audacity

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• US: /ɔˈdæ.sɪ.ti/
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• US: [ɔˈdæ.sɪ.ɾi]
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• cot-caught-merger: /ɑˈdæ.sɪ.ti/
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From Middle English audacite, from Medieval Latin audācitās (whence -acity), from Latin audāx (“bold”), from audeō (“to be bold, to dare”).

115 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: смелост (smelost) — fearless daring
• Bulgarian: безстрашие (bezstrašie) — fearless daring
• Catalan: audàcia — fearless daring
• Catalan: gosadia — fearless daring
• Chinese Mandarin: 大膽 /大胆 (dàdǎn) — fearless daring
• Chinese Mandarin: 無畏 /无畏 (wúwèi) — fearless daring
• Czech: odvaha — fearless daring
• Dutch: moed — fearless daring
• Esperanto: aŭdaco — fearless daring
• Finnish: uhkarohkeus — fearless daring
• French: audace — fearless daring
• French: culot — fearless daring
• Galician: audacia — fearless daring
• Galician: afouteza — fearless daring
• Galician: atrevemento — fearless daring
• Galician: ousadía — fearless daring
• German: Mut — fearless daring
• German: Heldenmut — fearless daring
• German: Chuzpe — fearless daring
• German: Wagemut — fearless daring
• German: Kühnheit — fearless daring
• German: Draufgängertum — fearless daring
• German: Verwegenheit — fearless daring
• Greek: τόλμη (tólmi) — fearless daring
• Hebrew: אומץ לב — fearless daring
• Hungarian: rettenthetetlenség — fearless daring
• Hungarian: bátorság — fearless daring
• Hungarian: vakmerőség — fearless daring
• Icelandic: dirfska — fearless daring
• Icelandic: fífldirfska — fearless daring
• Ido: audaco — fearless daring
• Māori: whakatoatoa — fearless daring
• Polish: śmiałość — fearless daring
• Polish: zuchwałość — fearless daring
• Portuguese: audácia — fearless daring
• Romanian: îndrăzneală — fearless daring
• Russian: бесстра́шие (besstrášije) — fearless daring
• Spanish: osadía — fearless daring
• Spanish: audacia — fearless daring
• Spanish: demasía — fearless daring
• Swedish: djärvhet — fearless daring
• Swedish: dristighet — fearless daring
• Turkish: atılganlık — fearless daring
• Turkish: cesaret — fearless daring
• Turkish: cürret — fearless daring
• Turkish: girişkenlik — fearless daring
• Ottoman Turkish: جسورلق (cesurluk) — fearless daring
• Welsh: beiddgarwch — fearless daring
• Arabic: جُرْأَة (jurʔa) — insolent boldness
• Arabic: وَقَاحَة (waqāḥa) — insolent boldness
• Arabic: جُرْأَة (jurʔa) — insolent boldness
• Arabic: بَجَاحَة (bajāḥa) — insolent boldness
• Bulgarian: дързост (dǎrzost) — insolent boldness
• Catalan: barra — insolent boldness
• Catalan: desvergonyiment — insolent boldness
• Chinese Mandarin: 放肆 (fàngsì) — insolent boldness
• Chinese Mandarin: 魯莽 /鲁莽 (lǔmǎng) — insolent boldness
• Czech: smělost — insolent boldness
• Czech: troufalost — insolent boldness
• Czech: opovážlivost — insolent boldness
• Danish: frækhed — insolent boldness
• Dutch: brutaliteit — insolent boldness
• Esperanto: aŭdaco — insolent boldness
• Finnish: julkeus — insolent boldness
• Finnish: otsa — insolent boldness
• Finnish: röyhkeys — insolent boldness
• French: audace — insolent boldness
• French: toupet — insolent boldness
• French: culot — insolent boldness
• French: impudence — insolent boldness
• Galician: descaro — insolent boldness
• Galician: insolencia — insolent boldness
• Georgian: თავხედობა (tavxedoba) — insolent boldness
• German: Dreistigkeit — insolent boldness
• German: Unverschämtheit — insolent boldness
• German: Unverfrorenheit — insolent boldness
• German: Verwegenheit f. — insolent boldness
• Greek: θράσος (thrásos) — insolent boldness
• Ancient Greek: τόλμη (tólmē) — insolent boldness
• Hebrew: עזות מצח — insolent boldness
• Hungarian: vakmerőség — insolent boldness
• Icelandic: ofdirfska — insolent boldness
• Icelandic: ósvífni — insolent boldness
• Icelandic: ófyrirleitni — insolent boldness
• Icelandic: bíræfni — insolent boldness
• Ido: audaco — insolent boldness
• Persian: جرأت (jor'at) — insolent boldness
• Persian: پررویی (por-ruyi) — insolent boldness
• Polish: arogancja — insolent boldness
• Polish: aroganckość — insolent boldness
• Polish: bezczelność — insolent boldness
• Polish: bezwstyd — insolent boldness
• Polish: bezwstydność — insolent boldness
• Polish: czelność — insolent boldness
• Polish: hucpiarskość — insolent boldness
• Polish: impertynencja — insolent boldness
• Polish: impertynenckość — insolent boldness
• Polish: tupeciarskość — insolent boldness
• Polish: zuchwałość — insolent boldness
• Portuguese: audácia — insolent boldness
• Russian: сме́лость (smélostʹ) — insolent boldness
• Russian: де́рзость (dérzostʹ) — insolent boldness
• Spanish: audacia — insolent boldness
• Spanish: desfachatez — insolent boldness
• Swedish: fräckhet — insolent boldness
• Thai: อหังการ — insolent boldness
• Thai: มุทะลุ — insolent boldness
• Turkish: cesaret — insolent boldness
• Turkish: cesurluk — insolent boldness
• Turkish: cüret — insolent boldness
• Turkish: küstahlık — insolent boldness
• Turkish: korkusuzluk — insolent boldness
• Ukrainian: зухвалість (zuxvalistʹ) — insolent boldness
• Welsh: digywilydd-dra — insolent boldness
• Yiddish: חוצפּה (khutspe) — insolent boldness