generosity

English

Etymology

From Middle English generosite, from Latin generōsitās.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌd͡ʒɛnəˈɹɒsɪti/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌd͡ʒɛnəˈɹɑsəti/
• Hyphenation: ge‧ne‧ros‧i‧ty
• Rhymes: -ɒsɪti

Noun

generosity (countable and uncountable, plural generosities)

1. (uncountable) The trait of being willing to donate money, resources, or time.

   Synonyms: largesse, liberality

   Antonym: stinginess

   • 1963, Erik H. Erikson, Childhood and Society:

     We have mentioned generosity as an outstanding virtue required in Sioux life.

   • 2013 June 14, Jonathan Freedland, “Obama's once hip brand is now tainted”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 1, page 18:

     Now we are liberal with our innermost secrets, spraying them into the public ether with a generosity our forebears could not have imagined. Where we once sent love letters in a sealed envelope, or stuck photographs of our children in a family album, now such private material is despatched to servers and clouds operated by people we don't know and will never meet.

2. (countable) A generous act.
   • 1873, Reverend M. C. Tyler, Proceedings at the Laying of the Corner Stone of the Sage College of the Cornell University:

     May the generosities of the founders of these halls, be rewarded by the fair and holy characters which shall be here formed […] .

3. (uncountable) The trait of being abundant, more than adequate.
4. (archaic, uncountable) Good breeding; nobility of stock.

   Synonym: nobility

Translations

trait of being willing to donate

• Arabic: كَرَم (ar) m (karam), سَخَاء m (saḵāʔ), جُود m (jūd)

  Egyptian Arabic: كرم m (karam)

• Aromanian: bunãtati f
• Belarusian: шчо́драсць f (ščódrascʹ)
• Bulgarian: ще́дрост (bg) f (štédrost)
• Catalan: generositat (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 慷慨 (zh) (kāngkǎi), 寬厚 / 宽厚 (zh) (kuānhòu), 大方 (zh) (dàfang)

• Czech: štědrost (cs) f
• Danish: generøsitet c, storsind n, storladenhed c
• Dutch: gulheid (nl), vrijgevigheid (nl) f, genereusheid
• Esperanto: malavaro, grandanimeco
• Finnish: anteliaisuus (fi), avokätisyys (fi)
• French: générosité (fr) f, bonté (fr) f
• Galician: xenerosidade (gl) f
• Georgian: სულგრძელობა (sulgrʒeloba), დიდსულოვნება (didsulovneba), გულუხვობა (guluxvoba), ხელგაშიშლობა (xelgašišloba)
• German: Großzügigkeit (de) f, Generosität (de) f, Großmut (de) m
• Greek: γενναιοδωρία (el) f (gennaiodoría)
• Hungarian: nagylelkűség (hu), bőkezűség (hu)
• Irish: mórchroí m, móraigeantacht f, gart m (literary), flaithiúlacht f
• Italian: generosità (it) f, bontà (it) f, abnegazione (it) f, magnanimità (it) f
• Japanese: 気前 (ja) (きまえ, kimae), 気前のよさ (ja) (きまえのよさ, kimae no yosa), 寛大さ (ja) (かんだいさ, kandai-sa)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: بھخشندھگی (bihxişindihgî)

• Latin: largitās f
• Occitan: generositat (oc) f
• Old Occitan: largetat
• Ottoman Turkish: جومردلك (cömerdlik), ویركی (vergi)
• Polish: hojność (pl) f, szczodrość (pl) f
• Portuguese: generosidade (pt) f
• Romanian: generozitate (ro) f, bunătate (ro)
• Russian: ще́дрость (ru) f (ščédrostʹ), великоду́шие (ru) n (velikodúšije)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: велико̀душно̄ст f, дарѐжљиво̄ст

  Roman: velikòdušnōst (sh) f, darèžljivōst (sh)

• Slovak: štedrosť f
• Spanish: generosidad (es) f
• Swahili: ukarimu (sw)
• Swedish: generositet (sv) c
• Telugu: సద్వినియోగము (te) (sadviniyōgamu)
• Turkish: âlicenaplık (tr), cömertlik (tr)
• Ukrainian: ще́дрість f (ščédristʹ)

acting generously

• Bulgarian: великодушност f (velikodušnost)
• Dutch: gulheid (nl)
• Finnish: anteliaisuus (fi)
• French: générosité (fr) f
• Georgian: სულგრძელობა (sulgrʒeloba), დიდსულოვნება (didsulovneba), გულუხვობა (guluxvoba), ხელგაშიშლობა (xelgašišloba)
• German: Großzügigkeit (de) f, Freizügigkeit (de) f
• Hungarian: bőkezűség (hu)
• Italian: generosità (it) f
• Korean: 선심(善心) (ko) (seonsim)
• Maori: manaakitanga (mi)
• Romanian: generozitate (ro) f
• Russian: ще́дрость (ru) f (ščédrostʹ)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: велико̀душно̄ст f

  Roman: velikòdušnōst (sh) f

• Turkish: âlicenaplık (tr), cömertlik (tr)
• Ukrainian: ще́дрість f (ščédristʹ)

the trait of being more than adequate

• Bulgarian: изобилие (bg) n (izobilie)
• Dutch: grootmoedigheid (nl)
• Finnish: yltäkylläisyys (fi)
• Georgian: სიუხვე (siuxve)
• German: Großmut (de) m
• Hungarian: bőség (hu)
• Italian: abbondanza (it) f, magnanimità (it) f
• Romanian: abundență (ro) f
• Turkish: âlicenaplık (tr), bağışlayıcılık (tr), cömertlik (tr)

good breeding; nobility of stock

• Bulgarian: благородство (bg) n (blagorodstvo)
• Dutch: edelmoed
• Finnish: aatelisuus (fi)
• French: générosité (fr) f
• Georgian: კეთილშობილება (ḳetilšobileba)
• German: Edelmut (de) m
• Hungarian: nemesség (hu)
• Italian: nobiltà d'animo f
• Romanian: noblețe (ro) f
• Spanish: generosidad (es) f (rare)
• Turkish: cömertlik (tr)

a generous act

• Catalan: generositat (ca) f
• Dutch: gulheid (nl)
• Finnish: anteliaisuus (fi)
• French: générosité (fr) f
• Georgian: სულგრძელობა (sulgrʒeloba), დიდსულოვნება (didsulovneba), გულუხვობა (guluxvoba)
• German: Edelmut (de) m, Großzügigkeit (de) f
• Italian: atto (it) di (it) generosità (it) f, atto (it) generoso (it)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: بھخشندھ (bihxişindih)

• Portuguese: generosidade (pt) f
• Romanian: generozitate (ro) f
• Russian: ще́дрость (ru) f (ščédrostʹ)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: велико̀душно̄ст f

  Roman: velikòdušnōst (sh) f

• Turkish: âlicenaplık (tr), bağışlayıcılık (tr), cömertlik (tr)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Hebrew: ^{(please verify)} נדיבות (he)
• Korean: ^{(please verify)} 관대 (ko) (gwandae)
• Latin: ^{(please verify)} generōsitas
• Mandarin: ^{(please verify)} 宽厚 (zh) (kuānhòu)
• Spanish: ^{(please verify)} generosidad (es)