encouragement

Contents

EnglishEdit

Alternative formsEdit

• incouragement (archaic)

EtymologyEdit

From Middle French encoragement, from Old French encoragier + -ment, from en- ‎(“make, put in”) + corage ‎(“courage”), from Vulgar Latin *coraticum, from cor ‎(“heart, daring”) + -ier, suffixed with -ment.

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): [ɪnˈkʌrɪdʒmənt]

NounEdit

encouragement ‎(plural encouragements)

1. The act of encouraging; incitement to action or to practice; as, the encouragement of youth in generosity.

   All generous encouragement of arts. -Otway.

2. That which serves to incite, support, promote or advance, as favor, countenance, reward etc.; incentive; increase of confidence; as, the fine arts find little encouragement among a rude people.

   To think of his paternal care, Is a most sweet encouragement to prayer. -Byron.

SynonymsEdit

• See also Wikisaurus:praise

TranslationsEdit

the act of encouraging

• Armenian: խրախուսանք (hy) ‎(xraxusankʿ), քաջալերանք (hy) ‎(kʿaǰalerankʿ), քաջալերություն (hy) ‎(kʿaǰalerutʿyun)
• Bengali: উদ্দীপনা ‎(uddipôna)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 鼓勵 (zh), 鼓励 (zh) ‎(gǔlì)

• Czech: povzbuzení n
• Dutch: aanmoediging (nl) f
• Esperanto: akcelo
• Finnish: rohkaisu
• French: encouragement (fr) m
• German: Ermutigung f
• Greek: ενθάρρυνση (el) f ‎(enthárrynsi)

• Hungarian: bátorítás (hu)
• Italian: incoraggiamento (it) m
• Latin: lux (la) f
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: oppmuntring m, f

  Nynorsk: oppmuntring f

• Polish: zachęcanie (pl)
• Portuguese: encorajamento m, estimulação (pt) f
• Romanian: încurajare (ro) f
• Russian: ободре́ние (ru) n ‎(obodrénije), поощре́ние (ru) n ‎(pooščrénije)
• Swedish: uppmuntran (sv) c

that which serves to incite, support, promote or advance, as favor, countenance, reward etc.

• Bengali: উদ্দীপনা ‎(uddipôna)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 獎勵 (zh), 奖励 (zh) ‎(jiǎnglì)

• Dutch: aanmoediging (nl) f, bemoediging (nl) f
• Finnish: rohkaisu
• French: encouragement (fr) m
• Greek: παρότρυνση (el) f ‎(parótrynsi), προτροπή (el) f ‎(protropí), παρακίνηση (el) f ‎(parakínisi)
• Hungarian: támogatás (hu), pártolás (hu)

• Irish: spreagadh m
• Italian: incoraggiamento (it) m
• Japanese: 奨励 (ja) ‎(しょうれい, shōrei)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: oppmuntring m, f

  Nynorsk: oppmuntring f

• Portuguese: encorajamento m, estímulo (pt) m
• Romanian: încurajare (ro), stimulare (ro) f
• Russian: поощре́ние (ru) n ‎(pooščrénije)
• Spanish: apoyo (es) m

ReferencesEdit

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.

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FrenchEdit

EtymologyEdit

Old French encoragier, from en- ‎(“make, put in”) + corage ‎(“courage”), from Vulgar Latin *coraticum, from cor ‎(“heart, daring”) + -ier, suffixed with -ment.

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /ɑ̃kuʁaʒmɑ̃/

NounEdit

encouragement m ‎(plural encouragements)

1. An encouragement

External linksEdit

• “encouragement” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).