grace

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From the noun grace, first used by Puritans in the 16th century. In Roman Catholic use it may refer to Our Lady of Graces, cognate with Italian Grazia.

From Middle English grace, from Old French grace (modern French grâce), from Latin grātia (“kindness, favour, esteem”), from grātus (“pleasing”), from Proto-Indo-European *gwerH- (“to praise, welcome”); compare grateful. The word displaced the native Middle English held, hield (“grace”) (from Old English held, hyld (“grace”)), Middle English este (“grace, favour, pleasure”) (from Old English ēst (“grace, kindness, favour”)), Middle English athmede(n) (“grace”) (from Old English ēadmēdu (“grace”)), Middle English are, ore (“grace, mercy, honour”) (from Old English ār (“honour, grace, kindness, mercy”)).

250 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: غريس (Ghrays) — female given name
• Bengali: গ্রেস (gres) — female given name
• Chinese Mandarin: 格雷絲 /格雷丝 (Géléisī) — female given name
• French: Grace — female given name
• Galician: Gracia — female given name
• Greek: Αγλαΐα (Aglaḯa) — female given name
• Greek: Γκρέις (Gkréis) — female given name
• Hebrew: חנה (Chana) — female given name
• Italian: Grazia — female given name
• Japanese: グレース (Gurēsu) — female given name
• Korean: 그레이스 (Geureiseu) — female given name
• Ladino: Graçia — female given name
• Ladino: Grazia — female given name
• Ladino: Gracia — female given name
• Marathi: ग्रेस (gres) — female given name
• Polish: Gracja — female given name
• Portuguese: Graça — female given name
• Portuguese: Greice — female given name
• Russian: Грейс (Grɛjs) — female given name
• Russian: Агла́я (Aglája) — female given name
• Scottish Gaelic: Giorsal — female given name
• Spanish: Gracia — female given name
• Yiddish: חנה (Khana) — female given name
• Esperanto: tablopreĝo — short prayer of thanks before or after a meal
• Estonian: palve — short prayer of thanks before or after a meal
• Estonian: söögipalve — short prayer of thanks before or after a meal
• Faroese: borðbøn — short prayer of thanks before or after a meal
• Finnish: ruokarukous — short prayer of thanks before or after a meal
• French: bénédicité — short prayer of thanks before or after a meal
• French: grâces — short prayer of thanks before or after a meal
• German: Tischgebet — short prayer of thanks before or after a meal
• Greek: ευλογία (evlogía) — short prayer of thanks before or after a meal
• Hebrew: בִּרְכַּת הַמָּזוֹן (birkát hamazón) — short prayer of thanks before or after a meal
• Hungarian: asztali ima — short prayer of thanks before or after a meal
• Hungarian: asztali áldás — short prayer of thanks before or after a meal
• Hungarian: étkezés előtti/utáni ima — short prayer of thanks before or after a meal
• Italian: benedicite — short prayer of thanks before or after a meal
• Italian: ringraziamento — short prayer of thanks before or after a meal
• Japanese: 祈り (inori) — short prayer of thanks before or after a meal
• Macedonian: мо́литва (mólitva) — short prayer of thanks before or after a meal
• Malay: doa — short prayer of thanks before or after a meal
• Norwegian Bokmål: bordbønn — short prayer of thanks before or after a meal
• Norwegian Nynorsk: bordbønn — short prayer of thanks before or after a meal
• Polish: dziękczynienie — short prayer of thanks before or after a meal
• Portuguese: graças — short prayer of thanks before or after a meal
• Romanian: rugăciune de mulțumire — short prayer of thanks before or after a meal
• Russian: моли́тва (molítva) — short prayer of thanks before or after a meal
• Spanish: gracias — short prayer of thanks before or after a meal
• Spanish: benedícite — short prayer of thanks before or after a meal
• Swedish: bordsbön — short prayer of thanks before or after a meal
• Turkish: şükran duâsı — short prayer of thanks before or after a meal
• Turkish: sofra duası — short prayer of thanks before or after a meal
• Armenian: նազանք (nazankʻ) — elegant movement, poise or balance
• Bulgarian: грация (gracija) — elegant movement, poise or balance
• Bulgarian: елегантност (elegantnost) — elegant movement, poise or balance
• Catalan: gràcia — elegant movement, poise or balance
• Chinese Mandarin: 優雅 /优雅 (yōuyǎ) — elegant movement, poise or balance
• Dutch: gratie — elegant movement, poise or balance
• Dutch: elegantie — elegant movement, poise or balance
