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Definition: Courage |
CourageNoun1. A quality of spirit that enables you to face danger of pain without showing fear. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "courage" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references) |
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Tips from 1870 | Usage: Bravery, Courage. Bravery is inborn; courage is the result of reason and determination. The brave are often reckless; the courageous are always cautious. Source: Slips of Speech. |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Courage is the ability to confront fear in the face of pain, danger, uncertainty or intimidation. As a virtue, courage is convered extensively in Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics, its vice of deficiency being cowardice, and its vice of excess being boldness.The precise view of what precisely constitutes courage not only varies between cultures, but between individuals. For instance, some define courage as lacking fear in a situation that would normally generate it. Others, in contrast, hold that courage requires one to have fear and then overcome it.
There are also more subtle distinctions in the definition of courage. For example, some distinguish between courage and foolhardiness thusly: a courageous person overcomes a justifiable fear for an even more noble purpose. If the fear is not justifiable or the purpose not noble, then the courage is either false, or foolhardy.
See also Virtue, Bushido, Chivalry.
Courage is also the brand name of a British brewery company
Courage may also refer to the animated cartoon character, Courage the Cowardly Dog
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Synonyms: CourageSynonyms: bravery (n), courageousness (n). (additional references) |
| Antonym: cowardice (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Courage | Take courage, muster courage, summon up courage, pluck up courage; nerve oneself, take heart; take heart, pluck up heart of grace; hold up one's head, screw one's courage to the sticking place; come up to scratch; stick to one's guns, standfire, stand against; bear up, bear up against; hold out; (persevere) a. |
Phrase: one's blood being up; courage sans peur;fortes fortuna adjuvat; "have I not in my time heard lions roar "; " I dare do all that may become a man "; male vincetis sed vincite; omne solum forti patria; " self-trust is the essence of heroism "; stimulos dedit oemula virtus; " strong and great, a hero "; teloque animus proestantior omni; "there, is always safety in valor"; virtus ariete fortier. | |
Noun: courage, bravery, valor; resoluteness, boldness; Adjective: spirit, daring, gallantry, intrepidity; contempt of danger, defiance of danger; derring-do; audacity; rashness; dash; defiance; confidence, self-reliance. | |
Manliness, manhood; nerve, pluck, mettle, game; heart, heart of grace; spunk, guts, face, virtue, hardihood, intestinal fortitude; firmness; (stability); heart of oak; bottom, backbone, spine; (perseverance) a. resolution; (determination); bulldog courage. | |
Give courage, infuse courage, inspire courage; reassure, encourage, embolden, inspirit, cheer, nerve, put upon one's mettle, rally, raise a rallying cry; pat on the back, make a man of., keep in countenance. | |
Cowardice | Poltroonery, baseness; dastardness, dastardy; abject fear, funk; Dutch courage; fear; white feather, faint heart; cold feet , yellow streak. |
Phrase: ante tubam trepidat, one's courage oozing out; degeneres animos timor arguit. | |
Perseverance | Bottom, game, pluck, stamina, backbone, grit; indefatigability, indefatigableness; bulldog courage. |
Resistance | Breast the wave, breast the current; stem the tide, stem the torrent; face, confront, grapple with; show a bold front; (courage); present a front; make a stand, take one's stand. |
Resolution | Mastery over self; self control, self command, self possession, self reliance, self government, self restraint, self conquest, self denial; moral courage, moral strength; perseverance; a; tenacity; obstinacy; bulldog; British lion. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Courage |
| English words defined with "courage": Dutch courage. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "courage": Allemand, Altamorus, Araspes, Argantes ♦ Burglars ♦ Cap, Courage of One's Opinion ♦ Dying Sayings ♦ Fight ♦ George Geith, Griffon, Griffen ♦ Jewels ♦ Lion, Lion of God, Little Corporal ♦ Mad Cavalier ♦ Pegging Away, Public-house Signs ♦ story. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "courage": Virtue. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Courage" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. French (assurance, bravery, courage, fortitude, gallantry, gut, hardiness, manhood, mettle, nerve, pluck, spirit, spunk, valour), German (courage, mettle, pluck, spunk). |
