benevolent

English

Etymology

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From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French benevolent, borrowed from Latin benevolēns ("well wishing")

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bəˈnɛvələnt/

Adjective

benevolent (comparative more benevolent, superlative most benevolent)

1. Having a disposition to do good.

   Chinese and Eastern mythologies describe dragons as benevolent.

2. Possessing or manifesting love for mankind.
3. Altruistic, charitable, good, just and fair.

Antonyms

• malevolent

Derived terms

• benevolently
• benevolentness

Translations

having a disposition to do good

• Bulgarian: доброжела́телен (bg) (dobroželátelen), благоскло́нен (bg) (blagosklónen)
• Catalan: benèvol (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 仁慈 (zh) (réncí), 慈善 (zh) (císhàn), 善良 (zh) (shànliáng)

• Danish: velvillig
• Dutch: welwillend (nl), goedaardig (nl)
• Finnish: hyvänsuopa (fi), hyväntahtoinen (fi), hyvänsuopainen
• French: bienveillant (fr)
• Galician: benevolente
• Georgian: კეთილმოსურნე (ḳetilmosurne)
• German: wohlwollend (de)
• Greek: καλοήθης (el) (kaloḯthis)
• Interlingue:
• Japanese: 優しい (ja) (やさしい, yasashii)
• Kurdish:

  Sorani:

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• Latin: benevolens
• Macedonian: добронамерен (dobronameren)
• Maori: ngākau aroha
• Norwegian: velvillig (no)
• Old English: welwillende
• Persian: نیک‌کامه (nikkâme), خیرخواه (fa) (xeyrxâh)
• Portuguese: benevolente (pt)
• Romanian: binevoitor (ro)
• Russian: благожела́тельный (ru) (blagoželátelʹnyj), доброжела́тельный (ru) (dobroželátelʹnyj), благоскло́нный (ru) (blagosklónnyj), до́брый (ru) (dóbryj), ми́лостивый (ru) (mílostivyj)
• Spanish: benevolente, benévolo (es)
• Swedish: välvillig (sv)
• Turkish: hayırsever (tr), iyiliksever (tr)
• Westrobothnian:

possessing or manifesting love for mankind

• Bulgarian: човеколюби́в (bg) (čovekoljubív)
• Dutch: liefdadig (nl)
• Finnish: altruistinen, ihmisrakas
• German: altruistisch (de)
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• Maori: ngākau aroha
• Norwegian: menneskekjærlig
• Russian: благоду́шный (ru) (blagodúšnyj), филантропи́ческий (ru) (filantropíčeskij), человеколюби́вый (ru) (čelovekoljubívyj)
• Turkish: diğerkâm (obsolete), fedakâr, özgeci (tr), özgecil (tr)

altruistic or charitable

• Bulgarian: ще́дър (bg) (štédǎr), ми́лостив (bg) (mílostiv)
• Catalan: benèfic (ca)
• Dutch: altruïstisch (nl)
• Finnish: altruistinen
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• German: altruistisch (de)
• Maori: ngākau aroha
• Russian: благотвори́тельный (ru) (blagotvorítelʹnyj), ми́лостивый (ru) (mílostivyj), благоскло́нный (ru) (blagosklónnyj), великоду́шный (ru) (velikodúšnyj) (magnanimous), ще́дрый (ru) (ščédryj) (generous)
• Turkish: altruistik (medicine), fedakâr