cowardly

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• UK: /ˈkaʊədli/
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From Middle English *cowardly (adjective) and cowardly (adverb), equivalent to coward + -ly. Displaced native Old English earg.

136 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Southern Altai: коркунчаак (korkunčaak) — showing cowardice
• Arabic: جَبَان (jabān) — showing cowardice
• Arabic: جبان (gabān) — showing cowardice
• Armenian: վախկոտ (vaxkot) — showing cowardice
• Azerbaijani: qorxaq — showing cowardice
• Bashkir: ҡурҡаҡ (qurqaq) — showing cowardice
• Basque: koldar — showing cowardice
• Belarusian: баязлі́вы (bajazlívy) — showing cowardice
• Bulgarian: страхли́в (strahlív) — showing cowardice
• Bulgarian: мекуша́в (mekušáv) — showing cowardice
• Catalan: covard — showing cowardice
• Chinese Mandarin: 膽小 /胆小 (dǎnxiǎo) — showing cowardice
• Chinese Mandarin: 膽怯 /胆怯 (dǎnqiè, dǎnquè) — showing cowardice
• Chinese Mandarin: 懦怯 (nuòqiè) — showing cowardice
• Chinese Mandarin: 懦弱 (nuòruò) — showing cowardice
• Czech: zbabělý — showing cowardice
• Danish: fej — showing cowardice
• Dutch: laf — showing cowardice
• Esperanto: malkuraĝa — showing cowardice
• Esperanto: senkuraĝa — showing cowardice
• Esperanto: poltrona — showing cowardice
• Esperanto: kovarda — showing cowardice
• Finnish: pelkurimainen — showing cowardice
• Finnish: raukkamainen — showing cowardice
• French: lâche — showing cowardice
• French: veule — showing cowardice
• French: bas — showing cowardice
• Georgian: მშიშარა (mšišara) — showing cowardice
• Georgian: მხდალი (mxdali) — showing cowardice
• German: feige — showing cowardice
• Greek: δειλός (deilós) — showing cowardice
• Ancient Greek: δειλός (deilós) — showing cowardice
• Ancient Greek: ἄσπλαγχνος (ásplankhnos) — showing cowardice
• Gujarati: કાયર (kāyar) — showing cowardice
• Gujarati: બીકણ (bīkaṇ) — showing cowardice
• Hindi: कायर (kāyar) — showing cowardice
• Hindi: डरपोक (ḍarpok) — showing cowardice
• Hungarian: gyáva — showing cowardice
• Icelandic: huglaus — showing cowardice
• Ingrian: arka — showing cowardice
• Irish: meata — showing cowardice
• Italian: codardo — showing cowardice
• Italian: pusillanime — showing cowardice
• Italian: vigliacco — showing cowardice
• Italian: vile — showing cowardice
• Japanese: へたれ (hetare) — showing cowardice
• Japanese: 臆病な (okubyō na) — showing cowardice
• Kazakh: қорқақ (qorqaq) — showing cowardice
• Khmer: កំសាក (kɑmsaak) — showing cowardice
• Korean: 겁이 많다 (geob-i manta) — showing cowardice
• Kyrgyz: коркок (korkok) — showing cowardice
• Kyrgyz: коркунчаак (korkuncaak) — showing cowardice
• Latin: īgnāvus — showing cowardice
• Macedonian: плашлив (plašliv) — showing cowardice
• Macedonian: кукавички (kukavički) — showing cowardice
• Manx: faitagh — showing cowardice
• Māori: hūngoingoi — showing cowardice
• Māori: hauwarea — showing cowardice
• Middle English: coward — showing cowardice
• Mongolian: аймхай (ajmxaj) — showing cowardice
• Mongolian: хулчгар (xulčgar) — showing cowardice
• Norman: lâche — showing cowardice
• Norwegian Bokmål: feig — showing cowardice
• Norwegian Nynorsk: feig — showing cowardice
• Old English: earg — showing cowardice
• Pali: asūra — showing cowardice
• Pali: bhīru — showing cowardice
