countenance

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• UK, US: /ˈkaʊn.tə.nəns/
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• UK, US: /ˈkaʊnt.nəns/
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• Australian: [kæũ̯n.tɪ̆.nəns]
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From Middle English contenaunce, countenaunce, from Anglo-Norman countenance and Old French contenance, from the present participle of contenir, or from Late Latin continentia, and therefore a doublet of continence.

114 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: gesigsuitdrukking — face
• Arabic: مَلَامِح (malāmiḥ) — face
• Armenian: դեմք (demkʻ) — face
• Armenian: դեմքի արտահայտություն (demkʻi artahaytutʻyun) — face
• Bulgarian: изражение на лицето (izraženie na liceto) — face
• Chinese Mandarin: 面容 (miànróng) — face
• Czech: výraz — face
• Czech: tvář — face
• Danish: ansigt — face
• Danish: mine — face
• Dutch: gelaatsuitdrukking — face
• Dutch: verschijning — face
• Finnish: ilme — face
• Finnish: kasvonpiirteet — face
• French: visage — face
• Galician: cariz — face
• Georgian: სახის გამომეტყველება (saxis gamomeṭq̇veleba) — face
• German: Antlitz — face
• German: Gesichtsausdruck — face
• German: Miene — face
• Gothic: 𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌰𐌿𐌲𐌹 (andaugi) — face
• Greek: όψη (ópsi) — face
• Greek: μορφή (morfí) — face
• Greek: παρουσιαστικό (parousiastikó) — face
• Greek: φυσιογνωμία (fysiognomía) — face
• Haitian Creole: figi — face
• Icelandic: andlit — face
• Irish: gnúis — face
• Italian: sembianza — face
• Italian: apparenza — face
• Italian: espressione — face
• Macedonian: лик (lik) — face
• Norwegian Bokmål: mine — face
• Polish: oblicze — face
• Polish: wyraz twarzy — face
• Polish: mina — face
• Portuguese: aparência — face
• Portuguese: semblante — face
• Russian: выраже́ние лица (vyražénije lica) — face
• Scottish Gaelic: aogas — face
• Serbo-Croatian: лик — face
• Serbo-Croatian: lik — face
• Spanish: semblante — face
• Spanish: apariencia — face
• Spanish: expresión — face
• Spanish: rostro — face
• Spanish: faz — face
• Spanish: fisionomía — face
• Spanish: fisonomía — face
• Swedish: uppsyn — face
• Swedish: min — face
• Turkish: çehre — face
• Turkish: yüz — face
• Ottoman Turkish: یوز (yüz) — face
• Ottoman Turkish: چهره (çehre) — face
• Ottoman Turkish: وجه (vech, vecih) — face
• Ottoman Turkish: رو (rû) — face
• Czech: podpora — favour; support; encouragement
• Czech: schvalování — favour; support; encouragement
• German: Unterstützung — favour; support; encouragement
• Spanish: apoyo — favour; support; encouragement
• Turkish: destekleme — favour; support; encouragement
• Spanish: semblante — superficial appearance; show; pretense
• Spanish: expresión — superficial appearance; show; pretense
• Spanish: fisionomía — superficial appearance; show; pretense
• Spanish: fisonomía — superficial appearance; show; pretense
• Czech: vyrovnanost — calm facial expression
• Czech: klid — calm facial expression
• German: Fassung — calm facial expression
• German: Haltung — calm facial expression
• German: Ruhe — calm facial expression
• German: Beherrschtheit — calm facial expression
• German: Contenance — calm facial expression
• Turkish: yüz ifadesi — calm facial expression
• Armenian: աջակցել (aǰakcʻel) — tolerate, support, sanction
• Armenian: սատարել (satarel) — tolerate, support, sanction
• Armenian: քաջալերել (kʻaǰalerel) — tolerate, support, sanction
• Armenian: համակրել (hamakrel) — tolerate, support, sanction
• Bulgarian: подкрепям (podkrepjam) — tolerate, support, sanction
• Bulgarian: одобрявам (odobrjavam) — tolerate, support, sanction
• Czech: podporovat — tolerate, support, sanction
• Czech: připustit — tolerate, support, sanction
• Czech: dovolit — tolerate, support, sanction
• Czech: tolerovat — tolerate, support, sanction
• Danish: billige — tolerate, support, sanction
• Danish: støtte — tolerate, support, sanction
• Danish: tolerere — tolerate, support, sanction
• Dutch: gedogen — tolerate, support, sanction
• Dutch: dulden — tolerate, support, sanction
• Finnish: sallia — tolerate, support, sanction
• French: approuver — tolerate, support, sanction
• German: billigen — tolerate, support, sanction
• German: dulden — tolerate, support, sanction
• Greek: υποστηρίζω (ypostirízo) — tolerate, support, sanction
• Greek: ενθαρρύνω (entharrýno) — tolerate, support, sanction
• Ancient Greek: ἐπαινέω (epainéō) — tolerate, support, sanction
• Icelandic: láta viðgangast — tolerate, support, sanction
• Latin: faveō — tolerate, support, sanction
• Norwegian Bokmål: billige — tolerate, support, sanction
• Norwegian Bokmål: støtte — tolerate, support, sanction
• Norwegian Bokmål: tolerere — tolerate, support, sanction
• Portuguese: tolerar — tolerate, support, sanction
• Russian: терпеть — tolerate, support, sanction
• Russian: одобрять — tolerate, support, sanction
• Russian: разрешать — tolerate, support, sanction
• Russian: давать санкцию — tolerate, support, sanction
• Spanish: admitir — tolerate, support, sanction
• Spanish: permitir — tolerate, support, sanction
• Spanish: tolerar — tolerate, support, sanction
• Spanish: aprobar — tolerate, support, sanction
• Spanish: sancionar — tolerate, support, sanction
• Spanish: apoyar — tolerate, support, sanction
• Spanish: favorecer — tolerate, support, sanction
• Spanish: patrocinar — tolerate, support, sanction