goodness

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• /ˈɡʊdnəs/
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• /ˈɡʊ(d)nɪs/
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From Middle English goodnesse, godnesse, from Old English gōdnes (“goodness; virtue; kindness”), from Proto-West Germanic *gōdnassī (“goodness”), equivalent to good + -ness. Cognate with Scots guidness (“goodness”), West Frisian goedens (“goodness”), Old High German guotnessī (“goodness”), Middle High German guotnisse (“goodness”), Russian годность (godnostʹ, “suitability, fitness”).

102 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: mirësi — state or characteristic of being good
• Arabic: خَيْر (ḵayr) — state or characteristic of being good
• Arabic: خير (ḵēr) — state or characteristic of being good
• Aromanian: bunãtati — state or characteristic of being good
• Asturian: bondá — state or characteristic of being good
• Bangi: boboto — state or characteristic of being good
• Bulgarian: добрина (dobrina) — state or characteristic of being good
• Bulgarian: доброта (dobrota) — state or characteristic of being good
• Catalan: bondat — state or characteristic of being good
• Catalan: bonesa — state or characteristic of being good
• Choctaw: achukma — state or characteristic of being good
• Czech: dobrota — state or characteristic of being good
• Dutch: goedheid — state or characteristic of being good
• Esperanto: boneco — state or characteristic of being good
• Finnish: hyvyys — state or characteristic of being good
• Franco-Provençal: bontât — state or characteristic of being good
• French: bonté — state or characteristic of being good
• Old French: bonté — state or characteristic of being good
• Friulian: bontât — state or characteristic of being good
• Galician: bondade — state or characteristic of being good
• German: Güte — state or characteristic of being good
• German: Gütigkeit — state or characteristic of being good
• German: Herzensgüte — state or characteristic of being good
• German: Tugend — state or characteristic of being good
• German: Integrität — state or characteristic of being good
• Old High German: guotī — state or characteristic of being good
• Gothic: 𐍃𐌴𐌻𐌴𐌹 (sēlei) — state or characteristic of being good
• Gothic: 𐌲𐍉𐌳𐌴𐌹 (gōdei) — state or characteristic of being good
• Greek: καλοσύνη (kalosýni) — state or characteristic of being good
• Ancient Greek: ἀγαθότης (agathótēs) — state or characteristic of being good
• Ancient Greek: ἀγαθοσύνη (agathosúnē) — state or characteristic of being good
• Hebrew: טוֹב — state or characteristic of being good
• Hungarian: jóság — state or characteristic of being good
• Ido: boneso — state or characteristic of being good
• Ingrian: hyvvyys — state or characteristic of being good
• Irish: maitheas — state or characteristic of being good
• Irish: maith — state or characteristic of being good
• Isoko: evboma — state or characteristic of being good
• Italian: bontà — state or characteristic of being good
• Judeo-Italian: טובזה (tovezza) — state or characteristic of being good
• Northern Kurdish: qencî — state or characteristic of being good
• Northern Kurdish: başî — state or characteristic of being good
• Latin: bonitās — state or characteristic of being good
• Lingala: boboto — state or characteristic of being good
• Lithuanian: gerumas — state or characteristic of being good
• Macedonian: добрина (dobrina) — state or characteristic of being good
• Middle English: goodnesse — state or characteristic of being good
• Occitan: bontat — state or characteristic of being good
• Occitan: bonesa — state or characteristic of being good
• Old Occitan: bontat — state or characteristic of being good
• Polish: dobro — state or characteristic of being good
• Polish: dobroć — state or characteristic of being good
• Portuguese: bondade — state or characteristic of being good
• Romanian: bunătate — state or characteristic of being good
• Russian: доброта́ (dobrotá) — state or characteristic of being good
• Scots: guidness — state or characteristic of being good
• Serbo-Croatian: dobrota — state or characteristic of being good
• Spanish: bondad — state or characteristic of being good
• Swahili: uzuri — state or characteristic of being good
• Swedish: godhet — state or characteristic of being good
• Tagalog: buti — state or characteristic of being good
• Tamil: நல்லது (nallatu) — state or characteristic of being good
• Telugu: మంచితనము (mañcitanamu) — state or characteristic of being good
• Tocharian B: kärtsauñe — state or characteristic of being good
• Turkish: iyilik — state or characteristic of being good
• Ugaritic: 𐎉𐎁 (ṭb) — state or characteristic of being good
• Vietnamese: lòng tốt — state or characteristic of being good
• Votic: üvüz — state or characteristic of being good
• Arabic: خَيْر (ḵayr) — good part or content of something
• Arabic: صَلَاح (ṣalāḥ) — good part or content of something
• Finnish: hyvä — good part or content of something
• Lithuanian: gera — good part or content of something
• Russian: добро́ (dobró) — good part or content of something
• French: bonté divine — euphemistically: God
• French: corbleu — euphemistically: God
• French: crebleu — euphemistically: God
• French: jarnibleu — euphemistically: God
• French: jarnicoton — euphemistically: God
• French: maugrebleu — euphemistically: God
• French: maugrébleu — euphemistically: God
• French: morbleu — euphemistically: God
• French: morguienne — euphemistically: God
• French: nom de Zeus — euphemistically: God
• French: nom d’un chien — euphemistically: God
• French: nom d’un petit bonhomme — euphemistically: God
• French: nom d’une pipe — euphemistically: God
• French: palsambleu — euphemistically: God
• French: parbleu — euphemistically: God
• French: par Jupiter — euphemistically: God
• French: par Toutatis — euphemistically: God
• French: rogntudju — euphemistically: God
• French: sacrebleu — euphemistically: God
• French: sambleu — euphemistically: God
• French: scrogneugneu — euphemistically: God
• French: têtebleu — euphemistically: God
• French: tubleu — euphemistically: God
• French: ventrebleu — euphemistically: God
• French: vertubleu — euphemistically: God
• Bulgarian: добродетел (dobrodetel) — Christianity: moral virtue
• Finnish: hyvyys — Christianity: moral virtue
• Middle English: goodnesse — Christianity: moral virtue
• Russian: доброде́тель (dobrodételʹ) — Christianity: moral virtue