strength

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Strength

English

Pronunciation

Etymology

From Old English strengþu (corresponding to strong + -th). Written strenght in the 1534 Tyndale English translation of the Bible.

Noun

strength (plural strengths)

The quality of being strong.
- 1918, W. B. Maxwell, chapter 5, The Mirror and the Lamp:
  He was thinking; but the glory of the song, the swell from the great organ, the clustered lights, […], the height and vastness of this noble fane, its antiquity and its strength—all these things seemed to have their part as causes of the thrilling emotion that accompanied his thoughts.
{{usex|It requires great strength to lift heavy objects.
The intensity of a force or power; potency.
Have the strength of ten men.
The strongest part of something.
A positive attribute.
We all have our own strengths and weaknesses.

Synonyms

Antonyms

(The quality of being strong): weakness
(A positive attribute): weakness

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Translations

quality of being strong

Arabic: قوة (ar) (qúwwa) f
Armenian: ուժ (hy) (už)
Bashkir: көс (kös)
Bulgarian: сила (sila) f, мощ (mošt) f
Catalan: força (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 力氣 (cmn), 力气 (cmn) (lìqi)
Czech: síla (cs) f
Dutch: kracht (nl) f, sterkte (nl) f
Ewe: ŋusẽ
Faroese: styrki (fo) f
Finnish: voimakkuus (fi), voima (fi)
French: force (fr) f
German: Stärke (de) f
Greek: δύναμη (el) (δínami) f
Hebrew: חוזק (khózek) m
Hindi: शक्ति (hi) (śakti) f, ताक़त (hi) (tāqata) m, बल (hi) (bal)
Hungarian: erő (hu)
Ido: forteso
Interlingua: fortia
Italian: forza (it) f, vigore (it) m, energia (it) f
Japanese: 力 (ja) (ちから, chikara)
Khmer: កម្លាំង (km) (gomlung)
Korean: 힘 (ko) (him)
Kurdish:
Sorani: هێز
Latgalian: vare, spāks

Latin: firmitudo (la) f, firmitas (la) f, robur (la) n, fortitudo (la)
Latvian: spēks (lv), stiprums (lv), spēcīgums (lv) m
Lithuanian: jėga (lt)
Malagasy: hery (mg)
Old French: esfort m
Persian: زور (fa) (zowr)
Polish: siła (pl) f
Portuguese: força (pt) f
Quechua: kallpa (qu)
Russian: сила (ru) (síla) f
Sanskrit: शक्ति (sa) (śakti) f, बल (sa) (bala)
Scottish Gaelic: lùths m, neart m, brìgh (gd) f
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: снага f, моћ f, сила f, јачина f

Roman: snaga f, moć f, sila f, jačina f
Sichuan Yi: ꊋ (we)
Slovene: moč (sl) f
Spanish: fuerza (es) f
Swahili: nguvu (sw)
Swedish: styrka (sv)
Tagalog: lakas
Telugu: బలము (balamu)
Tibetan: སྟོབས (bo) (stobs)
Turkish: kuvvet (tr), güç (tr)
Ukrainian: сила (uk) (syla) f, міць (uk) (meets') f
Urdu: شکتی (ur) (śakti) f, زور (ur) (zor) m

intensity of a force or power

Bashkir: ҡеүәт (qewät), көс (kös)
Esperanto: forto (eo)
Faroese: styrki (fo) f
Finnish: voima (fi)
German: Kraft (de) f, Stärke (de) f
Greek: δύναμη (el) (δínami) f
Hungarian: erő (hu)

Italian: intensità (it) f, efficacia (it) f
Latvian: stiprums (lv)
Scottish Gaelic: neart (gd) m, lùths (gd) m, brìgh (gd) f
Swahili: nguvu (sw)
Swedish: styrka (sv) c
Ukrainian: сила (uk) (syla) f, міць (uk) (meets') f

strongest part of something

Bashkir: ҡеүәт (qewät), көс (kös)
Catalan: fort (ca) m
Dutch: kracht (nl) f
Finnish: vahvuus (fi), voima (fi)

Hungarian: erősség (hu)
Latin: firmitudo (la) f, firmitas (la) f, robur (la) n
Ukrainian: сила (uk) (syla) f, дієвість (uk) (diyevist') f

positive attribute

Finnish: vahvuus (fi)
Hungarian: erősség (hu)
Italian: forza (it) f, solidità (it) f, tenacia (it) f

Latin: firmitudo (la), firmitas (la), robur (la) n
Swedish: styrka (sv) c
Ukrainian: сила (uk) (syla) f, авторитет (uk) (avtorytet) m

Verb

strength (third-person singular simple present strengths, present participle strengthing, simple past and past participle strengthed)

(obsolete) To give strength to; to strengthen. [12th-17th c.]
- 1395, John Wycliffe, Bible, Job IV:
  Lo! thou hast tauȝt ful many men, and thou hast strengthid hondis maad feynt.
(Can we find and add a quotation of Chaucer to this entry?)