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English
Etymology
From Middle French genereux, and its source, Latin generōsus (“of noble birth”), from genus (“race, stock”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
generous (comparative more generous, superlative most generous)
- Noble in behaviour or actions; principled, not petty; kind, magnanimous.
Thank you for your generous words.
- Willing to give and share unsparingly; showing a readiness to give more (especially money) than is expected or needed.
She's been extremely generous with her winnings.
- Large, more than ample, copious.
Add a generous helping of mayonnaise.
his generous buttocks
- Invigorating in its nature.
a generous wine
- (obsolete) Of noble birth.
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Translations
noble in behaviour, magnanimous
- Belarusian: вялікаду́шны (vjalikadúšny), высакаро́дны (vysakaródny), шляхе́тны (šljaxjétny)
- Bulgarian: великоду́шен (bg) (velikodúšen), благоро́ден (bg) (blagoróden)
- Catalan: generós (ca)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 慷慨 (zh) (kāngkǎi), 大方 (zh) (dàfang), 寬宏大量／宽宏大量 (zh) (kuānhóngdàliàng), 寬厚／宽厚 (zh) (kuānhòu)
- Czech: šlechetný (cs)
- Dutch: grootmoedig (nl)
- Esperanto: grandanima
- Finnish: ylevä (fi), suurenmoinen (fi)
- French: généreux (fr) m
- Galician: xeneroso m
- Georgian: დიდსულოვანი (didsulovani), სულგრძელი (sulgrʒeli)
- Ido: jeneroza (io)
- Irish: mórchroíoch, flaithiúil, flaithiúlach, gartach (literary)
- Italian: magnanimo (it) m
- Korean: 관대하다 (gwandaehada)
- Macedonian: велико́душен (velikódušen), благо́роден (blagóroden)
- Maori: ngākau oha
- Norman: génétheux (Jersey)
- Occitan: generós (oc)
- Persian: نجیب (fa) (najib), راد (fa) (râd)
- Polish: wielkoduszny (pl), szlachetny (pl)
- Portuguese: magnânimo (pt), grande (pt), digno (pt)
- Romanian: generos (ro), mărinimos (ro)
- Russian: великоду́шный (ru) (velikodúšnyj), благоро́дный (ru) (blagoródnyj)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: велико̀душан
- Roman: velikòdušan (sh)
- Slovak: šľachetný
- Slovene: velikodušen (sl)
- Spanish: generoso (es), magnánimo (es)
- Ukrainian: великоду́шний (velykodúšnyj), благоро́дний (uk) (blahoródnyj), шляхе́тний (šljaxétnyj)
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willing to give and share unsparingly
- Aghwan: 𐕣𐕒𐕡𐔾𐕐𐔰𐔳 (kulšad)
- Arabic: كَرِيم (karīm)
- Egyptian Arabic: كريم (karīm)
- Armenian: շռայլ (hy) (šṙayl)
- Azerbaijani: əliaçıq (az), səxavətli (az), comərd
- Bashkir: йомарт (yomart)
- Basque: eskuzabal, emankor (eu)
- Belarusian: шчо́дры (ščódry)
- Bulgarian: ще́дър (bg) (štédǎr)
- Catalan: generós (ca)
- Cebuano: hingatag, mahatagon, manggihatagon, bukhad og palad
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 慷慨 (zh) (kāngkǎi), 大方 (zh) (dàfang), 寬宏大量／宽宏大量 (zh) (kuānhóngdàliàng), 寬厚／宽厚 (zh) (kuānhòu)
- Czech: štědrý (cs) m
- Danish: generøs
- Dutch: gul (nl), genereus (nl), vrijgevig (nl), scheutig (nl)
