gentleness

English

Etymology

gentle +‎ -ness

Noun

gentleness (countable and uncountable, plural gentlenesses)

The state of being gentle.

Synonyms

douceur, sweetness

Translations

being gentle

Bulgarian: благост (bg) f (blagost), кротост (bg) f (krotost)
Dutch: minzaamheid
Faroese: góðska f
Finnish: hellävaraisuus
French:
Old French: dolçor
Friulian: dolčôr m
German: Sanftmut (de) f
Gothic: 𐌵𐌰𐌹𐍂𐍂𐌴𐌹 f (qairrei)
Greek:
Ancient: πραότης f (praótēs)
Hiligaynon: kalagday
Hungarian: gyengédség (hu) f
Icelandic: blíða (is) f
Italian: delicatezza (it) f, mansuetudine (it), dolcezza (it), garbo (it) m
Japanese: 親切 (ja) (しんせつ, shinsetsu), 優 (ja) (ゆう, yū)

Korean: 친절 (ko) (chinjeol)
Latin: indulgentia, pietās, clēmentia, lēnitūdō, lēnitās
Old Armenian: զգօնութիւն (zgōnutʿiwn)
Old Church Slavonic: щедрота f (štedrota)
Polish: łagodność (pl) f, delikatność (pl) f
Portuguese: gentileza (pt) f
Romanian: blândețe (ro), gentilețe (ro) f
Russian: мя́гкость (ru) f (mjáxkostʹ), доброта́ (ru) f (dobrotá)
Sanskrit: मृदु (sa) n (mṛdú), साधु (sa) n (sādhú)
Scottish Gaelic: soineanntachd f, sèimhe f, suairceas m
Sicilian: cori (scn) m
Spanish: suavidad (es) f, dulzura f
Zulu: ubumnene (zu)

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