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/ku.ʁa.ʒø/

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Translation

brave, courageous

Word origin

From courage plus the adjective ending -eux. Courage comes from Old French corage, built on cuer ('heart'), from Latin cor ('heart'), so a courageous person is literally one with heart.

Origin
Latin
Root
cor
English cognates
courageous, courage, cordial

Grammar

Femininecourageuse
Masc pluralcourageux
Fem pluralcourageuses

Examples

C' .

That is a brave decision.

, .

Be brave, it will soon be over.

.

The firefighters were very brave last night.

' .

She is not brave enough to tell him the truth.

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You have to be brave to start again from scratch.

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This word is part of lesson 35.