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From Middle French genereux, and its source, Latin generōsus (“of noble birth”), from genus (“race, stock”).

243 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: bujar — noble in behaviour, magnanimous
• Belarusian: вялікаду́шны (vjalikadúšny) — noble in behaviour, magnanimous
• Belarusian: высакаро́дны (vysakaródny) — noble in behaviour, magnanimous
• Belarusian: шляхе́тны (šljaxjétny) — noble in behaviour, magnanimous
• Bhojpuri: दिलदार (dilədār) — noble in behaviour, magnanimous
• Bulgarian: великоду́шен (velikodúšen) — noble in behaviour, magnanimous
• Bulgarian: благоро́ден (blagoróden) — noble in behaviour, magnanimous
• Catalan: generós — noble in behaviour, magnanimous
• Chinese Mandarin: 慷慨 (kāngkǎi) — noble in behaviour, magnanimous
• Chinese Mandarin: 大方 (dàfang) — noble in behaviour, magnanimous
• Chinese Mandarin: 寬宏大量 /宽宏大量 (kuānhóngdàliàng) — noble in behaviour, magnanimous
• Chinese Mandarin: 寬厚 /宽厚 (kuānhòu) — noble in behaviour, magnanimous
• Czech: šlechetný — noble in behaviour, magnanimous
• Dutch: grootmoedig — noble in behaviour, magnanimous
• Esperanto: grandanima — noble in behaviour, magnanimous
• Finnish: ylevä — noble in behaviour, magnanimous
• Finnish: suurenmoinen — noble in behaviour, magnanimous
• French: généreux — noble in behaviour, magnanimous
• Galician: xeneroso — noble in behaviour, magnanimous
• Georgian: დიდსულოვანი (didsulovani) — noble in behaviour, magnanimous
• Georgian: სულგრძელი (sulgrʒeli) — noble in behaviour, magnanimous
• Hindi: दिलदार (dildār) — noble in behaviour, magnanimous
• Hindi: उदार (udār) — noble in behaviour, magnanimous
• Ido: jeneroza — noble in behaviour, magnanimous
• Irish: mórchroíoch — noble in behaviour, magnanimous
• Irish: flaithiúil — noble in behaviour, magnanimous
• Irish: flaithiúlach — noble in behaviour, magnanimous
• Irish: gartach — noble in behaviour, magnanimous
• Italian: magnanimo — noble in behaviour, magnanimous
• Korean: 관대하다 (gwandaehada) — noble in behaviour, magnanimous
• Northern Kurdish: camêr — noble in behaviour, magnanimous
• Macedonian: велико́душен (velikódušen) — noble in behaviour, magnanimous
• Macedonian: благо́роден (blagóroden) — noble in behaviour, magnanimous
• Māori: ngākau oha — noble in behaviour, magnanimous
• Norman: génétheux — noble in behaviour, magnanimous
• Occitan: generós — noble in behaviour, magnanimous
• Persian: نجیب (najib) — noble in behaviour, magnanimous
• Persian: راد (râd) — noble in behaviour, magnanimous
• Polish: wielkoduszny — noble in behaviour, magnanimous
• Polish: szlachetny — noble in behaviour, magnanimous
• Portuguese: magnânimo — noble in behaviour, magnanimous
• Portuguese: grande — noble in behaviour, magnanimous
• Portuguese: digno — noble in behaviour, magnanimous
• Romanian: generos — noble in behaviour, magnanimous
• Romanian: mărinimos — noble in behaviour, magnanimous
• Russian: великоду́шный (velikodúšnyj) — noble in behaviour, magnanimous
• Russian: благоро́дный (blagoródnyj) — noble in behaviour, magnanimous
• Serbo-Croatian: велико̀душан — noble in behaviour, magnanimous
• Serbo-Croatian: velikòdušan — noble in behaviour, magnanimous
• Slovak: šľachetný — noble in behaviour, magnanimous
• Slovene: velikodušen — noble in behaviour, magnanimous
• Spanish: generoso — noble in behaviour, magnanimous
• Tagalog: bukas-palad — noble in behaviour, magnanimous
• Tagalog: mapagbigay — noble in behaviour, magnanimous
• Ottoman Turkish: كریم (kerim) — noble in behaviour, magnanimous
• Ukrainian: великоду́шний (velykodúšnyj) — noble in behaviour, magnanimous
