gumption

Signification (Anglais)

1. (Ireland, UK, uncountable, usually) Common sense, initiative, resourcefulness.
2. (US, uncountable, usually) Boldness of enterprise; aggressiveness or initiative.
3. (US, uncountable, usually) Energy of body and mind, enthusiasm.

Concepts

tripes

courage

cran

culot

entrailles

épine dorsale

estomac

nerf

sable

sens

bon sens

sens commun

Synonymes

common sense

horse sense

good sense

grit

sand

guts

sense

courage

backbone

moxie

mother wit

nous

enterprise

prudence

resolve

sageness

savvy

shrewdness

wisdom

kishke

savvey

ambition

gumph

aspiration

astuteness

balls

boldness

brain

🧠

caution

commonsense

derm

discretion

initiation

initiative

mind

Traductions

iniciativa

bom senso

entranhas

coraje

girişkenlik

beceriklilik

vísceras

iniciativa

Mumm

sentit comú

μυαλό

Traute

σύνεση

καπατσοσύνη

pebrots

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈɡʌmpʃən/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Appartenant à moyen anglais: gome

Appartenant à vieux norrois: gaumr

In summary

Borrowed from Scots gumption (“common sense, shrewdness; drive, initiative”); further etymology unknown, possibly connected with Middle English gome (“attention, heed”), from Old Norse gaumr (“attention, heed”), from Proto-Germanic *gaumō. English cognates include gaum (“to comprehend, understand”) and goam (“to recognize, see”).