English
Etymology
From will + power.
Pronunciation
Noun
willpower (countable and uncountable, plural willpowers)
- The unwavering strength of will to carry out one's wishes.
1900, Grant Allen, Arthur Conan Doyle, Hilda Wade:"A remarkable woman, gentlemen," said he, "a very noteworthy woman. I had prided myself that my willpower was the most powerful in the country--I had never met any to match it--but I do not mind admitting that, for firmness and tenacity, this lady is my equal. ...
Translations
strength of will
- Albanian: zë
- Bashkir: ихтыяр көсө (ixtıyar kösö)
- Belarusian: сі́ла во́лі f (síla vóli)
- Bikol Central: boot (bcl)
- Bulgarian: си́ла на во́ля f (síla na vólja)
- Catalan: força de voluntat f
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 意志力 (zh) (yìzhìlì), 意志 (zh) (yìzhì), 精神力 (jīngshénlì)
- Czech: síla vůle f
- Danish: viljekraft c, viljestyrke (da) c
- Dutch: wilskracht (nl) m or f
- Esperanto: volforto
- Estonian: tahtejõud (et)
- Finnish: tahdonvoima, sisu (fi)
- French: volonté (fr) f
- German: Willensstärke (de) f, Willenskraft (de) f
- Greek: θεληματικότητα f (thelimatikótita), δύναμη θέλησης f (dýnami thélisis)
- Hindi: आत्मबल (ātmabal), इच्छाशक्ति (icchāśakti)
- Hungarian: akaraterő (hu)
- Italian: forza d'animo f, forza di volontà (it) f
- Japanese: 意志力 (いしりょく, ishiryoku), 気力 (ja) (きりょく, kiryoku), 意力 (ja) (いりょく, iryoku), 精神力 (ja) (せいしんりょく, seishinryoku)
- Korean: 의지력(意志力) (uijiryeok), 정신력(精神力) (jeongsillyeok)
- Latin: voluntas
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: viljestyrke m
- Nynorsk: viljestyrke m
- Persian: عزم راسخ ('azm-e râsex)
- Polish: siła woli f
- Portuguese: força de vontade (pt) f, determinação (pt) f
- Romanian: propria voință f
- Russian: си́ла во́ли (ru) f (síla vóli)
- Slovak: sila vôle f
- Spanish: fuerza de voluntad f
- Swedish: viljestyrka (sv)
- Ukrainian: си́ла во́лі f (sýla vóli)
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