• Pali: bhīruka — showing cowardice
• Persian: ترسو (tarsu) — showing cowardice
• Plautdietsch: enjstlich — showing cowardice
• Polish: tchórzliwy — showing cowardice
• Portuguese: covarde — showing cowardice
• Portuguese: cobarde — showing cowardice
• Prakrit: 𑀓𑀸𑀬𑀭 (kāyara) — showing cowardice
• Punjabi: ਕਾਇਰ (kāira) — showing cowardice
• Punjabi: کائر (kā'ir) — showing cowardice
• Old Punjabi: ਕਾਇਰੁ (kāiru) — showing cowardice
• Romanian: laș — showing cowardice
• Romanian: fricos — showing cowardice
• Romanian: mișel — showing cowardice
• Russian: трусли́вый (truslívyj) — showing cowardice
• Russian: малоду́шный (malodúšnyj) — showing cowardice
• Sanskrit: कातर (kātara) — showing cowardice
• Sanskrit: कापुरुष (kāpuruṣa) — showing cowardice
• Sanskrit: भीरु (bhīru) — showing cowardice
• Serbo-Croatian: ку̏кавички — showing cowardice
• Serbo-Croatian: kȕkavički — showing cowardice
• Slovak: zbabelý — showing cowardice
• Slovene: strahopeten — showing cowardice
• Spanish: cobarde — showing cowardice
• Swedish: feg — showing cowardice
• Tatar: куркак (qurqaq) — showing cowardice
• Thai: ขี้ขลาด (kîi-klàat) — showing cowardice
• Thai: ขลาด (klàat) — showing cowardice
• Thai: ป๊อด (bpɔ́ɔt) — showing cowardice
• Thai: ปอดแหก — showing cowardice
• Turkish: korkak — showing cowardice
• Ottoman Turkish: یوركسز (yüreksiz) — showing cowardice
• Ottoman Turkish: طبانسز (tabansız) — showing cowardice
• Ukrainian: боягу́зливий (bojahúzlyvyj) — showing cowardice
• Ukrainian: боязки́й (bojazkýj) — showing cowardice
• Ukrainian: боязли́вий (bojazlývyj) — showing cowardice
• Uyghur: قورقۇنچاق (qorqunchaq) — showing cowardice
• Uzbek: qoʻrqoq — showing cowardice
• Uzbek: yuraksiz — showing cowardice
• Volapük: dredöfik — showing cowardice
• Yiddish: פּחדניש (pakhdonish) — showing cowardice
• Catalan: covardament — in the manner of a coward
• Danish: fej — in the manner of a coward
• Danish: kujonagtig — in the manner of a coward
• Danish: krysteragtig — in the manner of a coward
• Finnish: pelkurimaisesti — in the manner of a coward
• Finnish: raukkamaisesti — in the manner of a coward
• French: lâchement — in the manner of a coward
• German: feige — in the manner of a coward
• Hindi: कायरतापूर्ण (kāyartāpūrṇ) — in the manner of a coward
• Hungarian: gyáván — in the manner of a coward
• Italian: vigliaccamente — in the manner of a coward
• Italian: pusillanimamente — in the manner of a coward
• Italian: vilmente — in the manner of a coward
• Japanese: へたれ (hetare) — in the manner of a coward
• Middle English: cowardly — in the manner of a coward
• Norman: lâchement — in the manner of a coward
• Norwegian Bokmål: feig — in the manner of a coward
• Norwegian Nynorsk: feig — in the manner of a coward
• Portuguese: covardemente — in the manner of a coward
• Portuguese: cobardemente — in the manner of a coward
• Romanian: laș — in the manner of a coward
• Russian: трусли́во (truslívo) — in the manner of a coward
• Russian: малоду́шно (malodúšno) — in the manner of a coward
• Spanish: cobardemente — in the manner of a coward
• Volapük: dredöfo — in the manner of a coward
• Volapük: dredöfiko — in the manner of a coward
• Volapük: dredöfaniko — in the manner of a coward
• Volapük: hidredöfaniko — in the manner of a coward
• Volapük: jidredöfaniko — in the manner of a coward