- Esperanto: malavara, sindona, donacema, grandanima, oferema
- Finnish: antelias (fi)
- French: généreux (fr) m
- Galician: xeneroso m
- Georgian: გულუხვი (guluxvi), სულგრძელი (sulgrʒeli)
- German: großzügig (de), generös (de)
- Greek: γενναιόδωρος (el) (gennaiódoros)
- Hebrew: נדיב (he)
- Hiligaynon: maalwan, mahalaron, mapanghatagon
- Hungarian: nagylelkű (hu), bőkezű (hu), adakozó (hu), nagyvonalú (hu)
- Ido: jeneroza (io)
- Indonesian: murah hati (id), dermawan (id)
- Irish: mórchroíoch, gnaíúil
- Italian: generoso (it) m
- Japanese: 気の大きい (ki no ōkii), 気前の良い (kimae no yoi), 寛大 (ja) (kandai)
- Kabuverdianu: roskon
- Kazakh: береген (beregen)
- Khmer: មានចិត្ដសប្បុរស (miən cət sɑpboʼrɑh)
- Ladino: sadikero
- Latin: mūnificus, largus
- Latvian: dāsns, devīgs
- Macedonian: да́режлив (dárežliv), ште́дар (štédar)
- Maori: atawhai, nihowera (referring to food), ohaoha, marae
- Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: sjenerøs (no)
- Nynorsk: sjenerøs
- Persian: بخشنده (fa) (baxšande), راد (fa) (râd)
- Plautdietsch: boarmherzich
- Polish: hojny (pl) m, szczodry (pl) m
- Portuguese: generoso (pt), dadivoso, mão-aberta
- Quechua: ruq'a
- Romanian: generos (ro), darnic (ro)
- Russian: ще́дрый (ru) (ščédryj)
- Sanskrit: राति (sa) (rāti), मीढ्वस् (sa) (mīḍhvas)
- Scots: guidwilly
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: дарѐжљив, велико̀душан
- Roman: darèžljiv (sh), velikòdušan (sh)
- Sinhalese: ත්යාගශීලි (tyāgaśīli)
- Slovak: štedrý
- Slovene: radodaren (sl), darežljiv
- Southern Altai: кӱӱнчек (küünček)
- Spanish: generoso (es), dadivoso (es), munificente (es)
- Swahili: karimu
- Swedish: generös (sv)
- Tagalog: mapagbigay (tl), palabigay, bukas-palad (tl)
- Thai: ใจกว้าง (th) (jai-gwâang), ใจสปอร์ต, เอื้อเฟื้อ (th) (ʉ̂ʉa-fʉ́ʉa), เผื่อแผ่ (th), เอื้อเฟื้อเผื่อแผ่ (ʉ̂ʉa-fʉ́ʉa-pʉ̀ʉa-pɛ̀ɛ)
- Turkish: cömert (tr), eli açık (tr), selek (tr),(dialectal), semih (tr) (archaic)
- Ukrainian: ще́дрий (ščédryj), го́йний (hójnyj), щедро́тний (ščedrótnyj)
- Urdu: سخی (saxī)
- Vietnamese: rộng lượng (vi), hào phóng (vi)
- Welsh: hael (cy)
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of noble birth
- Bulgarian: благоро́ден (bg) (blagoróden)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 出身高貴的／出身高贵的 (chūshēn gāoguì de)
- Czech: velkomožný
- Dutch: edelboortig, nobel (nl), hooggeboren (nl)
- Finnish: jalosukuinen (fi)
- Georgian: დიდგვაროვანი (didgvarovani), დიდებული (ka) (didebuli), წარჩინებული (c̣arčinebuli), თავადი (tavadi), კეთილშობილი (ḳetilšobili)
- Macedonian: благо́роден (blagóroden)
- Maori: ariki (mi)
- Persian: نجیب (fa) (najib)
- Portuguese: generoso (pt), nobre (pt)
- Russian: благоро́дный (ru) (blagoródnyj), родови́тый (ru) (rodovítyj)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: племѐнит, пле̏менит
- Roman: plemènit (sh), plȅmenit (sh)
- Spanish: generoso (es)
- Turkish: asil (tr)
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