldentum (de) n
Greek: ηρωισμός (el) m ( iroïsmós )
Hebrew: גְבוּרָה (he) f ( gvurá )
Hindi: शौर्य (hi) m ( śaurya ) , बहादुरी (hi) f ( bahādurī )
Hungarian: hősiesség (hu)
Indonesian: kepahlawanan (id)
Irish: laochas
Italian: eroismo (it) m
Japanese: 勇壮 (ja) ( ゆうそう, yūsō ) , 英雄主義 (ja) ( えいゆうしゅぎ, eiyūshugi ) , ヒロイズム (ja) ( hiroizumu )
Kazakh: қаһармандық ( qaharmandyq ) , ерлік ( erlık ) , батырлық ( batyrlyq )
Khmer: វីរភាព ( viirĕəʼphiəp ) , វីរសម្បត្តិ ( viirĕəʼ sɑmbat )
Korean: 영웅심(英雄心) ( yeong'ungsim ) , 영웅주의(英雄主義) ( yeong'ungjuui )
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: قارەمانی ( qaremanî )
Northern Kurdish: qehremanî (ku)
Kyrgyz: баатырдык (ky) ( baatırdık ) , каармандык (ky) ( kaarmandık ) , эрдик (ky) ( erdik )
Lao: ນະຣຶການ ( na rư kān ) , ວີລະກຳ ( wī la kam ) , ວີຣະກຳ ( wī ra kam )
Latvian: heroisms m varonība f
Lithuanian: heroizmas m didvyriškumas m
Macedonian: ју́наштво n ( júnaštvo ) , хе́ројство n ( hérojstvo ) , херои́зам m ( heroízam )
Malay: kepahlawanan
Maori: hautoa
Norwegian:
Bokmål: heroisme m heltemot n
Ottoman Turkish: قهرمانلق ( kahramanlık )
Pashto: قهرماني (ps) f ( qahramāni )
Persian: قهرمانی (fa) ( qahramâni ) , بسالت (fa) ( basâlat )
Polish: bohaterstwo (pl) n heroizm (pl) m bohaterskość (pl) f ( rare )
Portuguese: heroísmo (pt) m
Romanian: eroism (ro) n
Russian: герои́зм (ru) m ( geroízm ) , геро́йство (ru) n ( gerójstvo )
Sanskrit: शवस् (sa) n ( śavas ) , शौर्य (sa) n ( śaurya )
Scottish Gaelic: tapachd f
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: хероѝзам m херо́јство n јуна́штво n
Roman: heroìzam (sh) m herójstvo (sh) n junáštvo (sh) n
Slovak: hrdinstvo n heroizmus m
Slovene: junaštvo n herojstvo n
Spanish: heroísmo (es) m
Swahili: ushujaa
Swedish: hjältemod (sv) n heroism (sv) c
Tajik: қаҳрамонӣ (tg) ( qahramonī )
Tamil: வீரம் (ta) ( vīram )
Tatar: батырлык (tt) ( batırlıq )
Thai: วีรกรรม (th) ( wii-rá-gam )
Turkish: kahramanlık (tr)
Turkmen: gahrymanlyk gahrymançylyk
Ukrainian: герої́зм (uk) m ( herojízm ) , геро́йство n ( herójstvo )
Urdu: بَہادُری f ( bahādurī ) , بَسالَت f ( basālat )
Uyghur: قەھرىمانلىق ( qehrimanliq )
Uzbek: qahramonlik (uz)
Vietnamese: chủ nghĩa anh hùng tinh thần anh hùng
Volapük: heroed (vo)
Yiddish: גבֿורה f ( gvure )
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