bravery

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French braverie, from braver (“to brave”), or Italian braveria, from bravare (“to brave”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɹeɪv.ə.ɹi/, /ˈbɹeɪv.ɹi/

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• Rhymes: -eɪvəɹi, -eɪvɹi

Noun

bravery (usually uncountable, plural braveries)

1. (usually uncountable) Being brave, courageousness.
2. (countable) A brave act.
3. Splendor, magnificence.
   • 1609, William Shakespeare, “Sonnet 34”, in Shake-speares Sonnets. […], London: By G[eorge] Eld for T[homas] T[horpe] and are to be sold by William Aspley, →OCLC:

     Why didst thou promise such a beauteous day,
     And make me travel forth without my cloak,
     To let base clouds o'ertake me in my way,
     Hiding thy brav'ry in their rotten smoke?

   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Isaiah 3:18:

     In that day the Lord will take away the bravery of their tinkling ornaments about their feet, and their cauls, and their round tires like the moon

Synonyms

• (being brave): bravehood, braveness, courageousness, fearlessness; courage, pluck, valor; see also Thesaurus:courage

Related terms

• bravado
• brave
• bravure

Translations

being brave

• Afrikaans: dapperheid
• Albanian: guxim (sq) m, trimëri (sq) f
• Arabic: شَجَاعَة (ar) f (šajāʕa)
• Armenian: քաջություն (hy) (kʻaǰutʻyun), արիություն (hy) (ariutʻyun), խիզախություն (hy) (xizaxutʻyun)
• Asturian: bravura f, braveza f
• Azerbaijani: cəsarət (az), igidlik
• Belarusian: сме́ласць f (smjélascʹ), хра́брасць f (xrábrascʹ), адва́га f (adváha)
• Bengali: বাহাদুরি (bn) (bahaduri), কেরদানী (bn) (kerdani)
• Bulgarian: сме́лост (bg) f (smélost), хра́брост (bg) f (hrábrost)
• Burmese: ရဲစွမ်းသတ္တိ (my) (rai:cwam:satti.)
• Catalan: bravesa f, bravor f, bravura f, valor (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 勇敢 (zh) (yǒnggǎn)

• Czech: statečnost (cs) f, odvaha (cs) f
• Danish: mod (da) n, tapperhed (da) c
• Dutch: moed (nl) f, dapperheid (nl) f
• Estonian: vaprus (et)
• Faroese: mót n, dirvi n
• Finnish: rohkeus (fi)
• French: courage (fr) m
• Galician: bravura f, braveza f
• Georgian: სიმამაცე (simamace), ვაჟკაცობა (važḳacoba)
• German: Tapferkeit (de) f
• Greek: ανδρεία (el) f (andreía)

  Ancient: θάρσος n (thársos), ἀνδρεία f (andreía)

• Hindi: बहादुरी (hi) f (bahādurī), वीरता (hi) f (vīrtā)
• Icelandic: hugrekki (is) n
• Ido: braveso (io)
• Indonesian: keberanian (id)
• Irish: crógacht f
• Japanese: 勇気 (ja) (ゆうき, yūki), 剛勇 (ja) (ごうゆう, gōyū)
• Khmer: សេចក្ដីក្លាហាន (səchkdəy klaa haan)
• Korean: 용감성 (yonggamseong), 용감 (ko) (yonggam), 용기 (ko) (yonggi)
• Latin: mīlitia f
• Latvian: drosme f
• Lithuanian: drąsà (lt) f
• Macedonian: храброст f (hrabrost), смелост f (smelost)
• Malayalam: ധീരത (ml) (dhīrata)
• Maltese: please add this translation if you can
• Maori: hautoa, māia, toa (mi)
• Middle English: douȝtines
• Mirandese: please add this translation if you can
• Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: mot (no) n, tapperhet m

• Occitan: bravesa f
• Old English: ellen
• Persian: شجاعت (fa) (šajâ'at)
• Polish: odwaga (pl) f, śmiałość (pl) f
• Portuguese: bravura (pt) f, braveza (pt) f
• Romanian: bravură (ro) f, curaj (ro) n, bărbăție (ro) f
• Russian: хра́брость (ru) f (xrábrostʹ), сме́лость (ru) f (smélostʹ), отва́га (ru) f (otvága)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: храброст f, смелост f

  Roman: hrabrost (sh) f, smelost f

• Slovak: statočnosť f, odvaha f
• Slovene: pogum (sl) m, hrabrost f
• Spanish: valor (es) m
• Swahili: ujasiri (sw)
• Swedish: tapperhet (sv) c
• Tamil: please add this translation if you can
• Thai: please add this translation if you can
• Turkish: cesaret (tr), cesurluk (tr), yiğitlik (tr)
• Ukrainian: хоро́брість f (xoróbristʹ), сміли́вість (uk) f (smilývistʹ), відва́га f (vidváha)
• Urdu: بَہادَری f (bahādarī), شُجاعَت f (śujā‘at)
• Vietnamese: sự dũng cảm (vi)

brave act

• Czech: odvážný čin
• Ido: bravajo (io)
• Persian: شجاعت (fa) (šojâ'at), دلاوری (fa) (delâvari)
• Russian: сме́лый посту́пок m (smélyj postúpok)