magnanimous

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• Received-Pronunciation, US: /mæɡˈnæn.ɪ.məs/
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From Latin magnanimus, from magnus (“great”) + animus (“soul, mind”). Displaced native Old English miċelmōd (literally “big-minded”).

57 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Armenian: վեհանձն (vehanjn) — noble and generous in spirit
• Belarusian: вялікаду́шны (vjalikadúšny) — noble and generous in spirit
• Bulgarian: великоду́шен (velikodúšen) — noble and generous in spirit
• Catalan: magnànim — noble and generous in spirit
• Chinese Mandarin: 坦蕩 /坦荡 (tǎndàng) — noble and generous in spirit
• Chinese Mandarin: 寛大 — noble and generous in spirit
• Chinese Mandarin: 寬宏大度 /宽宏大度 (kuānhóng dàdù) — noble and generous in spirit
• Chinese Mandarin: 善意而有雅量 — noble and generous in spirit
• Czech: velkodušný — noble and generous in spirit
• Danish: storsindet — noble and generous in spirit
• Dutch: grootmoedig — noble and generous in spirit
• Dutch: edelmoedig — noble and generous in spirit
• Dutch: onbaatzuchtig — noble and generous in spirit
• Esperanto: grandanima — noble and generous in spirit
• French: magnanime — noble and generous in spirit
• Galician: magnánimo — noble and generous in spirit
• German: großmütig — noble and generous in spirit
• German: edelmütig — noble and generous in spirit
• German: großzügig — noble and generous in spirit
• German: großherzig — noble and generous in spirit
• Greek: μεγαλόψυχος (megalópsychos) — noble and generous in spirit
• Ancient Greek: μεγαλόψυχος (megalópsukhos) — noble and generous in spirit
• Hindi: उदार (udār) — noble and generous in spirit
• Hindi: महानुभाव (mahānubhāv) — noble and generous in spirit
• Hindi: महामनस्क (mahāmnask) — noble and generous in spirit
• Hungarian: nagylelkű — noble and generous in spirit
• Icelandic: göfuglyndur — noble and generous in spirit
• Icelandic: drenglyndur — noble and generous in spirit
• Icelandic: stórlyndur — noble and generous in spirit
• Icelandic: veglyndur — noble and generous in spirit
• Irish: móraigeanta — noble and generous in spirit
• Irish: mórintinneach — noble and generous in spirit
• Irish: mór — noble and generous in spirit
• Irish: gartach — noble and generous in spirit
• Italian: magnanimo — noble and generous in spirit
• Japanese: 寛大な (kandai-na) — noble and generous in spirit
• Latin: magnanimus — noble and generous in spirit
• Latvian: augstsirdīgs — noble and generous in spirit
• Macedonian: великодушен (velikodušen) — noble and generous in spirit
• Māori: ngākau oha — noble and generous in spirit
• Old English: miċelmōd — noble and generous in spirit
• Polish: wielkoduszny — noble and generous in spirit
• Portuguese: magnânimo — noble and generous in spirit
• Romanian: mărinimos — noble and generous in spirit
• Russian: великоду́шный (velikodúšnyj) — noble and generous in spirit
• Sanskrit: महात्मन् (mahātman) — noble and generous in spirit
• Serbo-Croatian: велико̀душан — noble and generous in spirit
• Serbo-Croatian: velikòdušan — noble and generous in spirit
• Slovak: veľkodušný — noble and generous in spirit
• Slovene: velikodušen — noble and generous in spirit
• Spanish: magnánimo — noble and generous in spirit
• Swedish: storsint — noble and generous in spirit
• Turkish: cömert — noble and generous in spirit
• Ottoman Turkish: كریم (kerim) — noble and generous in spirit
• Ottoman Turkish: شریف (şerif) — noble and generous in spirit
• Ukrainian: великоду́шний (velykodúšnyj) — noble and generous in spirit
• Urdu: اَعْلیٰ ظَرْف (aʻlá z̤arf) — noble and generous in spirit