• Esperanto: gracio — elegant movement, poise or balance
• Finnish: ylväys — elegant movement, poise or balance
• Finnish: sulous — elegant movement, poise or balance
• French: grâce — elegant movement, poise or balance
• Galician: graza — elegant movement, poise or balance
• German: Anmut — elegant movement, poise or balance
• German: Grazie — elegant movement, poise or balance
• Greek: χάρη (chári) — elegant movement, poise or balance
• Ancient Greek: χάρις (kháris) — elegant movement, poise or balance
• Hebrew: חֵן (ẖen) — elegant movement, poise or balance
• Hindi: अदा (adā) — elegant movement, poise or balance
• Hungarian: báj — elegant movement, poise or balance
• Hungarian: elegancia — elegant movement, poise or balance
• Hungarian: kecsesség — elegant movement, poise or balance
• Hungarian: méltóság — elegant movement, poise or balance
• Irish: grástúlacht — elegant movement, poise or balance
• Italian: grazia — elegant movement, poise or balance
• Italian: eleganza — elegant movement, poise or balance
• Italian: garbo — elegant movement, poise or balance
• Italian: leggiadria — elegant movement, poise or balance
• Japanese: 雅やか (miyabiyaka) — elegant movement, poise or balance
• Japanese: 優雅 (yūga) — elegant movement, poise or balance
• Khmer: លីឡ្ហា (liilhaa) — elegant movement, poise or balance
• Korean: 우아 (ua) — elegant movement, poise or balance
• Latin: gratia — elegant movement, poise or balance
• Macedonian: гра́ција (grácija) — elegant movement, poise or balance
• Macedonian: грацио́зност (gracióznost) — elegant movement, poise or balance
• Macedonian: о́тменост (ótmenost) — elegant movement, poise or balance
• Macedonian: префи́нетост (prefínetost) — elegant movement, poise or balance
• Macedonian: елега́нтност (elegántnost) — elegant movement, poise or balance
• Malay: lemah lembut — elegant movement, poise or balance
• Persian: ناز (nâz) — elegant movement, poise or balance
• Polish: wdzięk — elegant movement, poise or balance
• Polish: gracja — elegant movement, poise or balance
• Portuguese: graça — elegant movement, poise or balance
• Romanian: grație — elegant movement, poise or balance
• Romanian: eleganță — elegant movement, poise or balance
• Russian: гра́ция (grácija) — elegant movement, poise or balance
• Russian: изя́щество (izjáščestvo) — elegant movement, poise or balance
• Scottish Gaelic: loinn — elegant movement, poise or balance
• Spanish: gracia — elegant movement, poise or balance
• Spanish: donaire — elegant movement, poise or balance
• Swedish: grace — elegant movement, poise or balance
• Turkish: görgü — elegant movement, poise or balance
• Turkish: incelik — elegant movement, poise or balance
• Turkish: zarafet — elegant movement, poise or balance
• Turkish: letafet — elegant movement, poise or balance
• Urdu: ادا (adā) — elegant movement, poise or balance
• Bulgarian: отсрочка (otsročka) — allowance of time granted to a debtor — see also grace period
• Dutch: uitstel van betaling — allowance of time granted to a debtor — see also grace period
• Finnish: vapaajakso — allowance of time granted to a debtor — see also grace period
• German: Aufschub — allowance of time granted to a debtor — see also grace period
• German: Fristverlängerung — allowance of time granted to a debtor — see also grace period
• German: Zahlungsfrist — allowance of time granted to a debtor — see also grace period
• Hebrew: חֶסֶד (ẖésed) — allowance of time granted to a debtor — see also grace period
• Hungarian: haladék — allowance of time granted to a debtor — see also grace period
• Hungarian: türelmi idő — allowance of time granted to a debtor — see also grace period
• Irish: cairde — allowance of time granted to a debtor — see also grace period
• Italian: dilazione — allowance of time granted to a debtor — see also grace period
• Italian: tolleranza — allowance of time granted to a debtor — see also grace period
• Japanese: 支払猶予期間 (shiharai yūyo kikan) — allowance of time granted to a debtor — see also grace period
• Macedonian: гре́јс перио́д (gréjs periód) — allowance of time granted to a debtor — see also grace period
• Malay: tempoh — allowance of time granted to a debtor — see also grace period
• Norwegian: betalingsutsettelse — allowance of time granted to a debtor — see also grace period
• Portuguese: carência — allowance of time granted to a debtor — see also grace period
