Prowess

Prow′ess

,

Noun.

[OF.

proece

,

proesce

, F.

prouesse

. See

Prow

,

Adj.

]

Distinguished bravery; valor; especially, military bravery and skill; gallantry; intrepidity; fearlessness.

Chaucer. Sir P. Sidney.

He by his

prowess

conquered all France.

Shakespeare

Prowess

PROW'ESS

,

Noun.

Bravery; valor; particularly, military bravery; gallantry; intrepidity in war; fearlessness of danger.

Men of such prowess as not to know fear in themselves.

prowess

English

Noun

prowess ‎(countable and uncountable, plural prowesses)

Skillfulness and manual ability; adroitness or dexterity.
Distinguished bravery or courage, especially in battle; heroism

Translations

skillfulness and manual ability; adroitness or dexterity

Armenian: հմտություն (hy) ‎(hmtutʿyun), ճարպկություն (hy) ‎(čarpkutʿyun)
Czech: zručnost f, obratnost (cs) f, dovednost (cs) f, zdatnost f, šikovnost f
Dutch: bekwaamheid (nl) f
Finnish: taitavuus (fi)
French: habileté (fr) f, dextérité (fr) f, adresse (fr) f
German: Können (de) n, Fähigkeiten (de) pl
Greek: δεξιότητα (el) f ‎(dexiótita)
Italian: prodezza f
Japanese: 技量 ‎(ぎりょう, giryō)

Portuguese: destreza (pt) f
Russian: мастерство́ (ru) n ‎(masterstvó), уме́ние (ru) n ‎(uménije)
Serbo-Croatian: спретност f, spretnost (sh) f
Spanish: habilidad (es) f, capacidad (es) f, destreza (es) f
Swedish: skicklighet (sv)
Tagalog: abilidad (tl), galing
Turkish: hüner (tr), maharet (tr)

distinguished bravery or courage, especially in battle; heroism

Armenian: խիզախություն (hy) ‎(xizaxutʿyun)
Czech: hrdinství n, neohroženost f, odvaha (cs) f
Dutch: heldenmoed m, dapperheid f
Finnish: sankaruus (fi), urheus (fi)
French: prouesse (fr) f, héroïsme (fr) m, exploit (fr) m, fait d'armes (fr) m, haut fait (fr) m
German: Heldenmut m, Tapferkeit (de) f
Greek: ανδρεία (el) f ‎(andreía)
Irish: calmacht f

Italian: prodezza
Japanese: 武勇 ‎(ぶゆう, buyū)
Maori: riri
Portuguese: proeza (pt) f
Russian: хра́брость (ru) f ‎(xrábrostʹ), у́даль (ru) f ‎(údalʹ), отва́га (ru) f ‎(otvága)
Serbo-Croatian: одважност f, odvažnost (sh) f
Spanish: proeza (es) f
Swedish: tapperhet (sv), hjältemod (sv)
Turkish: cesaret (tr), kahramanlık (tr), yiğitlik (tr), yüreklilik (tr)

References

The Oxford Paperback Dictionary fourth edition ISBN 0-19-280012-4

Definify.com

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Prowess

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Prowess

PROW'ESS

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