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10 Language-to-English Dictionaries臆病者
Pronunciation / Transliteration: okubyōmono
"彼は自分の過ちを認めない臆病者だ。"
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
A person who lacks the courage to do or endure dangerous or unpleasant things.
"He felt like a coward for running away from the confrontation."
- 1
Lacking courage; cowardly.
"It was a coward act to betray his friends behind their backs."
Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the Old French term 'cuard', based on 'cuer' (meaning heart), combined with the augmentative suffix '-ard'. The literal sense relates to a tail (from Latin 'cauda', historically associated with animals turning tail in fear), evolving into Middle English as 'coward' to describe someone lacking moral or physical courage.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Coward" is said worldwide
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lâche
Transliteration: lash
"Il a été un lâche en abandonnant ses coéquipiers."
Feigling
Transliteration: FYG-ling
"Er erwies sich im entscheidenden Moment als Feigling."
codardo
Transliteration: ko-DAR-do
"Non fare il codardo e affronta la realtà."
cobarde
Transliteration: ko-BAR-de
"Es un cobarde por no admitir su error."
covarde
Transliteration: ku-VAR-de
"Ele agiu como um covarde diante do perigo."
कायर
Transliteration: kayar
"मुसीबत से भागना कायरता है।"
胆小鬼
Transliteration: dǎn xiǎo guǐ
"他面对困难时像个胆小鬼一样退缩了。"
겁쟁이
Transliteration: geop-jaeng-i
"그는 위험 앞에서 겁쟁이처럼 행동했다."
臆病者
Transliteration: okubyōmono
"彼は自分の過ちを認めない臆病者だ。"
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