• Ukrainian: благоро́дний (blahoródnyj) — noble in behaviour, magnanimous
• Ukrainian: шляхе́тний (šljaxétnyj) — noble in behaviour, magnanimous
• Aghwan: 𐕣𐕒𐕡𐔾𐕐𐔰𐔳 (kulšad) — willing to give and share unsparingly
• Albanian: dhënës — willing to give and share unsparingly
• Albanian: bujar — willing to give and share unsparingly
• Albanian: derëtor — willing to give and share unsparingly
• Southern Altai: кӱӱнчек (küünček) — willing to give and share unsparingly
• Arabic: كَرِيم (karīm) — willing to give and share unsparingly
• Arabic: كريم (karīm) — willing to give and share unsparingly
• Armenian: շռայլ (šṙayl) — willing to give and share unsparingly
• Azerbaijani: əliaçıq — willing to give and share unsparingly
• Azerbaijani: səxavətli — willing to give and share unsparingly
• Azerbaijani: comərd — willing to give and share unsparingly
• Bashkir: йомарт (yomart) — willing to give and share unsparingly
• Basque: eskuzabal — willing to give and share unsparingly
• Basque: emankor — willing to give and share unsparingly
• Belarusian: шчо́дры (ščódry) — willing to give and share unsparingly
• Bulgarian: ще́дър (štédǎr) — willing to give and share unsparingly
• Catalan: generós — willing to give and share unsparingly
• Cebuano: hingatag — willing to give and share unsparingly
• Cebuano: mahatagon — willing to give and share unsparingly
• Cebuano: manggihatagon — willing to give and share unsparingly
• Cebuano: bukhad og palad — willing to give and share unsparingly
• Chinese Mandarin: 慷慨 (kāngkǎi) — willing to give and share unsparingly
• Chinese Mandarin: 大方 (dàfang) — willing to give and share unsparingly
• Chinese Mandarin: 寬宏大量 /宽宏大量 (kuānhóngdàliàng) — willing to give and share unsparingly
• Chinese Mandarin: 寬厚 /宽厚 (kuānhòu) — willing to give and share unsparingly
• Czech: štědrý — willing to give and share unsparingly
• Danish: generøs — willing to give and share unsparingly
• Dutch: gul — willing to give and share unsparingly
• Dutch: genereus — willing to give and share unsparingly
• Dutch: vrijgevig — willing to give and share unsparingly
• Dutch: scheutig — willing to give and share unsparingly
• Esperanto: malavara — willing to give and share unsparingly
• Esperanto: sindona — willing to give and share unsparingly
• Esperanto: donacema — willing to give and share unsparingly
• Esperanto: grandanima — willing to give and share unsparingly
• Esperanto: oferema — willing to give and share unsparingly
• Finnish: antelias — willing to give and share unsparingly
• French: généreux — willing to give and share unsparingly
• Galician: xeneroso — willing to give and share unsparingly
• Georgian: გულუხვი (guluxvi) — willing to give and share unsparingly
• Georgian: სულგრძელი (sulgrʒeli) — willing to give and share unsparingly
• German: großzügig — willing to give and share unsparingly
• German: generös — willing to give and share unsparingly
• Greek: γενναιόδωρος (gennaiódoros) — willing to give and share unsparingly
• Hebrew: נדיב — willing to give and share unsparingly
• Hiligaynon: maalwan — willing to give and share unsparingly
• Hiligaynon: mahalaron — willing to give and share unsparingly
• Hiligaynon: mapanghatagon — willing to give and share unsparingly
• Hungarian: nagylelkű — willing to give and share unsparingly
• Hungarian: bőkezű — willing to give and share unsparingly
• Hungarian: adakozó — willing to give and share unsparingly
• Hungarian: nagyvonalú — willing to give and share unsparingly
• Ido: jeneroza — willing to give and share unsparingly
• Indonesian: murah hati — willing to give and share unsparingly
• Indonesian: dermawan — willing to give and share unsparingly
