prowess

English

Etymology

From Old French proeche (Modern French: prouesse)

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈpɹaʊəs/, X-SAMPA: /"praU@s/

Noun

prowess (countable and uncountable; plural prowesses)

1. Skillfulness and manual ability; adroitness or dexterity.
2. Distinguished bravery or courage, especially in battle; heroism

Translations

skillfulness and manual ability; adroitness or dexterity

• Finnish: taitavuus (fi)
• German: Können (de) n, Fähigkeiten (de) pl
• Greek: δεξιότητα (el) (dexiotita) f
• Italian: prodezza (it) f
• Japanese: 技量 (ja) (ぎりょう, giryō)
• Portuguese: destreza (pt) f

• Russian: мастерство (ru) (masterstvó) n, умение (ru) (uménije) n
• Serbo-Croatian: спретност (sh) f, spretnost (sh) f
• Spanish: habilidad (es) f, capacidad (es) f, destreza (es) f
• Tagalog: abilidad (tl), galing (tl)
• Turkish: hüner (tr), maharet (tr)

distinguished bravery or courage, especially in battle; heroism

• Finnish: sankaruus (fi)
• French: prouesse (fr) f
• German: Heldenmut (de) m, Tapferkeit (de) f
• Greek: ανδρεία (el) (andria) f
• Irish: calmacht (ga) f
• Japanese: 武勇 (ja) (ぶゆう, buyū), 剛勇 (ja) (ごうゆう, gōyū)

• Russian: храбрость (ru) (xrábrostʹ) f, удаль (ru) (údalʹ) f, отвага (ru) (otvága) f
• Serbo-Croatian: одважност (sh) f, odvažnost (sh) f
• Spanish: proeza (es) f
• Turkish: cesaret (tr), kahramanlık (tr), yiğitlik (tr)

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Translations to be checked

• Bulgarian: храброст, сръчност

• French: exploit, prouesse, fait d'armes, haut fait

References

• The Oxford Paperback Dictionary fourth edition ISBN 0-19-280012-4