fighting spirit - Wiktionary, the free dictionary (original) (raw)

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• (UK) IPA(key): /ˌfaɪ.tɪŋ ˈspɪɹ.ɪt/
• (US) IPA(key): /ˌfaɪ.t̬ɪŋ ˈspɪɹ.ət/

fighting spirit (countable and uncountable, plural fighting spirits)

1. (idiomatic) One's willpower or ability to continue partaking in difficult activities or to continue fighting against insurmountable odds.

ability to keep going despite the odds

• Afar: qeebi
• Chinese:
  Mandarin: 鬥志 / 斗志 (zh) (dòuzhì)
• Finnish: taistelutahto (fi), tsemppi, taisteluhenki sg
• French: esprit combattant m, gnaque (fr) f
• Georgian: ბრძოლის ჟინი (brʒolis žini)
• German: Kampfgeist (de) m
• Greek: αγωνιστικότητα (el) f (agonistikótita)
• Hebrew: רוח קרב f (rúakh kráv)
• Indonesian: semangat juang
• Japanese: 闘志 (ja) (とうし, tōshi), 戦意 (ja) (せんい, sen'i)
• Romanian: spirit de luptă n
• Swedish: kämpaglöd (sv) c, kämparanda (sv) c, jävlar anamma (sv) sg or c