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Screenplays | Look at my men. Their courage hangs by a thread (The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers; writing credit: Frances Walsh) Bones of full fifty men lie strewn about its lair. So, brave knights, if you do doubt your courage or your strength, come no further, for death awaits you all with nasty, big, pointy teeth (Monty Python and the Holy Grail; writing credit: Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, and Michael Palin.) Instead, I'm the one without the courage to bury anything at all. When did I go wrong (8 1/2; writing credit: Federico Fellini; Ennio Flaiano) Knowing love, I can allow all things to come and go, to be as supple as the wind and to face all things with great courage.My heart is a open as the sky (Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love; writing credit: Helena Kriel; Mira Nair) Who gave you the courage to be killed here (Longxiong hudi; writing credit: Jackie Chan; John Sheppard) | |
Lyrics | It's hard to take courage (True Colors; performing artist: Cyndi Lauper) Gettin' courage up to stop (Wild Horses; performing artist: Garth Brooks) A generation full of courage (Rhythm Nation; performing artist: Janet Jackson) To courage again (I Need You; performing artist: LeAnn Rimes) So you can find the courage (Smile; performing artist: Lonestar) | |
Clever | Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear -- not absence of fear. (references; author: Mark Twain) You can't test courage cautiously. (references; author: unknown) Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has courage to lose sight of the shore. (references; author: unknown) God, give me courage to do what I can, humility to admit what I can't, and wisdom to know the difference. (references; author: unknown) If you still have the courage after losing all, you can be rest-assured that you have not lost everything. (references; author: unknown) | |
Movie/TV Titles | The Red Badge of Courage (1974) Moeder Courage en haar kinderen (1969) Profiles in Courage (1964) The Password Is Courage (1962) Courage of Black Beauty (1957) | |
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 | Red ribbons displayed by residents show appreciation for the fire fighters courage and hard work. Credit: USDA. |  | Receives the Navy Cross from Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox, in the Secretary's Navy Department Office, 15 February 1943. Looking on is Vice Admiral Richard S. Edwards, Deputy Chief of Staff to the Commander in Chief U.S. Fleet. Captain Moran was awarded the Navy Cross for "extraordinary heroism and courage" as Commanding Officer of USS Boise (CL-47) during the Battle of Cape Esperance, 11-12 October 1942. Credit: NAVY. |
 | Who was awarded the Medal of Honor, posthumously, for conspicuous devotion to duty and extraordinary courage on board USS Oklahoma (BB-37) during the 7 December 1941 Japanese raid on Pearl Harbor. Halftone reproduction, copied from the official publication "Medal of Honor, 1861-1948, The Navy", page 184. Credit: NAVY. |  | Reverse of a Medal of Honor awarded posthumously to Chief Water Tender Peter Tomich for "extraordinary courage and disregard of his own safety" as USS Utah (AG-16) was sinking during the attack on Pearl Harbor, 7 December 1941. See Photo # NH 95030-KN for a view of the obverse of this medal. Credit: NAVY. |
 | Whistling to keep their courage up / Bradley. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | The "courage of destiny". Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Plaque (?) with head-and-shoulders portraits of Wilbur and Orville Wright, in recognition of their ability, courage, and success in navigating the air. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | U.S. Army develops all a man has of courage - it makes a strong body and trains the mind to disciplined decision Enlist!. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Berliner Frauenzeitung Courage 3 ... jede Frau braucht Courage, ab sofort am Kiosk!. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Aktuelle Frauenzeitung : Courage 10 ... jede Frau braucht Courage : ab sofort im Kiosk!. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| "Strawberry soap" by Guiga Müller Commentary: "A strawberry soap I don't have courage to use...it's so beautiful!." |
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Andrew Jackson | One man with courage makes a majority. |
Benjamin Disraeli | Courage is fire, and bullying is smoke. |
George Robert Gissing | Have the courage of your desire. |
Marcus T. Cicero | A man of courage is also full of faith. |
Ralph Waldo Emerson | Half a man's wisdom goes with his courage. |
Thomas Fuller | The more wit the less courage. |
| Despair gives courage to a coward. | |
Titus Maccius Plautus | Courage in danger is half the battle. |
