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10 Language-to-English Dictionariesaudace
Pronunciation / Transliteration: o-das
"Il a eu l'audace de contester la décision."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
A willingness to take bold risks; heroic or daring enterprise.
"He had the audacity to suggest that the entire management team should resign." - 2
Impertinent or disrespectful behavior; impudence or insolence.
"I cannot believe she had the audacity to ask me to pay for her dinner."
Thesaurus & Semantic Spectrum
Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the Latin audacia, meaning boldness or courage, which stems from audere (to dare). It entered the English language in the late 16th century via Middle French audace, initially retaining positive connotations of heroic daring before shifting predominantly toward the pejorative sense of shameless impudence.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Audacity" is said worldwide
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audace
Transliteration: o-das
"Il a eu l'audace de contester la décision."
Frechheit
Transliteration: fresh-hite
"Er besitzt die Frechheit, so etwas zu behaupten."
audacia
Transliteration: au-da-cha
"Ha avuto l'audacia di dire la verità."
audacia
Transliteration: au-da-thia
"Tuvo la audacia de interrumpir al director."
audácia
Transliteration: au-da-sia
"Ela teve a audácia de recusar a oferta."
धुष्टता
Transliteration: dhushtata
"उसमें ऐसा कहने की दुष्टता थी।"
大胆
Transliteration: dà dǎn
"他竟然有如此大胆的行为。"
대담함
Transliteration: dae-dam-ham
"그는 그런 말을 할 대담함이 있었다."
図々しさ
Transliteration: zuuzushisa
"彼にはそんなことを言う図々しさがあった。"
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