courage

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courage

/ˈkʌɹ.ɪd͡ʒ/ UK
/ˈkʊɹ.ɪd͡ʒ/ Northern England
/ˈkʌɹ.ɪd͡ʒ/ US
/ˈkɝ.ɪd͡ʒ/
/ˈkɐɹ.ɪd͡ʒ/ Australia
/ˈkɐɹ.əd͡ʒ/ New Zealand
/kəˈredʒ/ South Asia
[kɐ.ɾeːdʒ] South Asia

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From Middle English corage, from Old French corage (French courage), from Vulgar Latin *corāticum, from Latin cor (“heart”). Distantly related to cardiac (“of the heart”), which is from Greek, but from the same Proto-Indo-European root. Displaced Middle English elne, ellen, from Old English ellen (“courage, valor”).

noun courages

uncountable, usually The quality of being confident, not afraid or easily intimidated, but without being incautious or inconsiderate. A great part of courage is the courage of having done the thing before.
uncountable, usually The ability to overcome one's fear, do or live things which one finds frightening. He plucked up the courage to tell her how he felt.
uncountable, usually The ability to maintain one's will or intent despite either the experience of fear, frailty, or frustration; or the occurrence of adversity, difficulty, defeat or reversal; moral fortitude. “Courage is not simply one of the virtues but the form of every virtue at the testing point, which means at the point of highest reality.”

verb courages · couraging · couraged

obsolete To encourage. And wete yow wel sayd kynge Arthur vnto Vrres syster I shalle begynne to handle hym and serche vnto my power not presumyng vpon me that I am soo worthy to hele youre sone by my dedes / but I wille courage other men of worshyp to doo as I wylle doo

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: bravery, courageousness, fortitude, mettle, brave, courageous, valiant, courageously, bravely, boldness, boldly, valour, dare, daring, firmness, strength

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noun quality of a confident character

Español	coraje, valor, valentía
한국어	용기 yonggi
日本語	勇気 yūki, 度胸 dokyō
中文	勇氣 /勇气 yǒngqì, 膽量 /胆量 dǎnliàng
हिन्दी	साहस sāhas, हौसला hauslā, हिम्मत himmat
Kiswahili	ujasiri
Português	coragem, coração, valentia
Français	bravoure, courage, cœur, vaillance
Deutsch	Courage, Herz, Mut, Tapferkeit
Italiano	coraggio
Ελληνικά	κουράγιο kourágio, θάρρος thárros, γενναιότητα gennaiótita, ανδρεία andreía
Română	curaj
Русский	сме́лость smélostʹ, хра́брость xrábrostʹ, отва́га otvága, му́жество múžestvo
Tiếng Việt	can đảm
العربية	شَجَاعَة šajāʕa, جَسَارَة jasāra
עברית	אֹמֶץ ómets

noun ability to do frightening things

Español	valor, valentía
हिन्दी	निर्भयता nirbhaytā, निर्भीकता nirbhīktā, निडरता niḍartā
Kiswahili	udjasiri
Português	coragem, audácia
Français	courage
Deutsch	Mut, Beherztheit
Ελληνικά	θάρρος thárros, κουράγιο kourágio
Русский	му́жество múžestvo, реши́тельность rešítelʹnostʹ

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@misc{courage_2026,
  title = {courage},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/courage},
  urldate = {2026-11-05}
}