gracious

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• /ˈɡɹeɪʃəs/
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From Middle English gracious, from Old French gracieus, from Latin gratiosus, from gratia (“esteem, favor”). See grace. Displaced native Old English hold (“gracious”). Doublet of gracioso and grazioso.

65 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: любезен (ljubezen) — kind and warmly courteous
• Dutch: vriendelijk — kind and warmly courteous
• Dutch: hoffelijk — kind and warmly courteous
• Esperanto: kompleza — kind and warmly courteous
• Finnish: ystävällinen — kind and warmly courteous
• Finnish: kohtelias — kind and warmly courteous
• German: gütig — kind and warmly courteous
• German: liebenswürdig — kind and warmly courteous
• German: freundlich — kind and warmly courteous
• Hungarian: kedves — kind and warmly courteous
• Hungarian: szíves — kind and warmly courteous
• Hungarian: jóságos — kind and warmly courteous
• Hungarian: nyájas — kind and warmly courteous
• Hungarian: barátságos — kind and warmly courteous
• Hungarian: szívélyes — kind and warmly courteous
• Northern Kurdish: dilovan — kind and warmly courteous
• Northern Kurdish: qenc — kind and warmly courteous
• Northern Kurdish: xweşmirov — kind and warmly courteous
• Latin: cōmis — kind and warmly courteous
• Persian: بخشنده (baxšande) — kind and warmly courteous
• Persian: مهربان (mehrabân) — kind and warmly courteous
• Polish: miłościwy — kind and warmly courteous
• Polish: łaskawy — kind and warmly courteous
• Polish: dobrotliwy — kind and warmly courteous
• Dutch: tactvol — tactful
• Hungarian: tapintatos — tactful
• Hungarian: udvarias — tactful
• Dutch: meelevend — compassionate
• Dutch: barmhartig — compassionate
• Dutch: medelijdend — compassionate
• Greek: ελεήμων (eleḯmon) — compassionate
• Hungarian: könyörületes — compassionate
• Hungarian: irgalmas — compassionate
• Bulgarian: милостив (milostiv) — indulgent
• Bulgarian: снизходителен (snizhoditelen) — indulgent
• Dutch: toegeeflijk — indulgent
• Finnish: suopea — indulgent
• Hungarian: jóindulatú — indulgent
• Hungarian: jószívű — indulgent
• Hungarian: elnéző — indulgent
• Hungarian: engedékeny — indulgent
• Ido: indulgema — indulgent
• Persian: بخشنده (baxšande) — indulgent
• Romanian: indulgent — indulgent
• Romanian: îngăduitor — indulgent
• Swedish: nådig — indulgent
• Turkish: merhametli — indulgent
• Hungarian: kegyelmes — benignant
• Hungarian: kegyes — benignant
• Hungarian: jóakaratú — benignant
• Hungarian: jóindulatú — benignant
• Hungarian: nagylelkű — benignant
• Dutch: sierlijk — full of grace — see also graceful, charming, elegant
• Dutch: gracieus — full of grace — see also graceful, charming, elegant
• Dutch: elegant — full of grace — see also graceful, charming, elegant
• Hungarian: bájos — full of grace — see also graceful, charming, elegant
• Hungarian: kecses — full of grace — see also graceful, charming, elegant
• Hungarian: tetszetős — full of grace — see also graceful, charming, elegant
• Hungarian: előkelő — full of grace — see also graceful, charming, elegant
• Hungarian: elragadó — full of grace — see also graceful, charming, elegant
• Dutch: grootmoedig — magnanimous, without arrogance or complaint — see also magnanimous
• Dutch: edelmoedig — magnanimous, without arrogance or complaint — see also magnanimous
• Hungarian: kegyelmes — magnanimous, without arrogance or complaint — see also magnanimous
• Hungarian: kegyes — magnanimous, without arrogance or complaint — see also magnanimous
• Hungarian: nagylelkű — magnanimous, without arrogance or complaint — see also magnanimous