kindness

English

Etymology

From kind +‎ -ness

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈkaɪndnɪs/, /ˈkaɪndnəs/
Audio (US) (file)

Noun

kindness (countable and uncountable, plural kindnesses)

The state of being kind.
An instance of kind or charitable behaviour.

Translations

being kind

Aromanian: bunãtati f
Catalan: bondat (ca) f, cortesia (ca) f, gentilesa (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 恩惠 (zh) (ēnhuì)
Czech: laskavost (cs) f
Danish: venlighed (da), velvilje, imødekommenhed, elskværdighed, godhed
Esperanto: amindeco
Finnish: kiltteys (fi), ystävällisyys (fi)
French: bonté (fr) f
Old French: dolçor
Friulian: dolçôr m, bontât f
Galician: bondade (gl) f
Georgian: სიკეთე (siḳete), გულკეთილობა (gulḳetiloba)
German: Liebenswürdigkeit (de) f
Greek:
Ancient: εὐμένεια f (euméneia)
Hindi: दया (hi) (dayā)
Italian: bontà (it), gentilezza (it), cortesia (it) f, garbo (it) m
Japanese: 親切 (ja) (しんせつ, shinsetsu), 優しさ (やさしさ, yasashisa)
Khmer: please add this translation if you can

Latin: bonitas f, caritas f
Malayalam: ദയ (ml) (daya), ദയ (ml) (daya), ഐന്തൽ (ml) (aintal), അനുകമ്പ (ml) (anukampa)
Manx: foayr m
Maori: tauwhirotanga
Marathi: दया (dayā)
Portuguese: gentileza (pt) f
Romanian: bunătate (ro), amabilitate (ro) f, bunăvoință (ro) f
Russian: доброта́ (ru) f (dobrotá)
Sanskrit: कृपा (sa) f (kṛpā), दया (sa) (dayā)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: лјубаѕност, доброта, човеколјублје

Roman: ljubaznost (sh), dobrota (sh), milosrđe (sh), čovekoljublje
Spanish: amabilidad (es) f, bondad (es) f
Tamil: அன்பு (ta) (aṉpu)
Telugu: దయ (te) (daya)
Thai: please add this translation if you can
Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can
Zulu: umusa (zu)

instance of charitable behavior

Catalan: bondat (ca) f
Czech: laskavost (cs) f
Danish: venlighed (da), tjeneste
Dutch: vriendelijkheid (nl) f, aardigheid (nl) f
Finnish: palvelus (fi)
Georgian: სიკეთე (siḳete), გულკეთილობა (gulḳetiloba)
Italian: bontà (it), favore (it), piacere (it), gentilezza (it) f

Portuguese: caridade (pt)
Russian: доброта́ (ru) f (dobrotá)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: милосрдје, доброта

Roman: milosrdje, dobrota (sh)
Telugu: దయ (te) (daya)

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