cowardice

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈkaʊədɪs/
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• General-American: /ˈkaʊɚdɪs/
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• dialectal: /ˈkaʊə(ɹ)daɪs/
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• CMU ARPABET: K AW1 ER0 D AH0 S Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English cowardise, borrowed from Anglo-Norman cuardise (modern French couardise).

131 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: جَبَانَة (jabāna) — the lack of courage
• Arabic: جبانة (gabāna) — the lack of courage
• Armenian: վախկոտություն (vaxkotutʻyun) — the lack of courage
• Armenian: երկչոտություն (erkčʻotutʻyun) — the lack of courage
• Azerbaijani: qorxaqlıq — the lack of courage
• Belarusian: тру́сасць (trúsascʹ) — the lack of courage
• Belarusian: палахлі́васць (palaxlívascʹ) — the lack of courage
• Belarusian: баязлі́васць (bajazlívascʹ) — the lack of courage
• Belarusian: маладу́шнасць (maladúšnascʹ) — the lack of courage
• Bulgarian: страхли́вост (strahlívost) — the lack of courage
• Bulgarian: малоду́шие (malodúšie) — the lack of courage
• Catalan: covardia — the lack of courage
• Cebuano: katalawan — the lack of courage
• Chinese Mandarin: 膽怯 /胆怯 (dǎnqiè) — the lack of courage
• Chinese Mandarin: 怯懦 (qiènuò) — the lack of courage
• Czech: zbabělost — the lack of courage
• Danish: fejhed — the lack of courage
• Dutch: lafheid — the lack of courage
• Esperanto: malkuraĝeco — the lack of courage
• Estonian: argus — the lack of courage
• Finnish: pelkuruus — the lack of courage
• French: lâcheté — the lack of courage
• French: couardise — the lack of courage
• Galician: covardía — the lack of courage
• Georgian: სიმხდალე (simxdale) — the lack of courage
• German: Feigheit — the lack of courage
• German: Kleinmut — the lack of courage
• German: Ängstlichkeit — the lack of courage
• Greek: δειλία (deilía) — the lack of courage
• Greek: ανανδρία (anandría) — the lack of courage
• Ancient Greek: δειλίᾱ (deilíā) — the lack of courage
• Ancient Greek: ἀνανδρίᾱ (anandríā) — the lack of courage
• Hebrew: פַּחְדָנוּת (pakhdanút) — the lack of courage
• Hindi: कायरता (kāyartā) — the lack of courage
• Hindi: बुज़दिली (buzdilī) — the lack of courage
• Hungarian: gyávaság — the lack of courage
• Icelandic: gunguskapur — the lack of courage
• Icelandic: heigulsháttur — the lack of courage
• Icelandic: ragmennska — the lack of courage
• Icelandic: bleyði — the lack of courage
• Ido: poltroneso — the lack of courage
• Ido: deskurajo — the lack of courage
• Ilocano: takrot — the lack of courage
• Indonesian: kepengecutan — the lack of courage
• Interlingua: coardia — the lack of courage
• Italian: codardia — the lack of courage
• Italian: viltà — the lack of courage
• Italian: pusillanimità — the lack of courage
• Italian: vigliaccheria — the lack of courage
• Ivatan: katahaw — the lack of courage
• Japanese: 憶病 (okubyō) — the lack of courage
• Japanese: 卑怯 (hikyō) — the lack of courage
• Kazakh: жүрексіздік (jüreksızdık) — the lack of courage
• Kazakh: қорқақтық (qorqaqtyq) — the lack of courage
• Korean: 비겁 (bigeop) — the lack of courage
• Northern Kurdish: newêrekî — the lack of courage
• Northern Kurdish: tirsokî — the lack of courage
• Northern Kurdish: tirsonekî — the lack of courage
• Northern Kurdish: bêcesaretî — the lack of courage
• Northern Kurdish: bêcuretî — the lack of courage
• Kyrgyz: коркоктук (korkoktuk) — the lack of courage