William Blake | The weak in courage is strong in cunning. |
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John Locke | 1690 | If therefore they must have one to rule them, as government is hardly to be avoided amongst men that live together; who so likely to be the man as he that was their common father; unless negligence, cruelty, or any other defect of mind or body made him unfit for it? But when either the father died, and left his next heir, for want of age, wisdom, courage, or any other qualities, less fit for rule; or where several families met, and consented to continue together; there, it is not to be doubted, but they used their natural freedom, to set up him, whom they judged the ablest, and most likely, to rule well over them. (Second Treatise of Government) |
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Emma | Austen, Jane | My courage rises while I write |
Sylvie and Bruno Concluded | Carroll, Lewis | Then he took courage. |
A Christmas Carol | Dickens, Charles | He passed the door a dozen times, before he had the courage to go up and knock |
To Kill a Mockingbird | Harper Lee | I wanted you to see what real courage is, instead of getting the idea that courage is a man with a gun in his hand |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | The devotion of one man had given strength and courage to all. |
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man | Joyce, James | She ate the apple and gave it also to Adam who had not the moral courage to resist her. |
Grapes of Wrath | Steinbeck, John | But how can such courage be, and such faith in their own species |
Gulliver's Travels | Swift, Jonathan | However I had the courage to rise and draw my hanger, and attack them in the air. |
Walden | Thoreau, Henry David | We should impart our courage, and not our despair, our health and ease, and not our disease, and take care that this does not spread by contagion |
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Business | Kim Dae-Jung’s history of advocating economic reform for Korea along with the courage and determination of the Korean people indicate that such a foundation is indeed being created. (references) | |
Economic History | Iceland | Based on Norwegian and Icelandic histories and genealogies, the Sagas present views of Nordic life and times up to 1100 A.D. The Saga writers sought to record their heroes' great achievements and to glorify the virtues of courage, pride, and honor, focusing in the later Sagas on early Icelandic settlers. (references) |
Romania | In spite of drawing up several reform packages meant to establish clear restructuring and privatization procedures, eliminate subsidies, establish a more efficient banking system, introduce a modern tax system, and, most importantly, encourage foreign investment, they lacked the courage and, ultimately, the will to implement reform. (references) | |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | STORY, n. A narrative, commonly untrue. The truth of the stories here following has, however, not been successfully impeached. One evening Mr. Rudolph Block, of New York, found himself seated at dinner alongside Mr. Percival Pollard, the distinguished critic. "Mr. Pollard," said he, "my book, The Biography of a Dead Cow, is published anonymously, but you can hardly be ignorant of its authorship. Yet in reviewing it you speak of it as the work of the Idiot of the Century. Do you think that fair criticism?" "I am very sorry, sir," replied the critic, amiably, "but it did not occur to me that you really might not wish the public to know who wrote it." Mr. W.C. Morrow, who used to live in San Jose, California, was addicted to writing ghost stories which made the reader feel as if a stream of lizards, fresh from the ice, were streaking it up his back and hiding in his hair. San Jose was at that time believed to be haunted by the visible spirit of a noted bandit named Vasquez, who had been hanged there. The town was not very well lighted, and it is putting it mildly to say that San Jose was reluctant to be out o' nights. One particularly dark night two gentlemen were abroad in the loneliest spot within the city limits, talking loudly to keep up their courage, when they came upon Mr. J.J. Owen, a well-known journalist. "Why, Owen," said one, "what brings you here on such a night as this? You told me that this is one of Vasquez' favorite haunts! And you are a believer. Aren't you afraid to be out?" "My dear fellow," the journalist replied with a drear autumnal cadence in his speech, like the moan of a leaf-laden wind, "I am afraid to be in. I have one of Will Morrow's stories in my pocket and I don't dare to go where there is light enough to read it." Rear-Admiral Schley and Representative Charles F. Joy were standing near the Peace Monument, in Washington, discussing the question, Is success a failure? Mr. Joy