Etymology
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From Old French benevolent, borrowed from Latin benevolēns ("well wishing"). Displaced native Old English welwillende.
Pronunciation
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- IPA(key): /bəˈnɛvələnt/
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Adjective
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benevolent (comparative more benevolent, superlative most benevolent)
- Having a disposition to do good.
Chinese and Eastern mythologies describe dragons as benevolent.
- Possessing or manifesting love for mankind.
- Altruistic, charitable, good, just and fair.
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Translations
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having a disposition to do good
- Arabic: خَيِّر (ḵayyir)
- Belarusian: добразы́члівы (dobrazýčlivy), зы́члівы (zýčlivy)
- Bulgarian: доброжела́телен (bg) (dobroželátelen), благоскло́нен (bg) (blagosklónen)
- Catalan: benèvol (ca)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 仁慈 (zh) (réncí), 慈善 (zh) (císhàn), 善良 (zh) (shànliáng)
- Danish: velvillig
- Dutch: welwillend (nl), goedaardig (nl)
- Finnish: hyvänsuopa (fi), hyväntahtoinen (fi), hyvänsuopainen
- French: bienveillant (fr)
- Galician: benevolente
- Georgian: კეთილმოსურნე (ḳetilmosurne)
- German: wohlwollend (de)
- Greek: καλοήθης (el) (kaloḯthis)
- Japanese: 優しい (ja) (やさしい, yasashii)
- Korean: 자애롭다 (ko) (jaaeropda), 상냥하다 (ko) (sangnyanghada)
- Kurdish:
- Central Kurdish: دڵ سۆز (dill soz)
- Latin: benevolens
- Macedonian: добронамерен (dobronameren)
- Malayalam: പരോപകാരി (ml) (parōpakāri)
- Maori: ngākau aroha
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: velvillig (no), velmenende (no)
- Old English: welwillende
- Persian: نیککامه (nikkâme), خیرخواه (fa) (xeyrxâh)
- Portuguese: benevolente (pt)
- Romanian: binevoitor (ro)
- Russian: благожела́тельный (ru) (blagoželátelʹnyj), доброжела́тельный (ru) (dobroželátelʹnyj), благоскло́нный (ru) (blagosklónnyj), до́брый (ru) (dóbryj), ми́лостивый (ru) (mílostivyj)
- Sanskrit: मैत्रेय (sa) m (maitreya)
- Spanish: benevolente, benévolo (es)
- Swedish: välvillig (sv)
- Turkish: hayırsever (tr), iyiliksever (tr)
- Ukrainian: доброзичли́вий m (dobrozyčlývyj), зичли́вий m (zyčlývyj)
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possessing or manifesting love for mankind
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