virtuous

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈvɜːt͡ʃʊəs/
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• General-American: /ˈvɝt͡ʃuəs/
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From Middle English vertuous, borrowed from Anglo-Norman vertuous, vertous, ultimately from Late Latin virtuōsus, from Latin virtūs. By surface analysis, virtue + -ous. Doublet of virtuoso and piecewise doublet of virtùous.

69 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Amharic: ደግ አድራጊ (däg ʾädragi) — full of virtue; having excellent moral character
• Arabic: فَاضِل (fāḍil) — full of virtue; having excellent moral character
• Armenian: առաքինի (aṙakʻini) — full of virtue; having excellent moral character
• Belarusian: дабрадзе́йны (dabradzjéjny) — full of virtue; having excellent moral character
• Belarusian: цно́тлівы (cnótlivy) — full of virtue; having excellent moral character
• Belarusian: цно́тны (cnótny) — full of virtue; having excellent moral character
• Bengali: নেক (nek) — full of virtue; having excellent moral character
• Bengali: ফাজেল (fazel) — full of virtue; having excellent moral character
• Bulgarian: доброде́телен (dobrodételen) — full of virtue; having excellent moral character
• Bulgarian: целомъ́дрен (celomǎ́dren) — full of virtue; having excellent moral character
• Catalan: virtuós — full of virtue; having excellent moral character
• Chinese Mandarin: 有道德的 (yǒu dàodé de) — full of virtue; having excellent moral character
• Chinese Mandarin: 有德行的 (yǒu déxíng de) — full of virtue; having excellent moral character
• Chinese Mandarin: 貞 /贞 (zhēn) — full of virtue; having excellent moral character
• Czech: ctnostný — full of virtue; having excellent moral character
• Danish: dydig — full of virtue; having excellent moral character
• Dutch: deugdzaam — full of virtue; having excellent moral character
• Esperanto: virta — full of virtue; having excellent moral character
• Finnish: hyveellinen — full of virtue; having excellent moral character
• French: vertueux — full of virtue; having excellent moral character
• Galician: virtuoso — full of virtue; having excellent moral character
• Georgian: სათნო (satno) — full of virtue; having excellent moral character
• Georgian: უმანკო (umanḳo) — full of virtue; having excellent moral character
• Georgian: უმწიკვლო (umc̣iḳvlo) — full of virtue; having excellent moral character
• German: züchtig — full of virtue; having excellent moral character
• German: tugendhaft — full of virtue; having excellent moral character
• German: tugendsam — full of virtue; having excellent moral character
• Old High German: chiusce — full of virtue; having excellent moral character
• Greek: ηθικός (ithikós) — full of virtue; having excellent moral character
• Greek: ενάρετος (enáretos) — full of virtue; having excellent moral character
• Ancient Greek: ἐνάρετος (enáretos) — full of virtue; having excellent moral character
• Ido: vertuoza — full of virtue; having excellent moral character
• Italian: virtuoso — full of virtue; having excellent moral character
• Japanese: 徳の高い (toku no takai) — full of virtue; having excellent moral character
• Latin: probus — full of virtue; having excellent moral character
• Latvian: tikumīgs — full of virtue; having excellent moral character
• Latvian: šķīsts — full of virtue; having excellent moral character
• Macedonian: до́блестен (dóblesten) — full of virtue; having excellent moral character
• Macedonian: доброде́телен (dobrodételen) — full of virtue; having excellent moral character
• Māori: tapatahi — full of virtue; having excellent moral character
• Māori: ngākaupai — full of virtue; having excellent moral character
• Navajo: yáʼátʼéehii — full of virtue; having excellent moral character
• Norwegian Bokmål: dydig — full of virtue; having excellent moral character
• Occitan: virtuós — full of virtue; having excellent moral character
• Plautdietsch: sitlich — full of virtue; having excellent moral character
• Polish: cnotliwy — full of virtue; having excellent moral character
• Portuguese: virtuoso — full of virtue; having excellent moral character
• Portuguese: nobre — full of virtue; having excellent moral character
• Portuguese: digno — full of virtue; having excellent moral character
• Romanian: virtuos — full of virtue; having excellent moral character
• Russian: доброде́тельный (dobrodételʹnyj) — full of virtue; having excellent moral character
• Russian: целому́дренный (celomúdrennyj) — full of virtue; having excellent moral character
• Sanskrit: गुणज्ञ (guṇajña) — full of virtue; having excellent moral character
• Serbo-Croatian: вр̏лӣ — full of virtue; having excellent moral character
• Serbo-Croatian: vȑlī — full of virtue; having excellent moral character
• Slovak: cnostný — full of virtue; having excellent moral character
• Slovene: čednosten — full of virtue; having excellent moral character
• Spanish: virtuoso — full of virtue; having excellent moral character
• Swedish: dygdig — full of virtue; having excellent moral character
• Swedish: dygdesam — full of virtue; having excellent moral character
• Turkish: erdemli — full of virtue; having excellent moral character
• Turkish: faziletli — full of virtue; having excellent moral character
• Ukrainian: доброче́сний (dobročésnyj) — full of virtue; having excellent moral character
• Ukrainian: цнотли́вий (cnotlývyj) — full of virtue; having excellent moral character
• Ukrainian: чеснотли́вий (česnotlývyj) — full of virtue; having excellent moral character
• Vietnamese: có đạo đức — full of virtue; having excellent moral character
• Vietnamese: có đức hạnh — full of virtue; having excellent moral character
• Vietnamese: tiết hạnh — full of virtue; having excellent moral character
• Vietnamese: đoan chính — full of virtue; having excellent moral character