suddenly broke off in the middle of an eloquent sentence, exclaiming: "Hello! I've heard that band before. Santlemann's, I think." "I don't hear any band," said Schley. "Come to think, I don't either," said Joy; "but I see General Miles coming down the avenue, and that pageant always affects me in the same way as a brass band. One has to scrutinize one's impressions pretty closely, or one will mistake their origin." While the Admiral was digesting this hasty meal of philosophy General Miles passed in review, a spectacle of impressive dignity. When the tail of the seeming procession had passed and the two observers had recovered from the transient blindness caused by its effulgence -- "He seems to be enjoying himself," said the Admiral. "There is nothing," assented Joy, thoughtfully, "that he enjoys one-half so well." The illustrious statesman, Champ Clark, once lived about a mile from the village of Jebigue, in Missouri. One day he rode into town on a favorite mule, and, hitching the beast on the sunny side of a street, in front of a saloon, he went inside in his character of teetotaler, to apprise the barkeeper that wine is a mocker. It was a dreadfully hot day. Pretty soon a neighbor came in and seeing Clark, said: "Champ, it is not right to leave that mule out there in the sun. He'll roast, sure! -- he was smoking as I passed him." "O, he's all right," said Clark, lightly; "he's an inveterate smoker." The neighbor took a lemonade, but shook his head and repeated that it was not right. He was a conspirator. There had been a fire the night before: a stable just around the corner had burned and a number of horses had put on their immortality, among them a young colt, which was roasted to a rich nut-brown. Some of the boys had turned Mr. Clark's mule loose and substituted the mortal part of the colt. Presently another man entered the saloon. "For mercy's sake!" he said, taking it with sugar, "do remove that mule, barkeeper: it smells." "Yes," interposed Clark, "that animal has the best nose in Missouri. But if he doesn't mind, you shouldn't." In the course of human events Mr. Clark went out, and there, apparently, lay the incinerated and shrunken remains of his charger. The boys idd not have any fun out of Mr. Clarke, who looked at the body and, with the non-committal expression to which he owes so much of his political preferment, went away. But walking home late that night he saw his mule standing silent and solemn by the wayside in the misty moonlight. Mentioning the name of Helen Blazes with uncommon emphasis, Mr. Clark took the back track as hard as ever he could hook it, and passed the night in town. General H.H. Wotherspoon, president of the Army War College, has a pet rib-nosed baboon, an animal of uncommon intelligence but imperfectly beautiful. Returning to his apartment one evening, the General was surprised and pained to find Adam (for so the creature is named, the general being a Darwinian) sitting up for him and wearing his master's best uniform coat, epaulettes and all. "You confounded remote ancestor!" thundered the great strategist, "what do you mean by being out of bed after naps? -- and with my coat on!" Adam rose and with a reproachful look got down on all fours in the manner of his kind and, scuffling across the room to a table, returned with a visiting-card: General Barry had called and, judging by an empty champagne bottle and several cigar-stumps, had been hospitably entertained while waiting. The general apologized to his faithful progenitor and retired. The next day he met General Barry, who said: "Spoon, old man, when leaving you last evening I forgot to ask you about those excellent cigars. Where did you get them?" General Wotherspoon did not deign to reply, but walked away. "Pardon me, please," said Barry, moving after him; "I was joking of course. Why, I knew it was not you before I had been in the room fifteen minutes." |
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Harry Belafonte | Well, I think those who have the capacity and the courage to make a difference by doing bold things, who refuse to apply that condition, are more often suspect of selling out than they are of standing brave and courageous as others have done. |
Rush Limbaugh | All you need, my friends, is the courage to believe the truth. |
Yitzhak Rabin | I am healthy. I wish all my colleagues to the peace process to be healthy. I admire King Hussein his courage in leading his country for a long time. I appreciate the Chairman Arafat for his courage to take the decision to enter into negotiations with us. |
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Calvin Coolidge | 1923-1929 | Because of what America is and what America has done, a firmer courage, a higher hope, inspires the heart of all humanity. |
Herbert C. Hoover | 1929-1933 | What America has done has given renewed hope and courage to all who have faith in government by the people. |
