noun
Meaning 1
Being brave, courageousness.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
bravery
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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Pronunciation
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noun
Meaning 2
A brave act.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, rare, usually
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Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
Splendor, magnificence.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
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noun
Meaning 4
a quality of spirit that enables you to face danger or pain without showing fear
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: courage, courageousness, braveness
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: spirit
Narrower terms: heart, mettle, nerve, spunk, heroism, gallantry, valor, valour, valorousness, valiance, valiancy, dauntlessness, intrepidity, Dutch courage, stoutheartedness, fearlessness, fortitude
noun
Meaning 5
feeling no fear
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: fearlessness
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: feeling
Narrower terms: security
History
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French braverie, from braver (“to brave”), or Italian braveria, from bravare (“to brave”). By surface analysis, brave + -ery.
Across languages
Translations
110 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Afrikaans: dapperheid — being brave
- Albanian: guxim — being brave
- Albanian: trimëri — being brave
- Arabic: شَجَاعَة (šajāʕa) — being brave
- Armenian: քաջություն (kʻaǰutʻyun) — being brave
- Armenian: արիություն (ariutʻyun) — being brave
- Armenian: խիզախություն (xizaxutʻyun) — being brave
- Asturian: bravura — being brave
- Asturian: braveza — being brave
- Azerbaijani: cəsarət — being brave
- Azerbaijani: igidlik — being brave
- Belarusian: сме́ласць (smjélascʹ) — being brave
- Belarusian: хра́брасць (xrábrascʹ) — being brave
- Belarusian: адва́га (adváha) — being brave
- Bengali: বাহাদুরি (bahaduri) — being brave
- Bengali: কেরদানী (kerdani) — being brave
- Bulgarian: сме́лост (smélost) — being brave
- Bulgarian: хра́брост (hrábrost) — being brave
- Burmese: ရဲစွမ်းသတ္တိ (rai:cwam:satti.) — being brave
- Catalan: bravesa — being brave
- Catalan: bravor — being brave
- Catalan: bravura — being brave
- Catalan: valor — being brave
- Chinese Mandarin: 勇敢 (yǒnggǎn) — being brave
- Czech: statečnost — being brave
- Czech: odvaha — being brave
- Danish: mod — being brave
- Danish: tapperhed — being brave
- Dutch: moed — being brave
- Dutch: dapperheid — being brave
- Estonian: vaprus — being brave
- Faroese: mót — being brave
- Faroese: dirvi — being brave
- Finnish: rohkeus — being brave
- French: courage — being brave
- Galician: bravura — being brave
- Galician: braveza — being brave
- Georgian: სიმამაცე (simamace) — being brave
- Georgian: ვაჟკაცობა (važḳacoba) — being brave
- German: Tapferkeit — being brave
- Greek: ανδρεία (andreía) — being brave
- Ancient Greek: θάρσος (thársos) — being brave
- Ancient Greek: ἀνδρεία (andreía) — being brave
- Hindi: बहादुरी (bahādurī) — being brave
- Hindi: वीरता (vīrtā) — being brave
- Icelandic: hugrekki — being brave
- Ido: braveso — being brave
- Indonesian: keberanian — being brave
- Irish: crógacht — being brave
- Japanese: 勇気 (yūki) — being brave
- Japanese: 剛勇 (gōyū) — being brave
- Khmer: សេចក្ដីក្លាហាន (səchkdəy klaa haan) — being brave
- Korean: 용감성 (yonggamseong) — being brave
- Korean: 용감 (yonggam) — being brave
- Korean: 용기 (yonggi) — being brave
- Latin: mīlitia — being brave
- Latvian: drosme — being brave
- Lithuanian: drąsà — being brave
- Macedonian: храброст (hrabrost) — being brave
- Macedonian: смелост (smelost) — being brave
- Malayalam: ധീരത (dhīrata) — being brave
- Māori: hautoa — being brave
- Māori: māia — being brave
- Māori: toa — being brave
- Marathi: शौर्य (śaurya) — being brave
- Marathi: शूरता (śūrtā) — being brave
- Marathi: बहाद्दरी (bahāddarī) — being brave
- Middle English: douȝtines — being brave
- Norwegian Bokmål: mot — being brave
- Norwegian Bokmål: tapperhet — being brave
- Occitan: bravesa — being brave
- Old English: ellen — being brave
- Persian: شجاعت (šajâ'at) — being brave
- Polish: odwaga — being brave
- Polish: śmiałość — being brave
- Portuguese: bravura — being brave
- Portuguese: braveza — being brave
- Romanian: bravură — being brave
- Romanian: curaj — being brave
- Romanian: bărbăție — being brave
- Russian: хра́брость (xrábrostʹ) — being brave
- Russian: сме́лость (smélostʹ) — being brave
- Russian: отва́га (otvága) — being brave
- Serbo-Croatian: храброст — being brave
- Serbo-Croatian: смелост — being brave
- Serbo-Croatian: hrabrost — being brave
- Serbo-Croatian: smelost — being brave
- Slovak: statočnosť — being brave
- Slovak: odvaha — being brave
- Slovene: pogum — being brave
- Slovene: hrabrost — being brave
- Spanish: braveza — being brave
- Spanish: bravura — being brave
- Swahili: ujasiri — being brave
- Swedish: tapperhet — being brave
- Turkish: cesaret — being brave
- Turkish: cesurluk — being brave
- Turkish: yiğitlik — being brave
- Ukrainian: хоро́брість (xoróbristʹ) — being brave
- Ukrainian: сміли́вість (smilývistʹ) — being brave
- Ukrainian: відва́га (vidváha) — being brave
- Urdu: بَہادَری (bahādarī) — being brave
- Urdu: شُجاعَت (śujā‘at) — being brave
- Vietnamese: sự dũng cảm — being brave
- Czech: odvážný čin — brave act
- Hindi: वीरता (vīrtā) — brave act
- Ido: bravajo — brave act
- Persian: شجاعت (šojâ'at) — brave act
- Persian: دلاوری (delâvari) — brave act
- Russian: сме́лый посту́пок (smélyj postúpok) — brave act
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