compassion

English

Etymology

From Middle English, from Old French, from Late Latin compassio (“sympathy”), from compati, past participle compassus (“to suffer together with”), from Latin com- (“together”) + pati (“to suffer”); see passion.

Pronunciation

Noun

compassion (uncountable)

Deep awareness of the suffering of another, coupled with the wish to relieve it

Translations

deep awareness of the suffering of another

Arabic: رحمة (ar) (ráHma) f
Bulgarian: състрадание (bg) (sǎstradanie) n, съчувствие (bg) (sǎčuvstvie) n
Catalan: compassió (ca) f
Cherokee: ᎤᏓᏙᎵᏣᏘ (chr) (udadolitsati)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 同情 (cmn) (tóngqíng)
Czech: soustrast (cs) f, soucit (cs) f
Danish: medlidenhed (da)
Dhivehi: please add this translation if you can
Dutch: medelijden (nl) n, deernis (nl) f
Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
Finnish: myötätunto (fi)
French: compassion (fr) f
German: Mitleid (de) n, Erbarmen (de) n, Mitgefühl (de) n
Hebrew: רחמים (he) (raḥamim) m pl; חמלה (he) (ḥemla); אמפתיה (he) (empatia)
Ido: please add this translation if you can

Irish: trua (ga) f, taise (ga) f
Italian: compassione (it)
Japanese: 同情 (ja) (どうじょう, dōjō)
Khmer: please add this translation if you can
Manx: erreeish (gv) f
Mirandese: please add this translation if you can
Polish: współczucie (pl) n
Portuguese: compaixão (pt) f
Romanian: compasiune (ro) f
Russian: сострадание (ru) (sostradánije) n, сочувствие (ru) (sočústvije) n (the first в is silent)
Sanskrit: भूतदया (sa) (bhūtadayā) f
Scottish Gaelic: ath-thruas (gd) m
Spanish: compasión (es) f
Swedish: medlidande (sv)

Verb

compassion (third-person singular simple present compassions, present participle compassioning, simple past and past participle compassioned)