Lyndon B. Johnson | 1963-1969 | Yet neither great weapons nor individual courage can provide the conditions of peace. |
Ronald Reagan | 1981-1989 | Well now, we come to a family issue that we must have the courage to confront. |
George Bush | 1989-1993 | My friends in this chamber, we can bring the same courage and sense of common purpose to the economy that we brought to Desert Storm. |
Bill Clinton | 1993-2001 | Facing up to special interests will require courage. |
George W. Bush | 2001-2005 | By our courage, we will give hope to others. |
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| "Courage" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 90.55% of the time. "Courage" is used about 1,628 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 90.55% | 1,474 | 5,503 |
| Noun (proper) | 5.89% | 96 | 33,456 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 3.19% | 52 | 47,145 |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 0.31% | 5 | 157,705 |
| Noun (common) | 0.06% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 1,628 | N/A |
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| Canada | Courage Energy Inc. |
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Expressions using "courage": boost up smb.'s courage ♦ bulldog courage ♦ display great courage ♦ Dutch courage ♦ get up courage ♦ give courage ♦ have courage ♦ have the courage to do ♦ heroic courage ♦ lose courage ♦ man of courage ♦ moral courage ♦ one's courage oozing out ♦ pick courage ♦ pick up courage ♦ pluck up courage ♦ pluck up enough courage to ♦ pluck up one's courage ♦ prove smb.'s courage ♦ regain courage ♦ screw up one's courage ♦ summon up one's courage ♦ support the courage of the troops ♦ take courage ♦ take courage from ♦ take one's courage in both hands ♦ taking courage ♦ with a courage worthy of a better cause ♦ with unflinching courage ♦ you need a bit of dutch courage. Additional references. | |
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Beginning with "courage": courage-he. | |
Ending with "courage": Met-courage. | |
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| Language | Translations for "courage"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Afrikaans | moed, durf, dapperheid. (various references) | |
Albanian | kurajë (crust, grit, heart, pecker, pluck), guxim (audacity, boldness, dare, daring, doughtiness, fearlessness, fortitude, forwardness, guts, hardihood, hardiness, heart, intrepidity, mettle, nerve, pluck, spirit, spunk, stoutness, valor, valorous, valour). (various references) | |
Arabic | تشجع (nerve oneself, pluck, take heart), جراءة (audacity, bravery, daring, hardiness, temerity, valor, valour), جرأة (boldness, bravery, daring, enterprise, fearlessness, guts, intrepidity, nerve, pluck, stoutness, undauntedness), إستجمع شجاعته (pluck up courage, summon), شجاعة (assurance, brace, bravery, brawler, fortitude, gut, guts, hardiness, heroism, manhood, nerve, pluck, prowess, sand, spirit, spunk, stoutness, valor, valour), بسالة (gallantry, intrepidity, valor, valour). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | юначество, смелост (audacity, boldness, bravery, daring, enterprise, gallantry, hardihood, hardiness, manliness, pluck, sand, spirit, valor, valour), кураж (cheer up, fortitude, mettle, pecker, resolve, spunk), мъжество (fearlessness, heart, nerve, pluck, prowess, virility). (various references) | |
Chinese | 膽子 (nerves), 膽 (gall bladder, guts, the gall, the nerve), 勇氣 (valor), 勇气. (various references) | |
Czech | odvaha (boldness, daring, doughtiness, grit, guts, high spirits, mettle, nerve, spirit, spunk, valor, valour). (various references) | |
Danish | mod. (various references) | |
Dutch | moed, lef (audacity, boldness, daring), durf (audacity, boldness, daring), dapperheid. (various references) | |
Esperanto | kuraĝo. (various references) | |
Faeroese | dirvi. (various references) | |
Farsi | جرات (Gut, Mettle, Spirit, Spunk, Venture), رشادت (Gallantry, Heart), شجاعت (Bravery, Gallantry, Heroism, Manhood, Pluck, Valor), دلیری (Bravery, Chivalry, Glamor, Glamour, Spartanism, Spunk), دلاوری (Gallantry, Valor). (various references) | |
Finnish | uskallus (boldness, daring), urheus (bravery, valour), rohkeus (boldness, bravery, fortitude, pluck). (various references) | |
French | courage. (various references) | |
German | mut (audacity, boldness, braveness, gameness, gaminess, grit, hardihood, hardiness, heart, nerve, pluck, pluckiness, spirit, spirits, spunkiness, valor, valour). (various references) | |
Greek | γενναιότητα (braveness, bravery, courageousness, fortitude, gallantry, generousness, pluck, prowess, stoutness, valiancy, valor, valorousness, valour), ανδρεία (bravery, prowess, stalwarthness, stoutness, valor, valour), θάρροσ (elation, grit, gut, guts, heart, mettle, mettled, nerve, pluck, spunk), θάρρος (mettle). (various references) | |