• Romanian: perioadă de grație — allowance of time granted to a debtor — see also grace period
• Russian: отсро́чка (otsróčka) — allowance of time granted to a debtor — see also grace period
• Russian: переды́шка (peredýška) — allowance of time granted to a debtor — see also grace period
• Swedish: anstånd — allowance of time granted to a debtor — see also grace period
• Swedish: uppskov — allowance of time granted to a debtor — see also grace period
• Turkish: ertelenme süresi — allowance of time granted to a debtor — see also grace period
• Armenian: ողորմածություն (oġormacutʻyun) — free and undeserved favour, especially of God
• Armenian: շնորհ (šnorh) — free and undeserved favour, especially of God
• Bangi: ngolu — free and undeserved favour, especially of God
• Bulgarian: благоволение (blagovolenie) — free and undeserved favour, especially of God
• Catalan: gràcia — free and undeserved favour, especially of God
• Chinese Cantonese: 恩典 (jan1 din2) — free and undeserved favour, especially of God
• Chinese Mandarin: 恩典 (ēndiǎn) — free and undeserved favour, especially of God
• Chinese Mandarin: 恩惠 (ēnhuì) — free and undeserved favour, especially of God
• Dutch: genade — free and undeserved favour, especially of God
• Esperanto: graco — free and undeserved favour, especially of God
• Ewe: amenuveve — free and undeserved favour, especially of God
• Finnish: armo — free and undeserved favour, especially of God
• French: grâce — free and undeserved favour, especially of God
• French: miséricorde — free and undeserved favour, especially of God
• German: Gnade — free and undeserved favour, especially of God
• German: Gunst — free and undeserved favour, especially of God
• German: Huld — free and undeserved favour, especially of God
• Gothic: 𐌰𐌽𐍃𐍄𐍃 (ansts) — free and undeserved favour, especially of God
• Greek: χάρη (chári) — free and undeserved favour, especially of God
• Greek: παραχώρηση (parachórisi) — free and undeserved favour, especially of God
• Ancient Greek: χάρις (kháris) — free and undeserved favour, especially of God
• Hebrew: חֶסֶד (ẖésed) — free and undeserved favour, especially of God
• Hindi: कृपा (kŕpā) — free and undeserved favour, especially of God
• Hindi: फ़ैज़ (faiz) — free and undeserved favour, especially of God
• Hungarian: kegyelem — free and undeserved favour, especially of God
• Hungarian: kegy — free and undeserved favour, especially of God
• Hungarian: jóindulat — free and undeserved favour, especially of God
• Indonesian: rahmat — free and undeserved favour, especially of God
• Indonesian: kasih karunia — free and undeserved favour, especially of God
• Irish: grásta — free and undeserved favour, especially of God
• Italian: grazia — free and undeserved favour, especially of God
• Italian: benevolenza — free and undeserved favour, especially of God
• Japanese: 加護 (kago) — free and undeserved favour, especially of God
• Japanese: 恩恵 (onkei) — free and undeserved favour, especially of God
• Japanese: 恩寵 (oncho) — free and undeserved favour, especially of God
• Khmer: សីល (səl) — free and undeserved favour, especially of God
• Korean: 은혜 (eunhye) — free and undeserved favour, especially of God
• Lingala: ngolu — free and undeserved favour, especially of God
• Macedonian: благона́клоност (blagonáklonost) — free and undeserved favour, especially of God
• Macedonian: ми́лост (mílost) — free and undeserved favour, especially of God
• Malay: limpah kurnia — free and undeserved favour, especially of God
• Norwegian Bokmål: nåde — free and undeserved favour, especially of God
• Norwegian Nynorsk: nåde — free and undeserved favour, especially of God
• Old English: milts — free and undeserved favour, especially of God
• Old Norse: náð — free and undeserved favour, especially of God
• Persian: منت (mennat) — free and undeserved favour, especially of God
• Persian: سپاسه (sepâse) — free and undeserved favour, especially of God
• Plautdietsch: Gonst — free and undeserved favour, especially of God
• Polish: łaska — free and undeserved favour, especially of God
• Portuguese: graça — free and undeserved favour, especially of God
• Romanian: har — free and undeserved favour, especially of God
• Romanian: grație — free and undeserved favour, especially of God
• Russian: ми́лость (mílostʹ) — free and undeserved favour, especially of God
• Russian: милосе́рдие (milosérdije) — free and undeserved favour, especially of God
• Russian: благоволе́ние (blagovolénije) — free and undeserved favour, especially of God
