Mettle — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

the courage to carry on

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/mˈɛɾəl/

🇬🇧British English

/mˈɛtəl/

🇮🇳Indian English

/mˈɛtəl/

1 syllable Say it as /mˈɛɾəl/.

Examples

he kept fighting on pure spunk
you haven't got the heart for baseball

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

nerve heart spunk

Parts of Speech

noun	the courage to carry on “he kept fighting on pure spunk”

Word Forms

nervy	adjective	showing or requiring courage and contempt of danger
nerve	verb	get ready for something difficult or unpleasant
spunky	adjective	showing courage

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Eifer

den Mut, weiterzumachen

🇫🇷French

courage

le courage de continuer

🇪🇸Spanish

brío

el coraje para seguir adelante

🇮🇹Italian

coraggio

il coraggio di andare avanti

🇳🇱Dutch

moed

de moed om door te gaan

🇵🇹Portuguese

coragem

a coragem de continuar

🇷🇺Russian

характер

смелость продолжать

India

🇮🇳Hindi

उत्साह

आगे बढ़ने का साहस

🇧🇩Bengali

মেটাল

চালিয়ে যাওয়ার সাহস

🇮🇳Tamil

கனிவு

தொடர தைரியம்

🇮🇳Telugu

మెల్లగా

కొనసాగించడానికి ధైర్యం

🇮🇳Marathi

बुद्धी

पुढे नेण्याचे धैर्य

🇮🇳Gujarati

બુદ્ધિ

ચાલુ રાખવાની હિંમત

🇮🇳Kannada

ಮೆಟಲ್

ಮುಂದುವರಿಸಲು ಧೈರ್ಯ

🇮🇳Malayalam

മെലിഞ്ഞു

തുടരാനുള്ള ധൈര്യം

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਸਮਝਦਾਰੀ

ਜਾਰੀ ਰੱਖਣ ਦੀ ਹਿੰਮਤ

🇵🇰Urdu

میٹل

جاری رکھنے کی ہمت

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

气概

继续前进的勇气

🇯🇵Japanese

気概

続ける勇気

🇰🇷Korean

열정

계속할 수 있는 용기

🇻🇳Vietnamese

khí phách

dũng khí để tiếp tục

🇹🇭Thai

ความกล้าหาญ

ความกล้าที่จะดำเนินต่อไป

🇮🇩Indonesian

keberanian

keberanian untuk melanjutkan

🇵🇭Filipino

tapang

ang lakas ng loob na magpatuloy

🇲🇾Malay

keberanian

keberanian untuk meneruskan

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

همة

الشجاعة للاستمرار

🇮🇷Persian

متانت

شجاعت ادامه دادن

🇹🇷Turkish

cesaret

devam etme cesareti

🇮🇱Hebrew

כושר

האומץ להמשיך

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