Hebrew | עוז רוח (audacity, daring, fortitude, valour), אמיצות (boldness, strength), אמץ לב (bravery, heroism, pluck, spunk, valour), אמץ רוח, אמץ (nerve, pertness, stoutness, strength, virtue), אבירות (chivalry, knighthood, valour), נועזות (boldness, daring). (various references) | |
Hungarian | bátorság (audaciousness, audacity, boldness, bravado, bravery, dutch courage, fearlessness, fortitude, gallantry, heroism, high spirits, manhood, nerve, pluck, prowess, spunk, valor, valour). (various references) | |
Indonesian | semangat (elan, esprit, flush, genie, gusto, mercury, pep, spirit, verve, zeal, zest), kegagahan (boldness, conceitedness, firmness, handsomeness, strength, valor), keberanian (bravery, daring, gallantry, mettle, spunk, valiance, valor, valour). (various references) | |
Italian | coraggio (bravery, grit, guts, hardihood, heart, manliness, mettle, nerve, pluck, stoutness, valiancy, valor, valour). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 胆力 (grit, nerve). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | たんりょく (grit, nerve), きもったま (guts, nerve, pluck, spirit), きも (guts, liver, pluck, spirit), どきょう (bravery, grit, guts, nerve, pluck, sutra chanting), ごうたん (boldness, hardihood, valour), ゆうりょく (influence, potent, prominence), ゆうれつ (bravery, merits, quality, superiority or inferiority, valor), ゆうき (boldness, bravery, definite period or term, departed soul, evocation, evoke, ghost, nerve, organic, revenant, spirit, valour), ゆう (actor, bravery, evening, gentleness, gift, help, heroism, possession, superiority, to braid, to do up, to say), げんき (affectation, energy, health, ostentation, pep, robust, spirit, stamina, standard, vanity, vigor, vim, vitality), けなげ (brave, gallant, heroic, industrious, lovable, manly, praiseworthy, pure), えいき (ardour, excellent talent, high spirits, phases of moon, waxing and waning). (various references) | |
Korean | 용기. (various references) | |
Manx | creeaght (confidence, morale). (various references) | |
Norwegian | mot (across from, against, from, grit, in exchange for, opposed to, opposite, upon). (various references) | |
Papiamen | kurashi, brio (brave, courageous, diligent, energetic, hardworking, industrious, valiant, vigorous). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | ouragecay.(various references) | |
Polish | odwaga. (various references) | |
Portuguese | coragem (adventure, audaciousness, audacity, bravery, daring, doughtiness, gallantry, guts, hackle, hardihood, hardiness, heart, intrepidity, kill-devil, manfulness, manhood, manliness, nerve, pluck, prowess, resolution, sand, spunk, stoutness). (various references) | |
Romanian | curaj (boldness, bravery, chins up, come on, fearlessness, fortitude, gallantry, go, grit, gut, hardihood, manliness, nerve, pluck, recklessness, spirit, spunk, stomach, stoutness, valor, valour). (various references) | |
Russian | смелость (adventurousness, audacity, boldness, confidence, daring, Dutch courage, grittiness, gumption, hardihood, hardiness, pecker, pluck, pluckiness, spunk, spunkiness, temerity). (various references) | |
Scottish | misneach, misneachd, misneach (fortitude, spirit). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | smelost (boldness, daring, hardihood, hardiness), hrabrost (bravery, doughtiness, fortitude, gallantry, gut, hardihood, heart, mettle, morale, nerve, pluck, sportsmanship, spunk, valor, valour). (various references) | |
Spanish | valor (amount, bravery, caliber, calibre, cost, denomination, gallantry, guts, importance, nerve, price, prowess, spirit, stature, valor, valour, value, weight, worth). (various references) | |
Sranan | dek'ati. (various references) | |
Swedish | mod (bravery, fashion, fortitude, gumption, guts, heart, mode, mood, moxie, pluck, sand, spirits, style, valor, valour, vogue), kurage (grit, guts, mettle, spunk). (various references) | |
Tagalog | tápang. (various references) | |
Thai | ความบ้าบิ่นจากฤทธิ์ของเหล้า (Dutch courage). (various references) | |
Turkish | cesaret (audacity, bear up, boldness, bravery, chivalry, daring, doughtiness, enterprise, fearlessness, fortitude, gallantry, grit, gumption, guts, hardihood, hardiness, heart, nerve, pecker, pluck, prowess, sand, spirit, spunk, stoutness, ticker, valiantness, valor, valour), yiğitlik (achievements, bravery, dare devilry, dare deviltry, daring, doughtiness, exploit, feat, gallantry, gameness, intrepidity, manfulness, pluckiness, prowess, stoutness, valiantness, valor, virility), yüreklilik (pecker, pluck, spunk, valour), medeni cesaret (moral). (various references) | |