• Russian: благоскло́нность (blagosklónnostʹ) — free and undeserved favour, especially of God
• Spanish: gracia — free and undeserved favour, especially of God
• Spanish: merced — free and undeserved favour, especially of God
• Swahili: neema — free and undeserved favour, especially of God
• Swedish: nåd — free and undeserved favour, especially of God
• Thai: ความเมตตากรุณา (gà-rú-naa) — free and undeserved favour, especially of God
• Thai: พระคุณ (prá-kun) — free and undeserved favour, especially of God
• Turkish: lütuf — free and undeserved favour, especially of God
• Turkish: ihsan — free and undeserved favour, especially of God
• Turkish: kayra — free and undeserved favour, especially of God
• Ottoman Turkish: دعا (duʼâ) — free and undeserved favour, especially of God
• Urdu: کَرَم (karam) — free and undeserved favour, especially of God
• Urdu: عِنایَت ('ināyat) — free and undeserved favour, especially of God
• Welsh: gras — free and undeserved favour, especially of God
• Yiddish: חסד (Khesed) — free and undeserved favour, especially of God
• Yiddish: חן (Khen) — free and undeserved favour, especially of God
• Armenian: շնորհ (šnorh) — divine assistance in resisting sin
• Esperanto: graco — divine assistance in resisting sin
• Finnish: armo — divine assistance in resisting sin
• French: grâce — divine assistance in resisting sin
• German: Gnade — divine assistance in resisting sin
• German: Gunst — divine assistance in resisting sin
• German: Huld — divine assistance in resisting sin
• Greek: χάρη (chári) — divine assistance in resisting sin
• Hindi: आशीर्वाद (āśīrvād) — divine assistance in resisting sin
• Hindi: आशीष (āśīṣ) — divine assistance in resisting sin
• Irish: grásta — divine assistance in resisting sin
• Japanese: 加護 (kago) — divine assistance in resisting sin
• Kapampangan: kalam — divine assistance in resisting sin
• Latin: gratia deis — divine assistance in resisting sin
• Macedonian: благона́клоност (blagonáklonost) — divine assistance in resisting sin
• Macedonian: бла́годат (blágodat) — divine assistance in resisting sin
• Macedonian: ми́лост (mílost) — divine assistance in resisting sin
• Portuguese: graça — divine assistance in resisting sin
• Romanian: grație — divine assistance in resisting sin
• Russian: благода́ть (blagodátʹ) — divine assistance in resisting sin
• Russian: ми́лость (mílostʹ) — divine assistance in resisting sin
• Swedish: bistånd — divine assistance in resisting sin
• Swedish: stöd — divine assistance in resisting sin
• Turkish: lutuf — divine assistance in resisting sin
• Turkish: merhamet — divine assistance in resisting sin
• Bulgarian: украсявам (ukrasjavam) — to adorn; to decorate; to embellish and dignify
• Finnish: komistaa — to adorn; to decorate; to embellish and dignify
• Finnish: juhlistaa — to adorn; to decorate; to embellish and dignify
• German: schmücken — to adorn; to decorate; to embellish and dignify
• German: zieren — to adorn; to decorate; to embellish and dignify
• Greek: κοσμώ (kosmó) — to adorn; to decorate; to embellish and dignify
• Hungarian: díszít — to adorn; to decorate; to embellish and dignify
• Hungarian: ékesít — to adorn; to decorate; to embellish and dignify
• Italian: preghiera — to adorn; to decorate; to embellish and dignify
• Italian: adornare — to adorn; to decorate; to embellish and dignify
• Italian: abbellire — to adorn; to decorate; to embellish and dignify
• Italian: decorare — to adorn; to decorate; to embellish and dignify
• Italian: imbellettare — to adorn; to decorate; to embellish and dignify
• Japanese: 名誉を与える (meiyo o ataeru) — to adorn; to decorate; to embellish and dignify
• Macedonian: кра́си (krási) — to adorn; to decorate; to embellish and dignify
• Malay: menyerikan — to adorn; to decorate; to embellish and dignify
• Portuguese: engraçar — to adorn; to decorate; to embellish and dignify
• Romanian: onora — to adorn; to decorate; to embellish and dignify
• Romanian: împodobi — to adorn; to decorate; to embellish and dignify
• Russian: почти́ть (počtítʹ) — to adorn; to decorate; to embellish and dignify
• Spanish: agraciar — to adorn; to decorate; to embellish and dignify
• Swedish: pryda — to adorn; to decorate; to embellish and dignify
• Swedish: bevärdiga — to adorn; to decorate; to embellish and dignify
• Hungarian: megtisztel — to dignify or raise by an act of favour; to honour — see also honor