willpower

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• General-American: /ˈwɪlˌpaʊɚ/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈwɪlˌpaʊə(ɹ)/
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• CMU ARPABET: W IH1 L P AW2 ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Etymology tree English will Proto-Indo-European *pótis Proto-Italic *potis Proto-Indo-European *h1es- Proto-Indo-European *h1ésti Proto-Indo-European *bhuH- Proto-Indo-European *bhúHt Proto-Italic *som Proto-Italic *possom Latin posseder. Vulgar Latin potēre Old French pooir Anglo-Norman poerbor. Middle English power English power English willpower From will + power.

48 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: zë — strength of will
• Bashkir: ихтыяр көсө (ixtıyar kösö) — strength of will
• Belarusian: сі́ла во́лі (síla vóli) — strength of will
• Central Bikol: boot — strength of will
• Bulgarian: си́ла на во́ля (síla na vólja) — strength of will
• Catalan: força de voluntat — strength of will
• Chinese Mandarin: 意志力 (yìzhìlì) — strength of will
• Chinese Mandarin: 意志 (yìzhì) — strength of will
• Chinese Mandarin: 精神力 (jīngshénlì) — strength of will
• Czech: síla vůle — strength of will
• Danish: viljekraft — strength of will
• Danish: viljestyrke — strength of will
• Dutch: wilskracht — strength of will
• Esperanto: volpovo — strength of will
• Esperanto: volforto — strength of will
• Estonian: tahtejõud — strength of will
• Finnish: tahdonvoima — strength of will
• Finnish: sisu — strength of will
• French: volonté — strength of will
• German: Willensstärke — strength of will
• German: Willenskraft — strength of will
• Greek: θεληματικότητα (thelimatikótita) — strength of will
• Greek: δύναμη θέλησης (dýnami thélisis) — strength of will
• Hindi: आत्मबल (ātmabal) — strength of will
• Hindi: इच्छाशक्ति (icchāśakti) — strength of will
• Hungarian: akaraterő — strength of will
• Italian: forza d'animo — strength of will
• Italian: forza di volontà — strength of will
• Japanese: 意志力 (ishiryoku) — strength of will
• Japanese: 気力 (kiryoku) — strength of will
• Japanese: 意力 (iryoku) — strength of will
• Japanese: 精神力 (seishinryoku) — strength of will
• Korean: 의지력 (uijiryeok) — strength of will
• Korean: 정신력 (jeongsillyeok) — strength of will
• Latin: voluntas — strength of will
• Norwegian Bokmål: viljestyrke — strength of will
• Norwegian Nynorsk: viljestyrke — strength of will
• Persian: عزم راسخ ('azm-e râsex) — strength of will
• Polish: siła woli — strength of will
• Portuguese: força de vontade — strength of will
• Portuguese: determinação — strength of will
• Romanian: propria voință — strength of will
• Russian: си́ла во́ли (síla vóli) — strength of will
• Slovak: sila vôle — strength of will
• Spanish: fuerza de voluntad — strength of will
• Spanish: fuerza volitiva — strength of will
• Swedish: viljestyrka — strength of will
• Ukrainian: си́ла во́лі (sýla vóli) — strength of will