encourage

See also: encouragé

Contents

EnglishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Middle English encouragen, encoragen, from Anglo-Norman encoragier, from Old French encoragier from en- +‎ corage "courage". Displaced native Middle English belden, bielden (“to encourage”) (from Old English bieldan (“to encourage”)), Middle English bealden, balden (“to encourage”) (from Old English bealdian (“to encourage, make bold”)), Middle English herten (“to encourage, enhearten”) (from Old English hiertan, hyrtan (“to enhearten”)), Old English elnian (“to encourage, strengthen”).

PronunciationEdit

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɪnˈkʌɹɪdʒ/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ɪnˈkɝɹɪdʒ/

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• Hyphenation: en‧cour‧age

VerbEdit

encourage (third-person singular simple present encourages, present participle encouraging, simple past and past participle encouraged) (transitive)

1. To mentally support; to motivate, give courage, hope or spirit.

   I encouraged him during his race.

2. To spur on, strongly recommend.

   We encourage the use of bicycles in the town centre.

3. To foster, give help or patronage

   The royal family has always encouraged the arts in word and deed

SynonymsEdit

• bield
• embolden

AntonymsEdit

• becourage
• discourage

Derived termsEdit

• encouragement
• encouraging
• encouragingly

Related termsEdit

• courage

TranslationsEdit

mentally support or motivate

• Arabic: شَجَّعَ‎‎ (šajjaʿa)
• Armenian: քաջալերել (hy) (kʿaǰalerel), խրախուսել (hy) (xraxusel)
• Aromanian: mbãrbãtedz, inimusescu
• Belarusian: заахво́чваць impf (zaaxvóčvacʹ), падбадзёрваць impf (padbadzjórvacʹ)
• Bulgarian: насърчавам (bg) (nasǎrčavam), окуражавам (bg) (okuražavam)
• Catalan: encoratjar (ca)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 鼓勵 (gu² lai⁶)

  Mandarin: 鼓勵 (zh), 鼓励 (zh) (gǔlì), 提倡 (zh) (tíchàng), 激勵 (zh), 激励 (zh) (jīlì)

• Czech: povzbudit
• Danish: opmuntre (da)
• Dutch: bemoedigen (nl), aanmoedigen (nl)
• Esperanto: kuraĝigi
• Estonian: õhutama
• Finnish: rohkaista (fi), kannustaa (fi)
• French: encourager (fr)
• Georgian: წახალისება (c̣axaliseba), გამხნევება (gamxneveba), შეგულიანება (šegulianeba)
• German: ermutigen (de), ermuntern (de)
• Greek: ενθαρρύνω (el) (entharrýno)

  Ancient: παραμυθέομαι (paramuthéomai), ὀτρῡ́νω (otrū́nō)

• Hebrew: עודד‎‎ m (oded), עודד‎‎ (odéd), ראה בחיוב‎‎ (ra'á b'khiyúv)
• Hungarian: bátorít (hu), felbátorít (hu), biztat (hu), buzdít (hu)
• Irish: spreag

• Italian: incoraggiare (it)
• Japanese: 勇気付ける (ゆうきづける, yūki-zukeru)
• Khmer: ត្រឹក (km) (trək), ចលនា (km) (cɑllənaa)
• Korean: 격려하다 (ko) (gyeoknyeo-hada)
• Latin: hortor (la), adhortor, corrōborō, animo, incito, excito, cogo (la)
• Lithuanian: padrąsinti
• Maori: whakatītina, whakamanawa
• Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
• Norwegian: oppmuntre (no)
• Old English: please add this translation if you can
• Persian: تشویق کردن‎‎ (fa) (tašviq kardan)
• Polish: wspierać (pl), dodawać odwagi, popierać (pl), dopingować
• Portuguese: encorajar (pt)
• Romanian: încuraja (ro), îmbărbăta (ro), însufleți (ro)
• Russian: ободря́ть (ru) impf (obodrjátʹ), обо́дрить (ru) pf (obódritʹ), поощря́ть (ru) impf (pooščrjátʹ), поощри́ть (ru) pf (pooščrítʹ), воодушевля́ть (ru) impf (vooduševljátʹ), воодушеви́ть (ru) pf (vooduševítʹ)
• Slovene: spodbuditi
• Spanish: animar (es), alentar (es), estimular (es), promover (es)
• Swedish: uppmuntra (sv)
• Telugu: ప్రోత్సాహము (te) (prōtsāhamu)
• Thai: ให้กำลังใจ
• Turkish: teşvik etmek (tr), cesaretlendirmek (tr), yüreklendirmek (tr)
• Ukrainian: заохо́чувати (zaoxóčuvaty), підбадьо́рювати (pidbadʹórjuvaty), підтри́мувати (pidtrýmuvaty)
• Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can

spur on, recommend

• Armenian: խրախուսել (hy) (xraxusel)
• Bulgarian: поощрявам (bg) (pooštrjavam)
• Danish: anbefale (da)
• Dutch: aanmoedigen (nl)
• Esperanto: kuraĝigi, instigi
• Estonian: julgustama (et)
• Finnish: rohkaista (fi)
• French: encourager (fr)
• German: empfehlen (de)
• Greek: παρακινώ (el) (parakinó), συνιστώ (el) (synistó), παροτρύνω (el) (parotrýno)

• Hebrew: המליץ‎‎ m (hemlits)
• Maori: whakakipakipa, whakatenatena, akiaki, whakahauhau, whakatītina
• Norwegian: anbefale (no)
• Polish: namawiać (pl) impf, namówić (pl) pf, zachęcać (pl) impf, zachęcić (pl) pf
• Portuguese: recomendar (pt)
• Russian: поощря́ть (ru) impf (pooščrjátʹ), поощри́ть (ru) pf (pooščrítʹ)
• Spanish: recomendar (es), alentar (es)
• Turkish: önermek (tr), teşvik etmek (tr)
• Ukrainian: заохо́чувати (zaoxóčuvaty)

foster, give help or patronage

• Dutch: bevorderen (nl), patroneren, steunen (nl)
• Esperanto: vigligi, subteni
• Greek: ενθαρρύνω (el) (entharrýno)
• Hungarian: támogat (hu)

• Polish: popierać (pl)
• Spanish: patrocinar (es)
• Turkish: desteklemek (tr)

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

• Spanish: ^{(please verify)} recomendar (es), ^{(please verify)} motivar (es)

• Telugu: ప్రోత్సహించు (prOtsahiMchu)

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VerbEdit

encourage

1. first-person singular present indicative of encourager
2. third-person singular present indicative of encourager
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of encourager
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of encourager
5. singular imperative of encourager