encouragement

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• [ɪnˈkʌɹɪd͡ʒmənt]
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Borrowed from Middle French encoragement.

72 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Armenian: խրախուսանք (xraxusankʻ) — the act of encouraging
• Armenian: քաջալերանք (kʻaǰalerankʻ) — the act of encouraging
• Armenian: քաջալերություն (kʻaǰalerutʻyun) — the act of encouraging
• Belarusian: падбадзёрванне (padbadzjórvannje) — the act of encouraging
• Belarusian: заахво́чванне (zaaxvóčvannje) — the act of encouraging
• Bengali: উদ্দীপনা (uddipona) — the act of encouraging
• Bulgarian: поощрение (pooštrenie) — the act of encouraging
• Chinese Mandarin: 鼓勵 /鼓励 (gǔlì) — the act of encouraging
• Czech: povzbuzení — the act of encouraging
• Danish: opmuntring — the act of encouraging
• Dutch: aanmoediging — the act of encouraging
• Esperanto: akcelo — the act of encouraging
• Finnish: rohkaisu — the act of encouraging
• French: encouragement — the act of encouraging
• Georgian: წახალისება (c̣axaliseba) — the act of encouraging
• Georgian: გამხნევება (gamxneveba) — the act of encouraging
• Georgian: შეგულიანება (šegulianeba) — the act of encouraging
• Georgian: წაქეზება (c̣akezeba) — the act of encouraging
• German: Ermutigung — the act of encouraging
• Greek: ενθάρρυνση (enthárrynsi) — the act of encouraging
• Ancient Greek: παραμυθία (paramuthía) — the act of encouraging
• Hindi: प्रोत्साहन (protsāhan) — the act of encouraging
• Hungarian: bátorítás — the act of encouraging
• Italian: incoraggiamento — the act of encouraging
• Japanese: 激励 (gekirei) — the act of encouraging
• Kazakh: жігерлендіру (jıgerlendıru) — the act of encouraging
• Korean: 격려 (gyeongnyeo) — the act of encouraging
• Latin: exhortātiō — the act of encouraging
• Latin: lux — the act of encouraging
• Malayalam: പ്രോത്സാഹനം (prōtsāhanaṁ) — the act of encouraging
• Norwegian Bokmål: oppmuntring — the act of encouraging
• Norwegian Nynorsk: oppmuntring — the act of encouraging
• Polish: zachęcanie — the act of encouraging
• Portuguese: encorajamento — the act of encouraging
• Portuguese: estimulação — the act of encouraging
• Romanian: încurajare — the act of encouraging
• Russian: ободре́ние (obodrénije) — the act of encouraging
• Russian: поощре́ние (pooščrénije) — the act of encouraging
• Swedish: uppmuntran — the act of encouraging
• Ukrainian: підбадьо́рення (pidbadʹórennja) — the act of encouraging
• Ukrainian: заохо́чення (zaoxóčennja) — the act of encouraging
• Bengali: উদ্দীপনা (uddipona) — that which serves to incite, support, promote or advance, as favor, countenance, reward etc.
• Bulgarian: поощрение (pooštrenie) — that which serves to incite, support, promote or advance, as favor, countenance, reward etc.
• Chinese Mandarin: 獎勵 /奖励 (jiǎnglì) — that which serves to incite, support, promote or advance, as favor, countenance, reward etc.
• Danish: tilskyndelse — that which serves to incite, support, promote or advance, as favor, countenance, reward etc.
• Dutch: aanmoediging — that which serves to incite, support, promote or advance, as favor, countenance, reward etc.
• Dutch: bemoediging — that which serves to incite, support, promote or advance, as favor, countenance, reward etc.
• Esperanto: kuraĝigo — that which serves to incite, support, promote or advance, as favor, countenance, reward etc.
• Finnish: rohkaisu — that which serves to incite, support, promote or advance, as favor, countenance, reward etc.
• French: encouragement — that which serves to incite, support, promote or advance, as favor, countenance, reward etc.
• Greek: παρότρυνση (parótrynsi) — that which serves to incite, support, promote or advance, as favor, countenance, reward etc.
• Greek: προτροπή (protropí) — that which serves to incite, support, promote or advance, as favor, countenance, reward etc.
• Greek: παρακίνηση (parakínisi) — that which serves to incite, support, promote or advance, as favor, countenance, reward etc.
• Ancient Greek: παραμυθία (paramuthía) — that which serves to incite, support, promote or advance, as favor, countenance, reward etc.
• Hungarian: támogatás — that which serves to incite, support, promote or advance, as favor, countenance, reward etc.
• Hungarian: pártolás — that which serves to incite, support, promote or advance, as favor, countenance, reward etc.
• Irish: spreagadh — that which serves to incite, support, promote or advance, as favor, countenance, reward etc.
• Italian: incoraggiamento — that which serves to incite, support, promote or advance, as favor, countenance, reward etc.
• Japanese: 奨励 (shōrei) — that which serves to incite, support, promote or advance, as favor, countenance, reward etc.
• Kazakh: ынталандыру (yntalandyru) — that which serves to incite, support, promote or advance, as favor, countenance, reward etc.
• Malayalam: പ്രോത്സാഹനം (prōtsāhanaṁ) — that which serves to incite, support, promote or advance, as favor, countenance, reward etc.
• Norwegian Bokmål: oppmuntring — that which serves to incite, support, promote or advance, as favor, countenance, reward etc.
• Norwegian Nynorsk: oppmuntring — that which serves to incite, support, promote or advance, as favor, countenance, reward etc.
• Portuguese: encorajamento — that which serves to incite, support, promote or advance, as favor, countenance, reward etc.
• Portuguese: estímulo — that which serves to incite, support, promote or advance, as favor, countenance, reward etc.
• Romanian: încurajare — that which serves to incite, support, promote or advance, as favor, countenance, reward etc.
• Romanian: stimulare — that which serves to incite, support, promote or advance, as favor, countenance, reward etc.
• Russian: поощре́ние (pooščrénije) — that which serves to incite, support, promote or advance, as favor, countenance, reward etc.
• Spanish: apoyo — that which serves to incite, support, promote or advance, as favor, countenance, reward etc.
• Spanish: aliento — that which serves to incite, support, promote or advance, as favor, countenance, reward etc.
• Spanish: hálito — that which serves to incite, support, promote or advance, as favor, countenance, reward etc.
• Spanish: fomento — that which serves to incite, support, promote or advance, as favor, countenance, reward etc.