free will

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From Middle English fre will, fre wil, fre wille.

51 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Chinese Mandarin: 自願 /自愿 (zìyuàn) — natural inclination
• Danish: fri vilje — natural inclination
• Finnish: vapaa tahto — natural inclination
• Latin: voluntas — natural inclination
• Marathi: स्वेच्छा (svecchā) — natural inclination
• Polish: wolna wola — natural inclination
• Portuguese: própria vontade — natural inclination
• Spanish: libre albedrío — natural inclination
• Spanish: albedrío — natural inclination
• Swedish: egen vilja — natural inclination
• Arabic: حُرِّيَّة الْإِرَادَة (ḥurriyyat al-ʔirāda) — ability to choose one's actions
• Armenian: ազատ կամք (azat kamkʻ) — ability to choose one's actions
• Bashkir: ихтыяр (ixtıyar) — ability to choose one's actions
• Bashkir: ихтыяр ирке (ixtıyar irke) — ability to choose one's actions
• Bulgarian: свободна воля (svobodna volja) — ability to choose one's actions
• Catalan: lliure albir — ability to choose one's actions
• Catalan: franc arbitri — ability to choose one's actions
• Chinese Mandarin: 自由意志 (zìyóu yìzhì) — ability to choose one's actions
• Czech: svobodná vůle — ability to choose one's actions
• Dutch: vrije wil — ability to choose one's actions
• Finnish: vapaa tahto — ability to choose one's actions
• French: libre arbitre — ability to choose one's actions
• Galician: libre arbitrio — ability to choose one's actions
• German: freier Wille — ability to choose one's actions
• Greek: ελεύθερη βούληση (eléftheri voúlisi) — ability to choose one's actions
• Irish: saorthoil — ability to choose one's actions
• Italian: libero arbitrio — ability to choose one's actions
• Japanese: 自由意志 (jiyū ishi) — ability to choose one's actions
• Korean: 자유의지 (jayuuiji) — ability to choose one's actions
• Latin: spōns — ability to choose one's actions
• Latin: liberum arbitrium — ability to choose one's actions
• Macedonian: слободна волја (slobodna volja) — ability to choose one's actions
• Manx: aigney seyr — ability to choose one's actions
• Persian: اختیار (extiyâr) — ability to choose one's actions
• Persian: آزادکامی (âzâdkâmi) — ability to choose one's actions
• Polish: wolna wola — ability to choose one's actions
• Portuguese: livre-arbítrio — ability to choose one's actions
• Romanian: liber arbitru — ability to choose one's actions
• Russian: свобо́дная во́ля (svobódnaja vólja) — ability to choose one's actions
• Scottish Gaelic: saor-thoil — ability to choose one's actions
• Slovak: slobodná vôľa — ability to choose one's actions
• Spanish: libre albedrío — ability to choose one's actions
• Spanish: albedrío — ability to choose one's actions
• Swedish: fri vilja — ability to choose one's actions
• Tagalog: malayang loob — ability to choose one's actions
• Thai: เจตจํานงเสรี — ability to choose one's actions
• Turkish: özgür irade — ability to choose one's actions
• Ottoman Turkish: اختیار (ihtiyâr) — ability to choose one's actions
• Ukrainian: свобо́да во́лі (svobóda vóli) — ability to choose one's actions
• Vietnamese: ý chí tự do — ability to choose one's actions
• Welsh: ewyllys rydd — ability to choose one's actions