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Meaning of coward | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1 Frequent

ˈkaʊəd

Definitions

A person who lacks courage.
A surname originating as an occupation.
A person who lacks courage
Cowardly
Borne in the escutcheon with his tail doubled between his legs
To intimidate

Equivalents

Afrikaans lafaard

العربية الجبان جبان كيول يراع

Azərbaycanca qorxaq

Български страхли́вец

Bosanski las vile кукавица

Català covard

Čeština baba bábovka bačkora bázlivec bojan posera poseroutka sketa srab srágora sralbotka strašpytel třasořitka ustrašenec zbabělec zbabělkyně

Cymraeg cachadur cachgi cachwr cilgi llwfrgi llyfrgi

Dansk bangebuks kryster kujon

Deutsch Angsthase Bangbüxe Bückling Feiger Feigling Hasenfuß Hosenscheißer Memme Schisser Schisserin Trauminet Warmduscher

Ελληνικά άνανδρος δειλός κιότης κότα φοβητσιάρης

Esperanto malkuraĝulo poltrono timulo

Español cobarde gallina

Eesti argpüks

Euskara koldar

فارسی نامرد

Suomi jänis jänishousu paskahousu pelkuri raukka

Français couard couarde froussard froussarde Lâche poltron poltronne

Gaeilge cladhaire

Gàidhlig cladhaire gealtaire

Galego cagainas covarde

עברית מוּג לֵב פחדן

हिन्दी कायर गीदड़ डरपोक फट्टू बुज़दिल

Hrvatski las vile кукавица

Հայերեն ղզիկ վախկոտ

Bahasa Indonesia pengecut

Íslenska bleyða

Italiano codardo coniglio fifona fifone pusillanime vigliacco vile

日本語やっせんぼ卑怯者弱虫怖がり怖がり屋意気地なし腰抜け臆病者

ქართული ლაჩარი მშიშარა მხდალი

Қазақша қорқақ

ខ្មែរ កំសាក អ្នកកំសាក

한국어 겁꾸러기 겁보 겁부 겁쟁이 비겁자 열없쟁이

Kurdî laş lasa meş

Кыргызча коркок

Lëtzebuergesch Feigling

Lietuvių bailys

Latviešu gļēvulis

Malagasy fananga

Македонски кукавица страшливец

മലയാളം ഭീരു

Bahasa Melayu pengecut

Nederlands lafaard slapjanus watje

Polski bździoch tchórz

Português covarde

Română laș lașă

Русский бздун боягу́з боягу́зка боя́ка ссыкло ссыкун трус трусиха трусишка

Slovenčina zbabelec

Shqip frikacak

Српски las vile кукавица

Svenska fegis mes pultron ynkrygg

Kiswahili mwoga

తెలుగు పిరికివాడు

Тоҷикӣ номард

ไทย ขี้ขลาด

Tagalog duwag

Türkçe korkak ödlek tabansız

Українська боягуз боягузка страхополо́х

اردو ڈَرْپوک

Examples

“Near-synonyms: big baby, baby”

“Cowards dye many times before their deaths, / The valiant neuer taſte of death but once: […]”

“1856: Gustave Flaubert, Madame Bovary, Part II Chapter IV, translated by Eleanor Marx-Aveling He tortured himself to find out how he could make his declaration to her, and always halting between the fear of displeasing her and the shame of being such a coward, he wept with discouragement and desire. Then he took energetic resolutions, wrote letters that he tore up, put it off to times that he again deferred.”

CEFR level

Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

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