gallantry
CourageCourage.
» Marital gallantry is a special art.
Супружеская галантность — это особое искусство.
Meaning
3 senses(countable, uncountable)Courage.
Tapferkeit
хра́бростьxrábrostʹ, отва́гаotvága, сме́лостьsmélostʹ
(countable, uncountable)Chivalrous courtliness, especially towards women.
гала́нтностьgalántnostʹ
courtesy towards women
(countable, uncountable)An instance of gallant behaviour or speech.
Examples
3 sentencesMarital gallantry is a special art.
ruСупружеская галантность — это особое искусство.
Isn't French gallantry one of the most disgusting hidden forms of misogyny?
ruФранцузская галантность — не одна ли из самых гнусно прикрытых форм женоненавистничества?
Grandeur and gallantry never appeared with more lustre in France, than in the last years of Henry the Second's reign.
Translations
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Origin
From French galanterie, equivalent to gallant + -ry.From French galanterie, equivalent to gallant + -ry.
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Forms
plural: gallantries| Singular | gallantry |
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Synonyms
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2 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable