ambitious

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From Middle English ambitious, from Middle French ambitieus, from Latin ambitiosus, from ambitio; see ambition. Compare with French ambitieux. By surface analysis, ambit + -ious.

95 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: طَمُوح (ṭamūḥ) — possessing, or controlled by, ambition
• Armenian: հավակնոտ (havaknot) — possessing, or controlled by, ambition
• Belarusian: амбіцы́йны (ambicýjny) — possessing, or controlled by, ambition
• Belarusian: славалюбі́вы (slavaljubívy) — possessing, or controlled by, ambition
• Belarusian: амбі́тны (ambítny) — possessing, or controlled by, ambition
• Bulgarian: амбицио́зен (ambiciózen) — possessing, or controlled by, ambition
• Bulgarian: честолюби́в (čestoljubív) — possessing, or controlled by, ambition
• Catalan: ambiciós — possessing, or controlled by, ambition
• Chamicuro: kapapeskajpola — possessing, or controlled by, ambition
• Chinese Cantonese: 遠大 /远大 (jyun5 daai6) — possessing, or controlled by, ambition
• Hakka Chinese: 遠大 /远大 (yén-thai) — possessing, or controlled by, ambition
• Chinese Mandarin: 有雄心 (yǒu xióngxīn) — possessing, or controlled by, ambition
• Chinese Mandarin: 遠大 /远大 (yuǎndà) — possessing, or controlled by, ambition
• Chinese Mandarin: 有野心的 (yǒu yěxīn de) — possessing, or controlled by, ambition
• Chinese Mandarin: 雄心勃勃的 (xióngxīn bóbó de) — possessing, or controlled by, ambition
• Czech: ctižádostivý — possessing, or controlled by, ambition
• Danish: ambitiøs — possessing, or controlled by, ambition
• Dutch: eerzuchtig — possessing, or controlled by, ambition
• Dutch: ambitieus — possessing, or controlled by, ambition
• Esperanto: ambicia — possessing, or controlled by, ambition
• Esperanto: glorama — possessing, or controlled by, ambition
• Finnish: kunnianhimoinen — possessing, or controlled by, ambition
• French: ambitieux — possessing, or controlled by, ambition
• Galician: ambicioso — possessing, or controlled by, ambition
• Gallurese: paddinósu — possessing, or controlled by, ambition
• Georgian: ამბიციური (ambiciuri) — possessing, or controlled by, ambition
• German: ehrgeizig — possessing, or controlled by, ambition
• German: ambitioniert — possessing, or controlled by, ambition
• Hebrew: שאפתני (shaaftaní) — possessing, or controlled by, ambition
• Hungarian: becsvágyó — possessing, or controlled by, ambition
• Hungarian: nagyravágyó — possessing, or controlled by, ambition
• Hungarian: ambiciózus — possessing, or controlled by, ambition
• Italian: ambizioso — possessing, or controlled by, ambition
• Japanese: 野心的 (yashinteki) — possessing, or controlled by, ambition
• Korean: 야심적 (yasimjeok) — possessing, or controlled by, ambition
• Latin: ambitiōsus — possessing, or controlled by, ambition
• Luxembourgish: ambitiéis — possessing, or controlled by, ambition
• Luxembourgish: éiergäizeg — possessing, or controlled by, ambition
• Maltese: ambizzjuż — possessing, or controlled by, ambition
• Māori: whai awhero — possessing, or controlled by, ambition
• Middle English: ambicious — possessing, or controlled by, ambition
• Polish: ambitny — possessing, or controlled by, ambition
• Portuguese: ambicioso — possessing, or controlled by, ambition
• Romanian: ambițios — possessing, or controlled by, ambition
• Russian: амбицио́зный (ambicióznyj) — possessing, or controlled by, ambition
• Russian: честолюби́вый (čestoljubívyj) — possessing, or controlled by, ambition
• Campidanese Sardinian: ambitziosu — possessing, or controlled by, ambition
• Sardinian: mattauddone — possessing, or controlled by, ambition
• Sassarese: ambiziosu — possessing, or controlled by, ambition
• Scottish Gaelic: dian-thograch — possessing, or controlled by, ambition
• Scottish Gaelic: gionach — possessing, or controlled by, ambition
• Serbo-Croatian: ambiciozan — possessing, or controlled by, ambition
• Serbo-Croatian: častohlepan — possessing, or controlled by, ambition
• Spanish: ambicioso — possessing, or controlled by, ambition
• Swedish: ambitiös — possessing, or controlled by, ambition
• Swedish: högtflygande — possessing, or controlled by, ambition
• Thai: ทะเยอทะยาน (tá-yəə-tá-yaan) — possessing, or controlled by, ambition
• Thai: มักใหญ่ใฝ่สูง — possessing, or controlled by, ambition
• Turkish: hırslı — possessing, or controlled by, ambition
• Turkish: hevesli — possessing, or controlled by, ambition
• Ukrainian: амбіці́йний (ambicíjnyj) — possessing, or controlled by, ambition
• Ukrainian: амбі́тний (ambítnyj) — possessing, or controlled by, ambition
• Ukrainian: честолю́бний (čestoljúbnyj) — possessing, or controlled by, ambition
• Vietnamese: có hoài bão — possessing, or controlled by, ambition
• Vietnamese: có tham vọng — possessing, or controlled by, ambition
• Bulgarian: жадуващ (žaduvašt) — strongly desirous
• Chinese Mandarin: 渴望的 (kěwàng de) — strongly desirous
• Chinese Mandarin: 熱切的 /热切的 (rèqiè de) — strongly desirous
• Dutch: eerzuchtig — strongly desirous
• Finnish: innokas — strongly desirous
• Georgian: პატივმოყვარე (ṗaṭivmoq̇vare) — strongly desirous
• German: ehrgeizig — strongly desirous
• Russian: жа́ждущий (žážduščij) — strongly desirous
• Scottish Gaelic: dian-thograch — strongly desirous
• Scottish Gaelic: gionach — strongly desirous
• Spanish: ambicioso — strongly desirous
• Turkish: arzulu — strongly desirous
• Turkish: istekli — strongly desirous
• Bulgarian: претенцио́зен (pretenciózen) — showy
• Chinese Mandarin: 出於野心的 /出于野心的 (chūyú yěxīn de) — showy
• Chinese Mandarin: 顯示野心的 /显示野心的 (xiǎnshì yěxīn de) — showy
• Finnish: näyttävä — showy
• German: ehrgeizig — showy
• German: aufstrebend — showy
• Polish: ambicjonalny — showy
• Polish: ambitny — showy
• Russian: показно́й (pokaznój) — showy
• Russian: претенцио́зный (pretencióznyj) — showy
• Turkish: gösterişli — showy
• Turkish: havalı — showy
• Chinese Mandarin: 難以實現的 /难以实现的 (nányǐ shíxiàn de) — hard to achieve
• Chinese Mandarin: 艱巨的 /艰巨的 (jiānjù de) — hard to achieve
• Finnish: kunnianhimoinen — hard to achieve
• Polish: ambitny — hard to achieve
• Portuguese: ambicioso — hard to achieve