Turkmen | яьreklilik (boldness), mertlik, batyrlyk (boldness). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | сміливість (audacity, bield, daring, gumption, hardihood, pluck), хоробрість (bravery, gallantry, spunk, valiance, valiancy), відвага (audacity, daring, doughtiness, hardiness, prowess, stoutness), мужність (bravery, machismo, manhood, manliness, masculinity, mettle, nerve). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | sự dũng cảm (dauntlessness, gameness, hardiness, prowess, stout-heartedness), sự can đảm (gallantry), kiên quyết bảo vệ quan điểm của mình. (various references) | |
Welsh | gwroldeb (bravery), glewdra (resource). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Sumerian | 3100 BCE-2500 BCE | libi. (various references) |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | animositas, animositatem, animositates, animositatis, animus, audacia, audaciae, audaciam, audentia, cervix, constantia, constantiam, cor, ferocitas, fiducia, fiduciae, fiduciam, fortitudine, fortitudinem, fortitudines, fortitudini, fortitudinibus, fortitudinis, fortitudo, mens, mente, mentem, mentes, mentibus, mentis, mentium, mentum, spiritus, virtus, virtute, virtutem, virtutes, virtutesque, virtuti, virtutibus, virtutis, virtutisque, virtutum. (various references) |
| Avestan | 200-600 | ama. (various references) |
| Old English | 450-1100 | ellen, hige, mod. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Acts Chapter 28, Verse 15 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Kakeiqen oi adelfoi akousanteV ta peri hmwn exhlqon eiV apanthsin hmin acriV appiou forou kai triwn tabernwn ouV idwn o pauloV eucaristhsaV tw qew elaben qarsoV |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Et inde cum audissent fratres occurrerunt nobis usque ad Appii Forum et Tribus Tabernis quos cum vidisset Paulus gratias agens Deo accepit fiduciam |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | And fro thennus whanne britheren hadden herd, thei camen to vs to the cheping of Appius, and to the Thre tauernes. |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | And from thence when ye brethren hearde of vs they came agaynst vs to Apiphorum and to ye thre taverns. When Paul sawe the he thanked God and wexed bolde. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | And from thence, when the brethren heard of us, they came to meet us as far as Appii forum, and The three taverns: whom when Paul saw, he thanked God, and took courage. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | And from thence when the brethren heard of us, they came to meet us as far as Appii-forum, and the Three taverns: whom when Paul saw, he thanked God, and took courage. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | And the brothers, when they had news of us, came out from town as far as Appii Forum and the Three Taverns to have a meeting with us: and Paul, seeing them, gave praise to God and took heart. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Acts Chapter 28, Verse 15 |
| Albanian | Dhe vëllezërit e atjeshëm, kur dëgjuan për ne, na dolën para deri te Fori Apian dhe te Tri Tavernat; dhe Pali, kur i pa, e falënderoi Perëndinë dhe mori zemër. |
| Cebuano | Ug ang mga kaigsoonan didto, sa ilang pagkadungog mahitungod kanamo, nangadto hangtud sa Foro de Apio ug sa Tres Tabernas aron sa pagsugat kanamo. Ug sa iyang pagkakita kanila si Pablo nagpasalamat sa Dios ug nadasig pag-ayo. |
| Croatian | Kada su tamošnja braæa èula za nas, iziðoše nam u susret do Apijeva trga i Triju gostionica. Kad ih Pavao ugleda, zahvali Bogu i ohrabri se. |
| Danish | Og Brødrene derfra, som havde hørt om os, kom os i Møde til Appius's Forum og Tres-Tabernæ. Og da Paulus så dem, takkede han Gud og fattede Mod. |
| Dutch | En vandaar kwamen de broeders, van onze zaken gehoord hebbende, ons tegemoet tot Appiusmarkt, en de drie tabernen; welke Paulus ziende, dankte hij God en greep moed. |
| Finnish | Ja kun veljet siellä saivat kuulla meistä, tulivat he meitä vastaan Appii Forumiin ja Tres Tabernaen kohdalle saakka; ja heidät nähdessään Paavali kiitti Jumalaa ja sai rohkeutta. |
| French | De Rome vinrent à notre rencontre, jusqu`au Forum d`Appius et aux Trois Tavernes, les frères qui avaient entendu parler de nous. Paul, en les voyant, rendit grâces à Dieu, et prit courage. |
| German | Und von dort, da die Brüder von uns hörten, gingen sie aus, uns entgegen, bis gen Appifor und Tretabern. Da die Paulus sah, dankte er Gott und gewann eine Zuversicht. |
| Hungarian | Onnét is az atyafiak, mikor a mi dolgainkat meghallották, nékünk elõnkbe jövének Appii Forumig és Tres Tabernaeig. És mikor Pál meglátta õket, hálákat adván az Istennek, bátorságot võn. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Saudara-saudara di Roma yang percaya kepada Yesus mendengar kabar tentang kami, sehingga mereka datang sampai ke Pasar Apius dan Pasanggrahan Tiga untuk menyambut kami. Ketika Paulus berjumpa dengan mereka, ia mengucap terima kasih kepada Allah dan hatinya menjadi tabah. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Setelah saudara-saudara yang di sana mendengar hal ihwal kami, maka datanglah mereka itu sampai ke pekan Apius dan Kedai Tiga berjumpa dengan kami. Tatkala Paulus terpandang mereka itu, lalu mengucapkan syukur kepada Allah sambil menetapkan hatinya. |
