fortitude

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈfɔː.tɪˌtjuːd/
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• General-American: /ˈfoɹ.tɪˌtud/
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• General-American: [ˈfoɹ.dəˌtud]
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From Middle English fortitude, from Old French, from Latin fortitūdō (“bravery, strength”), from fortis (“brave, strong”).

42 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: твърдост (tvǎrdost) — mental or emotional strength
• Bulgarian: сила на духа (sila na duha) — mental or emotional strength
• Chinese Mandarin: 刚毅 (gāngyì) — mental or emotional strength
• Chinese Mandarin: 坚韧 (jiānrèn) — mental or emotional strength
• Czech: síla ducha — mental or emotional strength
• Czech: pevná vůle — mental or emotional strength
• Dutch: taaiheid — mental or emotional strength
• Dutch: geesteskracht — mental or emotional strength
• Dutch: volharding — mental or emotional strength
• Dutch: volhardendheid — mental or emotional strength
• Dutch: vastberadenheid — mental or emotional strength
• Dutch: innerlijke kracht — mental or emotional strength
• Esperanto: animforto — mental or emotional strength
• Finnish: mielenlujuus — mental or emotional strength
• Finnish: lujuus — mental or emotional strength
• Finnish: luonteenlujuus — mental or emotional strength
• French: fortitude — mental or emotional strength
• Galician: fortaleza — mental or emotional strength
• German: innere Kraft — mental or emotional strength
• German: innere Stärke — mental or emotional strength
• German: Standhaftigkeit — mental or emotional strength
• Greek: σθένος (sthénos) — mental or emotional strength
• Greek: γενναιότητα (gennaiótita) — mental or emotional strength
• Hungarian: lelkierő — mental or emotional strength
• Italian: coraggio m forza — mental or emotional strength
• Italian: fortezza — mental or emotional strength
• Khmer: ចិត្តអត់ធ្មត់ (cət ʼɑt thmŭət) — mental or emotional strength
• Latin: fortitudo — mental or emotional strength
• Māori: manawaroa — mental or emotional strength
• Māori: niwha — mental or emotional strength
• Māori: koromaki — mental or emotional strength
• Plautdietsch: Browheit — mental or emotional strength
• Polish: hart — mental or emotional strength
• Russian: си́ла духа (síla duxa) — mental or emotional strength
• Sicilian: forza — mental or emotional strength
• Spanish: fortaleza — mental or emotional strength
• Spanish: fortitud — mental or emotional strength
• Swedish: tapperhet — mental or emotional strength
• Turkish: metanet — mental or emotional strength
• Turkish: sebat — mental or emotional strength
• Ukrainian: си́ла ду́ху (sýla dúxu) — mental or emotional strength
• Ukrainian: му́жність (múžnistʹ) — mental or emotional strength