gallantry

English

Etymology

From French galanterie, equivalent to gallant +‎ -ry.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡæləntri/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

gallantry (countable and uncountable, plural gallantries)

1. courage
   • 1926, P. G. Wodehouse, 'Lord Emsworth and the Girl Friend', Penguin, Harmondsworth: 1992, p 98.

     'I have the greatest respect for the young lady to whom you refer. She behaved on a certain recent occasion - on two recent occasions - with notable gallantry and resource, and I won't have her bally-ragged.'

   • 1950 September 1, Harry S. Truman, 1:27 from the start, in MP72-73 Korea and World Peace: President Truman Reports to the People‎^[1], Harry S. Truman Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives Identifier: 595162:

     Our men have fought with grim gallantry. The soldiers of the Republic of Korea have also been fighting fiercely.

2. chivalrous courtliness, especially towards women
   • 1993, Barbara Black Koltuv, Solomon & Sheba: Inner Marriage and Individuation‎^[2], Nicholas-Hays, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 80:

     The Queen of Sheba has responded to Solomon's gallantry and accepted his one God . She is one who is ready to be guided . Her heart is open . The second part of the testing , the riddles , seem to be a more personal and human exchange .

3. an instance of gallant behaviour or speech

Synonyms

• gallanthood
• gallantness

Derived terms

• ingallantry
• ungallantry

Translations

courage especially in battle

• Bulgarian: смелост (bg) f (smelost), храброст (bg) f (hrabrost)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 勇敢 (zh) (yǒnggǎn), 英勇 (zh) (yīngyǒng), 勇氣 / 勇气 (zh) (yǒngqì)

• Finnish: urheus (fi)
• French: courage militaire m
• Georgian: ვაჟკაცობა (važḳacoba), გულადობა (guladoba), სიმამაცე (simamace), გაბედული (gabeduli), თამამი (tamami)
• German: Tapferkeit (de)
• Hindi: शौर्य (hi) m (śaurya), वीरता (hi) f (vīrtā)
• Italian: coraggio (it), ardimento (it), valor militare
• Japanese: 勇敢 (ja) (ゆうかん, yūkan)
• Korean: 용감(勇敢) (ko) (yonggam), 용맹(勇猛) (ko) (yongmaeng)
• Maori: toanga, hautoa
• Romanian: curaj (ro) n, bravură (ro) f, cutezanță (ro) f
• Russian: хра́брость (ru) f (xrábrostʹ), отва́га (ru) f (otvága), сме́лость (ru) f (smélostʹ), му́жество (ru) n (múžestvo), до́блесть (ru) f (dóblestʹ)
• Spanish: coraje (es) m, valor militar m
• Tagalog: kagilasan

chivalrous courtliness, especially towards women

• Bulgarian: учтивост (bg) f (učtivost), галантност (bg) f (galantnost)
• Catalan: galanteria (ca) f
• Czech: galantnost f
• Finnish: ritarillisuus (fi)
• French: galanterie (fr) f
• Georgian: ვაჟკაცობა (važḳacoba), ზრდილობიანობა (zrdilobianoba), თავაზიანობა (tavazianoba)
• Hindi: सुशीलता (hi) f (suśīltā)
• Italian: galanteria (it) f
• Maori: hautoatanga
• Romanian: galanterie (ro) f, curtoazie (ro) f
• Russian: гала́нтность (ru) f (galántnostʹ)
• Tagalog: kagilasan