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| has gloss | (noun) the quality of being deserving (e.g., deserving assistance); "there were many children whose deservingness he recognized and rewarded" merit, meritoriousness, deservingness |
| has gloss | eng: Merit (Latin meritum), in general, is understood to be that property of a good work which entitles the doer to receive a reward (prœmium, merces) from him in whose service the work is done. By antonomastic usage, the word has come to designate also the good work itself, insofar as it deserves a reward from the person in whose service it was performed. |
| lexicalization | eng: deservingness |
| lexicalization | eng: meritoriousness |
| lexicalization | eng: merit |
| subclass of | (noun) the quality or state of having merit or value worthiness |
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| Afrikaans | |
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| lexicalization | afr: verdienste |
| Arabic | |
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| lexicalization | ara: جدارة |
| Asturian | |
| lexicalization | ast: merecimientu |
| Bulgarian | |
| lexicalization | bul: заслуга |
| Catalan | |
| lexicalization | cat: mèrit |
| lexicalization | cat: mereixement |
| Czech | |
| lexicalization | ces: zásluha |
| lexicalization | ces: záslužnost |
| Mandarin Chinese | |
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| lexicalization | cmn: 功劳 |
| lexicalization | cmn: 功勞 |
| lexicalization | cmn: ji |
| lexicalization | cmn: 勣 |
| lexicalization | cmn: 績 |
| lexicalization | cmn: 绩 |
| German | |
| has gloss | deu: Das Wort Meriten wurde in der Bedeutung „Verdienste“ im 16. Jahrhundert aus dem gleichbedeutenden französischen mérite entlehnt. Das französische Wort wiederum geht auf das lateinische meritum zurück. Meritum ist in der Bedeutung „Verdienst, gutes Werk“ ebenfalls als Fremdwort im Deutschen vertreten. |
| lexicalization | deu: Meriten |
| lexicalization | deu: Verdienst |
| Basque | |
| lexicalization | eus: meritu |
| Finnish | |
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| lexicalization | fin: meriitti |
| French | |
| lexicalization | fra: mérite |
| Galician | |
| lexicalization | glg: merecemento |
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| lexicalization | glg: mérito |
| Serbo-Croatian | |
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| lexicalization | hbs: zasluga |
| lexicalization | hbs: заслуга |
| Croatian | |
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| lexicalization | hrv: odlika |
| lexicalization | hrv: zasluga |
| Armenian | |
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| lexicalization | hye: արժանավորություն |
| Indonesian | |
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| lexicalization | ind: pantas |
| Icelandic | |
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| lexicalization | isl: verðleiki |
| Italian | |
| lexicalization | ita: merito |
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| lexicalization | ita: benemerenza |
| lexicalization | ita: mercede |
| Korean | |
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| lexicalization | kor: 공로 |
| lexicalization | kor: 공죄 |
| lexicalization | kor: 뛰어남 |
| lexicalization | kor: 취할점 |
| Latin | |
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| lexicalization | lat: promeritum |
| Neapolitan | |
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| lexicalization | nap: mereto |
| Dutch | |
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| lexicalization | nld: verdienste |
| Norwegian | |
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| lexicalization | nor: fortjeneste |
| Iranian Persian | |
| lexicalization | pes: شايستگي |
| Polish | |
| lexicalization | pol: zasłużony |
| lexicalization | pol: godny |
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| lexicalization | pol: zasługa |
| lexicalization | pol: zaleta |
| Portuguese | |
| lexicalization | por: mérito |
| lexicalization | por: merecimento |
| Russian | |
| lexicalization | rus: достоинство |
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| lexicalization | rus: заслуга |
| Slovak | |
| lexicalization | slk: chvályhodnosť |
| lexicalization | slk: záslužnosť |
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| lexicalization | slk: prospešnosť |
| lexicalization | slk: plus |
| lexicalization | slk: kvalita |
| Castilian | |
| lexicalization | spa: mérito |
| lexicalization | spa: merecimiento |
| Swedish | |
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| lexicalization | swe: merit |
| Thai | |
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| lexicalization | tha: ข้อดี |
| lexicalization | tha: บุญกุศล |
| Turkish | |
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| lexicalization | tur: yararlýk |
| Ukrainian | |
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| lexicalization | ukr: достойність |
| lexicalization | ukr: достоїнство |
| lexicalization | ukr: гідність |
| lexicalization | ukr: заслуга |
| Chinese | |
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| lexicalization | zho: 功劳 |
| lexicalization | zho: 功勞 |
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| similar | e/Merit (Catholicism) |
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