| Italian | I fratelli di là, avendo avuto notizie di noi, ci vennero incontro fino al Foro di Appio e alle Tre Taverne. Paolo, al vederli, rese grazie a Dio e prese coraggio. |
| Maori | A ka rongo nga tuakana o reira ki a matou, ka haere ake ki te whakatau i a matou ki Te Makete o Apiu, ki Wharetoru: a, i te kitenga o Paora i a ratou, ka whakawhetai ki te Atua, ka ora te ngakau. |
| Norwegian | Og da brødrene der fikk høre om oss, gikk de oss i møte derfra til Forum Appii og Tres Tabernæ; da Paulus så dem, takket han Gud og fattet mot. |
| Portuguese | Ora, os irmãos da lá, havendo recebido notícias nossas, vieram ao nosso encontro até a praça de Ápio e às Três Vendas, e Paulo, quando os viu, deu graças a Deus e cobrou ânimo. |
| Rumanian | Din Roma ne-au iewit knainte, pknq kn ,,Forul lui Apiu``, wi pknq la ,,Cele trei Ckrciumi``, frayii, cari auziserq despre noi. Cknd i -a vqzut Pavel, a mulyqmit lui Dumnezeu, wi s`a kmbqrbqtat. |
| Shuar | Tura Rúmanmaya Yus-shuar, ii jeatniurin neka ásar Jintiá inkiunmaktai tusar winiarmiayi. Chíkichkia Apiu pepru Támanum Táarmiayi, tura Chíkichkia, Menaintiu Jea tutainium Táarmiayi. Nuna Káunkan Wáiniak Papru shiir Enentáimias Yúsan yuminsamiayi. |
| Swahili | Ndugu wa kule Roma walipopata habari zetu, wakaja kutulaki kwenye soko la Apio na Mikahawa Mitatu. Paulo alipowaona alimshukuru Mungu, akapata moyo. |
| Swedish | Så snart bröderna där fingo höra om oss, gingo de oss till mötes ända till Forum Appii och Tres Taberne. När Paulus fick se dem, tackade han Gud och fick nytt mod. |
| Uma | Hi lengko ohea-pidi-kai, ompi' -ompi' hampepangalaa' to hi Roma mpo'epe kaneo' -kai rata-mi. Toe pai' katumai-rami mpotomu-kai hi ngata to rahanga' Pasar Apius pai' Pasanggrahan to Tolu. Kanahilo-na Paulus ompi' hampepangalaa' -kai ngkai Roma toera, na'uli' tarima kasi hi Alata'ala, pai' morawa-mi nono-na. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "courage": courageous, courageously, courageousness, courageousnesses, courages. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "courage": discourage, encourage, overencourage. (additional references) | |
Words containing "courage": discourageable, discouraged, discouragement, discouragements, discourager, discouragers, discourages, encouraged, encouragement, encouragements, encourager, encouragers, encourages, overencouraged, overencourages, uncourageous, undiscouraged. (additional references) | |
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"Courage" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Coraggio, Corrouge, cougare, coupage, courag, couraged, Courages, courare, courge, Courreges, coursage, Courtade, covrage, curage, curagh, Kouyate, touareg. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "courage" (pronounced 'Cour"age'): Abusage, Accourage, Adage, Adjustage, Alloyage, Amperage, Appendage, Arrearage, Berthage, Blindage, blockage, Boatage, Bondage, Borage, Bordage, Bossage, Breakage, Brewage, Buoyage, Burgage, Careenage, Cartage, Centage, Checkage, Chiefage, Clearage, Cloudage, Clownage, Coinage, Corage, Cordage, Corkage, Costage, Couage, Cranage, Crimpage, Cuinage, Encourage, Endamage, Escheatage, Floodage, Floorage, flowage, Foldage, Fraughtage, freightage, Frequentage, frontage, fruitage, Frutage. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-e-g-o-r-u" | |
-1 letter: aerugo, cougar. | |
-2 letters: argue, auger, cager, cargo, erugo, grace, guaco, ocrea, rogue, rouge, rugae. | |
-3 letters: acre, aero, ager, ague, arco, cage, care, cero, core, crag, cure, ecru, ergo, euro, gaur, gear, goer, gore, grue, guar, ogre, orca, race, rage, roue, ruga, urea, urge. | |
-4 letters: ace, age, ago, arc, are, car, cog, cor, cue, cur. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-e-g-o-r-u" | |
+1 letter: courages. | |
+2 letters: corrugate, encourage, outcharge. | |
+3 letters: cataloguer, choraguses, clangoured, corrugated, corrugates, courageous, discourage, encouraged, encourager, encourages, goatsucker, guacharoes, outcharged, outcharges, supercargo. | |
+4 letters: accoutering, archegonium, cataloguers, cofeaturing, discouraged, discourager, discourages, encouragers, encouraging, goatsuckers, granulocyte, outcapering, outreaching, oversaucing, subcategory, sugarcoated, supercargos, surrogacies. | |
+5 letters: agranulocyte, argillaceous, backgrounded, backgrounder, congratulate, counteragent, counterargue, counterimage, courageously, discouragers, edulcorating, gesticulator, graciousness, granulocytes, necrophagous, neurological, outpreaching, sacrilegious, secretagogue, supercargoes, superorganic, turbocharged, turbocharger, uncourageous, undercoating. | |
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