• Kyrgyz: жүрөксүздүк (jüröksüzdük) — the lack of courage
• Ladino: kagadero — the lack of courage
• Ladino: kagatina — the lack of courage
• Latin: īgnāvia — the lack of courage
• Latvian: gļēvulība — the lack of courage
• Lithuanian: bailumas — the lack of courage
• Macedonian: кукавичлук (kukavičluk) — the lack of courage
• Macedonian: плашливост (plašlivost) — the lack of courage
• Malayalam: ഭീരുത്വം (bhīrutvaṁ) — the lack of courage
• Middle English: cowardnesse — the lack of courage
• Middle English: cowardie — the lack of courage
• Middle English: cowardise — the lack of courage
• Norwegian Bokmål: feighet — the lack of courage
• Norwegian Nynorsk: feigskap — the lack of courage
• Old English: ierġþ — the lack of courage
• Old Norse: bleyði — the lack of courage
• Old Norse: argskapr — the lack of courage
• Old Norse: hugbleyði — the lack of courage
• Old Norse: geitarhugr — the lack of courage
• Old Norse: klæki — the lack of courage
• Old Norse: ragmennska — the lack of courage
• Old Norse: ragskapr — the lack of courage
• Old Norse: regi — the lack of courage
• Persian: بزدلی (bozdeli) — the lack of courage
• Polish: tchórzostwo — the lack of courage
• Polish: tchórzliwość — the lack of courage
• Polish: bojaźliwość — the lack of courage
• Portuguese: covardia — the lack of courage
• Romanian: poltronerie — the lack of courage
• Romanian: lașitate — the lack of courage
• Russian: тру́сость (trúsostʹ) — the lack of courage
• Russian: трусли́вость (truslívostʹ) — the lack of courage
• Russian: малоду́шие (malodúšije) — the lack of courage
• Russian: боязли́вость (bojazlívostʹ) — the lack of courage
• Russian: бзде́ние (bzdénije) — the lack of courage
• Scottish Gaelic: cladhaireachd — the lack of courage
• Serbo-Croatian: кукавѝчлук — the lack of courage
• Serbo-Croatian: стра̀шљиво̄ст — the lack of courage
• Serbo-Croatian: пла̀шљиво̄ст — the lack of courage
• Serbo-Croatian: боја̀жљиво̄ст — the lack of courage
• Serbo-Croatian: kukavìčluk — the lack of courage
• Serbo-Croatian: stràšljivōst — the lack of courage
• Serbo-Croatian: plàšljivōst — the lack of courage
• Serbo-Croatian: bojàžljivōst — the lack of courage
• Slovak: zbabelosť — the lack of courage
• Slovene: boječnost — the lack of courage
• Slovene: strahopetnost — the lack of courage
• Spanish: cobardía — the lack of courage
• Swedish: feghet — the lack of courage
• Tagalog: kaduwagan — the lack of courage
• Tagalog: karuwagan — the lack of courage
• Tajik: буздилӣ (buzdili) — the lack of courage
• Tajik: тарсончакӣ (tarsončaki) — the lack of courage
• Tarifit: tiggwdi — the lack of courage
• Tatar: куркаклык (qurqaqlıq) — the lack of courage
• Telugu: పిరికితనము (pirikitanamu) — the lack of courage
• Thai: ความขี้ขลาด (kwaam-kîi-klàat) — the lack of courage
• Turkish: korkaklık — the lack of courage
• Ottoman Turkish: یوركسزلك (yüreksizlik) — the lack of courage
• Ottoman Turkish: طبانسزلق (tabansızlık) — the lack of courage
• Turkmen: gorkaklyk — the lack of courage
• Ukrainian: боягу́зтво (bojahúztvo) — the lack of courage
• Ukrainian: малоду́шність (malodúšnistʹ) — the lack of courage
• Urdu: بُزْدِلی (buzdilī) — the lack of courage
• Urdu: نامردی (nāmardī) — the lack of courage
• Uyghur: قورقۇنچاقلىق (qorqunchaqliq) — the lack of courage
• Uzbek: qoʻrqoqlik — the lack of courage
• Uzbek: yuraksizlik — the lack of courage
• Vietnamese: tính nhút nhát — the lack of courage
• Volapük: dredöf — the lack of courage