courageous

English

Etymology

Old French corageus, from corage + -eus

Pronunciation

Rhymes: -eɪdʒəs

Adjective

courageous (comparative more courageous, superlative most courageous)

Of a person, displaying or possessing courage.
the most courageous person I have ever met
Of an action, that requires courage.
a courageous deed

Synonyms

(person): bold, brave, hardy, valorous
(act): bold, brave, heroic
See also Thesaurus:brave

Translations

brave — see brave

of an action, that requires courage

Arabic: شجاع‎ (ar)
Catalan: coratjós, valent (ca)
Czech: odvážný (cs) m
Danish: modig (da)
Georgian: გულადი (guladi), მამაცი (mamaci), უშიშარი (ušišari)
German: mutig (de)
Greek: θαρραλέος (el) m (tharraléos), γενναίος (el) m (gennaíos)
Hungarian: bátor (hu)
Ido: kurajoza (io)

Italian: coraggioso (it)
Latin: magnanimus
Latvian: drosmīgs, drošs (lv)
Portuguese: corajoso (pt) m
Romanian: curajos (ro)
Russian: хра́брый (ru) (xrábryj), сме́лый (ru) (smélyj), отва́жный (ru) (otvážnyj)
Scottish Gaelic: misneachail
Tagalog: matapang

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Irish: ^{(please verify)} uchtúil

Telugu: ^{(please verify)} ధైర్యవంతమైన (dhairyavantamaina)

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