• Ingrian: hetas — willing to give and share unsparingly
• Ingrian: aukka — willing to give and share unsparingly
• Irish: mórchroíoch — willing to give and share unsparingly
• Irish: gnaíúil — willing to give and share unsparingly
• Italian: generoso — willing to give and share unsparingly
• Japanese: 気の大きい (ki no ōkii) — willing to give and share unsparingly
• Japanese: 気前の良い (kimae no yoi) — willing to give and share unsparingly
• Japanese: 寛大 (kandai) — willing to give and share unsparingly
• Kabuverdianu: roskon — willing to give and share unsparingly
• Kazakh: береген (beregen) — willing to give and share unsparingly
• Khmer: មានចិត្ដសប្បុរស (miən cət sɑpboʼrɑh) — willing to give and share unsparingly
• Northern Kurdish: merd — willing to give and share unsparingly
• Northern Kurdish: destvekirî — willing to give and share unsparingly
• Ladino: sadikero — willing to give and share unsparingly
• Latin: mūnificus — willing to give and share unsparingly
• Latin: largus — willing to give and share unsparingly
• Latvian: dāsns — willing to give and share unsparingly
• Latvian: devīgs — willing to give and share unsparingly
• Macedonian: да́режлив (dárežliv) — willing to give and share unsparingly
• Macedonian: ште́дар (štédar) — willing to give and share unsparingly
• Māori: atawhai — willing to give and share unsparingly
• Māori: nihowera — willing to give and share unsparingly
• Māori: ohaoha — willing to give and share unsparingly
• Māori: marae — willing to give and share unsparingly
• Norwegian Bokmål: sjenerøs — willing to give and share unsparingly
• Norwegian Bokmål: raus — willing to give and share unsparingly
• Norwegian Nynorsk: sjenerøs — willing to give and share unsparingly
• Norwegian Nynorsk: raus — willing to give and share unsparingly
• Persian: بخشنده (baxšande) — willing to give and share unsparingly
• Persian: راد (râd) — willing to give and share unsparingly
• Persian: رادمنش (râd-maneš) — willing to give and share unsparingly
• Plautdietsch: boarmherzich — willing to give and share unsparingly
• Polish: hojny — willing to give and share unsparingly
• Polish: szczodry — willing to give and share unsparingly
• Portuguese: generoso — willing to give and share unsparingly
• Portuguese: dadivoso — willing to give and share unsparingly
• Portuguese: mão-aberta — willing to give and share unsparingly
• Quechua: ruq'a — willing to give and share unsparingly
• Romanian: generos — willing to give and share unsparingly
• Romanian: darnic — willing to give and share unsparingly
• Russian: ще́дрый (ščédryj) — willing to give and share unsparingly
• Sanskrit: राति (rāti) — willing to give and share unsparingly
• Sanskrit: मीढ्वस् (mīḍhvas) — willing to give and share unsparingly
• Scots: guidwilly — willing to give and share unsparingly
• Serbo-Croatian: дарѐжљив — willing to give and share unsparingly
• Serbo-Croatian: велико̀душан — willing to give and share unsparingly
• Serbo-Croatian: darèžljiv — willing to give and share unsparingly
• Serbo-Croatian: velikòdušan — willing to give and share unsparingly
• Sinhalese: ත්යාගශීලි (tyāgaśīli) — willing to give and share unsparingly
• Slovak: štedrý — willing to give and share unsparingly
• Slovene: radodaren — willing to give and share unsparingly
• Slovene: darežljiv — willing to give and share unsparingly
• Spanish: generoso — willing to give and share unsparingly
• Spanish: dadivoso — willing to give and share unsparingly
• Spanish: munificente — willing to give and share unsparingly
• Spanish: maniabierto — willing to give and share unsparingly
