intrepid

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *né

Proto-Indo-European *n̥-

Proto-Italic *ən-

Latin in-

Proto-Indo-European *trep-

Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der.

Latin -idus

Latin trepidus

Latin intrepiduslbor.

French intrépidebor.

English intrepid

From French intrépide, from Latin intrepidus, from in- (“not”) + trepidus (“anxious, nervous”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪnˈtɹɛpɪd/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Hyphenation: in‧trepid

Adjective

intrepid (comparative more intrepid, superlative most intrepid)

1. Fearless; bold; brave.

   Synonyms: fearless, unafraid, courageous

   Antonym: trepid

   • 2000, Lennard Bickel, Shackleton's Forgotten Men: The Untold Tale of an Antarctic Tragedy:

     Fewer than 70 years earlier, the intrepid James Cook in his ship Resolution had been the first explorer to cross the Antarctic Circle.

Derived terms

• intrepidity
• intrepidly
• intrepidness
• unintrepid

Related terms

• trepidation

Translations

fearless

• Arabic: جريء m (jarīʔ), جريئة f (jarīʔa)
• Bengali: নির্ভীক (bn) (nirbhik), নির্ভয় (bn) (nirbhoẏ), নিরাতঙ্ক (bn) (niratoṅko)
• Bulgarian: безстрашен (bg) (bezstrašen), неустрашим (bg) (neustrašim)
• Catalan: intrèpid (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 勇敢 (zh) (yǒnggǎn), 无畏 (zh) (wúwèi)

• Chukchi: айыԓгыкыԓьэн (ajyḷgykyḷʹėn)
• Czech: nebojácný, odvážný (cs)
• Dutch: onversaagd (nl), onvervaard (nl), onbevreesd (nl)
• Esperanto: maltima
• Estonian: kartmatu, kohkumatu, julge (et), vapper
• Finnish: peloton (fi)
• French: intrépide (fr)
• Georgian: უშიშარი (ušišari), გაბედული (gabeduli), მამაცი (mamaci)
• German: unerschrocken (de), furchtlos (de), mutig (de)
• Greek: ατρόμητος (el) (atrómitos), άφοβος (el) (áfovos)

  Ancient Greek: ἄτρεστος (átrestos), ἀτρόμητος (atrómētos), ἄφοβος (áphobos)

• Hungarian: rettenthetetlen (hu)
• Italian: ardito (it), coraggioso (it), intrepido (it)
• Latin: inpavidus, intrepidus
• Manx: neuagglit
• Māori: wehikore
• Norwegian: uforferdet
• Persian: نترس (fa) (natars)
• Plautdietsch: brow
• Polish: nieustraszony (pl)
• Portuguese: intrépido (pt)
• Russian: бесстра́шный (ru) (besstrášnyj), отва́жный (ru) (otvážnyj), неустраши́мый (ru) (neustrašímyj)
• Sanskrit: वीतभी (sa) (vītabhī)
• Spanish: intrépido (es), denodado (es)
• Swedish: modig (sv), oförskräckt (sv), orädd (sv)
• Turkish: gözü pek (tr), korkusuz (tr), yılmaz (tr)

  Ottoman Turkish: قورقوسز (korkusuz)

• Ukrainian: безстра́шний (uk) (bezstrášnyj), відва́жний (vidvážnyj)

Anagrams

• pteridin

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French intrépide, from Latin intrepidus.

Adjective

intrepid m or n (feminine singular intrepidă, masculine plural intrepizi, feminine/neuter plural intrepide)

1. intrepid

Declension

Declension of intrepid

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	intrepid		intrepidă	intrepizi	intrepide
	definite	intrepidul		intrepida	intrepizii	intrepidele
genitive- dative	indefinite	intrepid		intrepide	intrepizi	intrepide
	definite	intrepidului		intrepidei	intrepizilor	intrepidelor

Related terms

• intrepiditate