English
Etymology
From French héroïsme hero -ism
Pronunciation
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Noun
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
Translations
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) , 英雄主义 (zh) ( yīngxióngzhǔyì ) , 豪氣 ／ 豪气 (zh) ( háoqì ) , 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 ( 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 (ckb) ( 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 )
(deprecated template usage ) {{trans-mid }}Latvian: heroisms m varonība f
Lithuanian: heroizmas m didvyriškumas m
Macedonian: јунаштво n ( junaštvo ) , херои́зам m ( heroízam )
Malay: kepahlawanan
Maori: hautoa
Norwegian:
Bokmål: heroisme m heltemot n
Pashto: قهرماني (ps) f ( qahramāni )
Persian: قهرمانی (fa) ( qahramâni ) , بسالت (fa) ( basālat )
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) ( qahramoni )
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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