charity

See also: Charity

Contents

EnglishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Middle English charite, from Old French charité, cherte, chariteit, cariteit, from Latin cāritās.

PronunciationEdit

• (US): IPA^(key): /ˈtʃɛɹəti/, /ˈtʃæɹɪti/.

• Audio (US)

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NounEdit

charity (countable and uncountable, plural charities)

1. (countable) An organization, the objective of which is to carry out a charitable purpose.
   • 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 6, in The China Governess‎^[1]:

     ‘[…] I remember a lady coming to inspect St. Mary's Home where I was brought up and seeing us all in our lovely Elizabethan uniforms we were so proud of, and bursting into tears all over us because “it was wicked to dress us like charity children”. […]’.

2. (countable) The goods or money given to those in need.
3. (uncountable) Benevolence to others less fortunate than ourselves; the providing of goods or money to those in need.
4. In general, an attitude of kindness and understanding towards others, now especially suggesting generosity.
   • John Mitchell Mason

     Judge thyself with the judgment of sincerity, and thou will judge others with the judgment of charity.

5. (obsolete) Christian love; representing God's love of man, man's love of God, or man's love of his fellow-men.

SynonymsEdit

• (organization): charitable organization

TranslationsEdit

Christian love

• Bulgarian: милосъ̀рдие (bg) n (milosǎ̀rdie)
• Dutch: naastenliefde (nl) f
• Esperanto: kariteco
• Finnish: armeliaisuus (fi)
• French: charité (fr) f
• German: Nächstenliebe (de) f
• Greek: καλοσύνη (el) f (kalosýni), φιλανθρωπία (el) f (filanthropía)

• Japanese: 慈善 (jizen)
• Macedonian: милоср́дие n (milosŕdie)
• Maori: aroha (mi)
• Portuguese: caridade (pt) f
• Russian: милосе́рдие (ru) n (milosérdije)
• Spanish: caridad (es) f, amor al prójimo m

attitude

• Bulgarian: милосъ̀рдие (bg) n (milosǎ̀rdie)
• Catalan: caritat (ca) f
• Dutch: naastenliefde (nl) f
• Esperanto: kariteco, homamo
• Finnish: armeliaisuus (fi)
• French: charité (fr) f
• German: Nächstenliebe (de) f

• Greek: καλοσύνη (el) f (kalosýni), φιλανθρωπία (el) f (filanthropía)
• Japanese: 慈善 (jizen)
• Macedonian: милоср́дие n (milosŕdie)
• Portuguese: caridade (pt) f
• Russian: милосе́рдие (ru) n (milosérdije)
• Spanish: caridad (es) f, amor al prójimo m

providing of goods or money

• Arabic: إِحْسَان‎‎ m (ʾiḥsān)
• Armenian: բարեգործություն (hy) (baregorcutʿyun)
• Bulgarian: благотвори́телност (bg) f (blagotvorítelnost)
• Catalan: caritat (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 慈善 (zh) (císhàn)

• Czech: dobročinnost f
• Dutch: liefdadigheid (nl) f
• Esperanto: karitato
• Finnish: hyväntekeväisyys (fi)
• French: charité (fr) f
• Galician: caridade (gl) f
• Georgian: ქველმოქმედება (ka) (kvelmokmedeba)
• German: Wohltätigkeit f
• Greek: αγαθοεργία (el) f (agathoergía)
• Hebrew: צְדָקָה‎‎ (he) f (ts'daká)
• Hindi: दान (hi) (dān)

• Hungarian: jótékonyság (hu)
• Icelandic: góðgerðarstarfsemi f
• Indonesian: amal (id)
• Italian: carità (it) f
• Japanese: 慈善 (じぜん, jizen)
• Kazakh: қайырымдылық (qayırımdılıq)
• Korean: 자선 (ko) (jaseon) (慈善 (ko))
• Latvian: labdarība (lv) f
• Macedonian: добротво́рност f (dobrotvórnost)
• Maori: koha aroha
• Occitan: caritat (oc) f
• Portuguese: caridade (pt), doação (pt) f
• Russian: благотвори́тельность (ru) f (blagotvorítelʹnostʹ)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Roman: dobrodavstvo n, dobrodavanje n

• Swedish: välgörenhet (sv) c

goods or money given

• Arabic: صَدَقَة‎‎ f (ṣadaqa)
• Bashkir: хәйер (xäyer), саҙаҡа (saðaqa)
• Bulgarian: благотвори́телност (bg) f (blagotvorítelnost)
• Dutch: liefdadigheid (nl) f
• Finnish: hyväntekeväisyys (fi)
• French: charité (fr) f
• Greek: ελεημοσύνη (el) f (eleïmosýni)

• Macedonian: добротво́рен при́лог m (dobrotvóren prílog)
• Persian: خیرات‎‎ (fa) (xeyrât), صدقه‎‎ (fa) (sadaqe)
• Portuguese: caridade (pt) f
• Russian: благотвори́тельность (ru) f (blagotvorítelʹnostʹ), (handout, alms) ми́лостыня (ru) f (mílostynja)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Roman: dobrodavanje, dobrodavati

• Tagalog: kawang-gawa

organization

• Afrikaans: welwillendheidsorganisasie
• Bashkir: хәйриә (xäyriä)
• Bulgarian: благотвори́телна организа́ция f (blagotvorítelna organizácija)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 慈善機構 (zh), 慈善机构 (zh) (císhàn jīgòu)

• Czech: charita (cs) f
• Dutch: liefdadigheidsinstelling f, goed doel n
• Finnish: hyväntekeväisyysjärjestö
• French: ^{(please verify)} organisme de charité m

• German: Wohltätigkeitsorganisation f
• Greek: φιλανθρωπικό ίδρυμα n (filanthropikó ídryma)
• Icelandic: góðgerðarstofnun f
• Italian: ente di beneficenza m, organizzazione benefica f
• Macedonian: добротво́рна организа́ција f (dobrotvórna organizácija)
• Portuguese: instituição de caridade f
• Russian: благотвори́тельное о́бщество n (blagotvorítelʹnoje óbščestvo), благотвори́тельная организа́ция f (blagotvorítelʹnaja organizácija), (asylum) богаде́льня (ru) f (bogadélʹnja)
• Spanish: entidad benéfica f, organización benéfica f
• Swedish: välgörenhetsorganisation c

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout#Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Telugu: ^{(please verify)} దానము (te) (dānamu), ^{(please verify)} ధర్మము (te) (dharmamu)

Further readingEdit

• "charity" in Raymond Williams, Keywords (revised), 1983, Fontana Press, page 54.