Dictionary

gallantry en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈɡæləntri/

Etymology

From French galanterie, equivalent to gallant + -ry.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) courage.
   • Our men have fought with grim gallantry. The soldiers of the Republic of Korea have also been fighting fiercely. 1950 September 1, Harry S. Truman, 1:27 from the start, in MP72-73 Korea and World Peace: President Truman Reports to the People, Harry S. Truman Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives Identifier: 595162:
   • 1926, P. G. Wodehouse, 'Lord Emsworth and the Girl Friend', Penguin, Harmondsworth: 1992, p 98. 'I have the greatest respect for the young lady to whom you refer. She behaved on a certain recent occasion - on two recent occasions - with notable gallantry and resource, and I won't have her bally-ragged.'
2. (countable, uncountable) chivalrous courtliness, especially towards women.
   • Of the three things that startle us in the feasts of nobles, there is not one here; no swords, no duels, no tables reeking blood. No faithless gallantries here bring dishonour on some intimate friend. 1863, Jules Michelet, translated by Lionel J. Trotter, La Sorcière: The Witch of the Middle Ages:
   • The Queen of Sheba has responded to Solomon's gallantry and accepted his one God . She is one who is ready to be guided . Her heart is open . The second part of the testing , the riddles , seem to be a more personal and human exchange . 1993, Barbara Black Koltuv, Solomon & Sheba: Inner Marriage and Individuation, Nicholas-Hays, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 80:
3. (countable, uncountable) an instance of gallant behaviour or speech.

Forms

Deriveds

gallantry show · ingallantry · ungallantry

Synonyms

gallanthood · gallantness

Translations (50)

mi hautoa (courage especially in battle) · hi शौर्य (courage especially in battle) · ro curtoazie (chivalrous courtliness, especially towards women) · bg храброст (courage especially in battle) · fr courage militaire (courage especially in battle) · tl kagilasan (courage especially in battle) · mi hautoatanga (chivalrous courtliness, especially towards women) · bg смелост (courage especially in battle) · tl kagilasan (chivalrous courtliness, especially towards women) · it valor militare (courage especially in battle) · ka სიმამაცე (courage especially in battle) · ka გულადობა (courage especially in battle) · hi वीरता (courage especially in battle) · cmn 英勇 (courage especially in battle) · ka ვაჟკაცობა (courage especially in battle) · ka ვაჟკაცობა (chivalrous courtliness, especially towards women) · ka გაბედული (courage especially in battle) · ru гала́нтность (chivalrous courtliness, especially towards women) · ka ზრდილობიანობა (chivalrous courtliness, especially towards women) · bg галантност (chivalrous courtliness, especially towards women) · mi toanga (courage especially in battle) · cs galantnost (chivalrous courtliness, especially towards women) · it galanteria (chivalrous courtliness, especially towards women) · ja 勇敢 (courage especially in battle) · cmn 勇敢 (courage especially in battle) · ka თავაზიანობა (chivalrous courtliness, especially towards women) · ca galanteria (chivalrous courtliness, especially towards women) · ru хра́брость (courage especially in battle) · ro cutezanță (courage especially in battle) · fr galanterie (chivalrous courtliness, especially towards women) · ro galanterie (chivalrous courtliness, especially towards women) · fi ritarillisuus (chivalrous courtliness, especially towards women) · bg учтивост (chivalrous courtliness, especially towards women) · ka თამამი (courage especially in battle) · ro bravură (courage especially in battle) · ko 용맹 (courage especially in battle) · ro curaj (courage especially in battle) · de Tapferkeit (courage especially in battle) · ko 용감 (courage especially in battle) · es valor militar (courage especially in battle) · ru сме́лость (courage especially in battle) · es coraje (courage especially in battle) · ru отва́га (courage especially in battle) · fi urheus (courage especially in battle) · hi सुशीलता (chivalrous courtliness, especially towards women) · ru му́жество (courage especially in battle) · cmn 勇氣 /勇气 (courage especially in battle) · it ardimento (courage especially in battle) · it coraggio (courage especially in battle) · ru до́блесть (courage especially in battle)