• Swahili: karimu — willing to give and share unsparingly
• Swedish: generös — willing to give and share unsparingly
• Tagalog: mapagbigay — willing to give and share unsparingly
• Tagalog: palabigay — willing to give and share unsparingly
• Tagalog: bukas-palad — willing to give and share unsparingly
• Thai: ใจกว้าง (jai-gwâang) — willing to give and share unsparingly
• Thai: ใจสปอร์ต (sà-bpɔ̀ɔt) — willing to give and share unsparingly
• Thai: เอื้อเฟื้อ (ʉ̂ʉa-fʉ́ʉa) — willing to give and share unsparingly
• Thai: เผื่อแผ่ (pʉ̀ʉa-pɛ̀ɛ) — willing to give and share unsparingly
• Thai: เอื้อเฟื้อเผื่อแผ่ (ʉ̂ʉa-fʉ́ʉa-pʉ̀ʉa-pɛ̀ɛ) — willing to give and share unsparingly
• Turkish: cömert — willing to give and share unsparingly
• Turkish: eli açık — willing to give and share unsparingly
• Turkish: selek — willing to give and share unsparingly
• Turkish: semih — willing to give and share unsparingly
• Ottoman Turkish: جومرد (cömerd) — willing to give and share unsparingly
• Ottoman Turkish: كریم (kerim) — willing to give and share unsparingly
• Ukrainian: ще́дрий (ščédryj) — willing to give and share unsparingly
• Ukrainian: го́йний (hójnyj) — willing to give and share unsparingly
• Ukrainian: щедро́тний (ščedrótnyj) — willing to give and share unsparingly
• Urdu: سخی (saxī) — willing to give and share unsparingly
• Vietnamese: rộng lượng — willing to give and share unsparingly
• Vietnamese: hào phóng — willing to give and share unsparingly
• Welsh: hael — willing to give and share unsparingly
• Bulgarian: обилен (obilen) — large, ample
• Bulgarian: богат (bogat) — large, ample
• Chinese Mandarin: 豐富 /丰富 (fēngfù) — large, ample
• Chinese Mandarin: 大量 (dàliàng) — large, ample
• Dutch: gul — large, ample
• Dutch: genereus — large, ample
• Finnish: runsas — large, ample
• Georgian: უხვი (uxvi) — large, ample
• German: großzügig — large, ample
• German: generös — large, ample
• Greek: γερός (gerós) — large, ample
• Hebrew: נדיב — large, ample
• Italian: abbondante — large, ample
• Macedonian: о́билен (óbilen) — large, ample
• Māori: rari — large, ample
• Māori: māhorahora — large, ample
• Norwegian Bokmål: sjenerøs — large, ample
• Norwegian Nynorsk: sjenerøs — large, ample
• Portuguese: abundante — large, ample
• Russian: ще́дрый (ščédryj) — large, ample
• Serbo-Croatian: и̏зда̄шан — large, ample
• Serbo-Croatian: обѝлат — large, ample
• Serbo-Croatian: ȉzdāšan — large, ample
• Serbo-Croatian: obìlat — large, ample
• Spanish: generoso — large, ample
• Turkish: bol — large, ample
• Bulgarian: благоро́ден (blagoróden) — of noble birth
• Chinese Mandarin: 出身高貴的 /出身高贵的 (chūshēn gāoguì de) — of noble birth
• Czech: velkomožný — of noble birth
• Dutch: edelboortig — of noble birth
• Dutch: nobel — of noble birth
• Dutch: hooggeboren — of noble birth
• Finnish: jalosukuinen — of noble birth
• Georgian: დიდგვაროვანი (didgvarovani) — of noble birth
• Georgian: დიდებული (didebuli) — of noble birth
• Georgian: წარჩინებული (c̣arčinebuli) — of noble birth
• Georgian: თავადი (tavadi) — of noble birth
• Georgian: კეთილშობილი (ḳetilšobili) — of noble birth
• Macedonian: благо́роден (blagóroden) — of noble birth
• Māori: ariki — of noble birth
• Persian: نجیب (najib) — of noble birth
• Portuguese: generoso — of noble birth
• Portuguese: nobre — of noble birth
• Russian: благоро́дный (blagoródnyj) — of noble birth
• Russian: родови́тый (rodovítyj) — of noble birth
• Serbo-Croatian: племѐнит — of noble birth
• Serbo-Croatian: пле̏менит — of noble birth
• Serbo-Croatian: plemènit — of noble birth
• Serbo-Croatian: plȅmenit — of noble birth
• Spanish: generoso — of noble birth
• Turkish: asil — of noble birth