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charitable en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /ˈt͡ʃɛɹətəbəl/ Mary–marry–merry merger, General American, Canada
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• /ˈt͡ʃæɹɪtəbəl/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˈt͡ʃæɹɪtəbəl/ (Australia)
• /ˈt͡ʃɛɹətəbəl/ (New-Zealand)
• /ˈt͡ʃæɹətəbəl/ (Canada, General-American) without the Mary–marry–merry merger
• [ˈt͡ʃæɹ(ə)ɾəbɫ̩] (Canada, General-American) without the Mary–marry–merry merger
• [ˈt͡ʃɛɹ(ə)ɾəbɫ̩] Mary–marry–merry merger, General American, Canada

Etymology

From Old French charitable.

Meanings

1. Pertaining to charity.
2. Kind, generous.
   • St. Martin [of Tours] looks round, first, deliberately;—becomes aware of a tatterdemalion and thirsty-looking soul of a beggar at his chair side, who has managed to get his cup filled somehow, also—by a charitable lacquey. St. Martin turns his back on the Empress, and hobnobs with him! 1884, John Ruskin, “By the Rivers of Waters”, in “Our Fathers Have Told Us.”: Sketches of the History of Christendom for Boys and Girls who have been Held at Its Fonts, part I (The Bible of Amiens), Orpington, Kent: George Allen, →OCLC, pages 30–31:
   • Pakistan can sometimes be a cruel environment, its residents caught between the dual pressures of poverty and violence. Yet it is also a place of great kindness, with a strong culture of charitable giving. 2017 April 6, Samira Shackle, “On the frontline with Karachi’s ambulance drivers”, in the Guardian:
3. Having a purpose or character of a charity.

Forms

Deriveds

pseudocharitable · charitably · charitability · charitable trust · charitableness · noncharitable · charitable organisation · overcharitable · charitable organization · uncharitable · charitable purpose

Relateds

principle of charity

Synonyms

eleemosynary

Translations (48)

pl charytatyny (pertaining to charity) · bg щедър (kind, generous) · hy բարեգործական (pertaining to charity) · sv välgörenhets- (pertaining to charity) · nl weldadig (kind, generous) · pl charytatywny (having a purpose or character of a charity) · ca caritatiu (kind, generous) · cs dobročinný (having a purpose or character of a charity) · pl dobroczynny (having a purpose or character of a charity) · it benefico (having a purpose or character of a charity) · de mildtätig (having a purpose or character of a charity) · ru милосе́рдный (kind, generous) · fi hyväntekeväisyys- (pertaining to charity) · es benéfico (having a purpose or character of a charity) · ru благотвори́тельный (pertaining to charity) · mk добротворен (pertaining to charity) · ga Críostúil (kind, generous) · de wohltätig (kind, generous) · hy բարեգործական (having a purpose or character of a charity) · ru благотвори́тельный (having a purpose or character of a charity) · fr caritatif (pertaining to charity) · de großzügig (kind, generous) · it generoso (kind, generous) · ca caritatiu (pertaining to charity) · hu jótékonysági (pertaining to charity) · ga carthanach (kind, generous) · mk милосрден (pertaining to charity) · ta வள்ளல் (kind, generous) · hi पूर्त (pertaining to charity) · gl caritativo (kind, generous) · es caritativo (kind, generous) · it solidale (pertaining to charity) · fi hyväntahtoinen (kind, generous) · pl miłosierny (kind, generous) · tr yardımsever (kind, generous) · lad sadikero (kind, generous) · pt caritativo (kind, generous) · ga déirceach (kind, generous) · de Wohltätigkeits- (pertaining to charity) · pl dobry (kind, generous) · sv välgörande (pertaining to charity) · ru ще́дрый (kind, generous) · bg благотворителен (pertaining to charity) · it caritatevole (pertaining to charity) · fa خیریه (pertaining to charity) · ga grádiaúil (kind, generous) · de mildtätig (pertaining to charity) · cs dobročinný (pertaining to charity)