courage
French, noun/ku.ʁaʒ/
courage is spelled C-O-U-R-A-G-E (7 letters) and appears 59 times per million words in written French, the 1,419th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Courage is a French masculine noun meaning “courage” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Capacité d'un humain ou un autre animal de vaincre sa peur pour braver le danger, supporter la souffrance…”.
What does courage mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecourage
Le courage est à mi-chemin entre la lâcheté et la témérité.
interjection
- 1
chin up! keep going! take heart!
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Capacité d'un humain ou un autre animal de vaincre sa peur pour braver le danger, supporter la souffrance, entreprendre des choses effrayantes, douloureuses ou difficiles. 2. (Moderne) Capacité de ne pas avoir peur, face à une situation potentiellement effrayante (contraster avec sens nᵒ 1) 3. Personnes courageuses. 4. Dureté de cœur.
interjection: 1. Interjection servant à animer, à exciter.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of courage
- courages plural
- courage ! canonical
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce courage?
- /ku.ʁaʒ/
- \ku.ʁaʒ\
- [lø ku.ʁaʒ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to courage
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is courage in French?
courage appears 59 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).