He handled the stressful situation with great sangfroid.
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Sangfroid
//sɑŋˈfɹɑ//
Synonyms for "sangfroid" (26 found)
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32 translations across 23 languages.
Armenian
2 entries- ինքնատիրապետում noun (composure, self-possession or imperturbability)
- սառնարյունություն noun (composure, self-possession or imperturbability)
Belarusian
1 entries- халаднакро́ўе noun (composure, self-possession or imperturbability)
Bulgarian
1 entries- хладнокръ́вие noun (composure, self-possession or imperturbability)
Catalan
1 entries- sang freda noun (composure, self-possession or imperturbability)
Danish
1 entries- koldblodighed noun (composure, self-possession or imperturbability)
Dutch
1 entries- koelbloedigheid noun (composure, self-possession or imperturbability)
Estonian
1 entries- külmavereline noun (composure, self-possession or imperturbability)
Finnish
3 entries- kylmähermoisuus noun (composure, self-possession or imperturbability)
- kylmäpäisyys noun (composure, self-possession or imperturbability)
- kylmäverisyys noun (composure, self-possession or imperturbability)
French
1 entries- sang-froid noun (composure, self-possession or imperturbability)
German
3 entries- Gelassenheit noun (composure, self-possession or imperturbability)
- Kaltblütigkeit noun (composure, self-possession or imperturbability)
- Seelenruhe noun (composure, self-possession or imperturbability)
Greek
1 entries- ψυχραιμία noun (composure, self-possession or imperturbability)
Hungarian
1 entries- hidegvér noun (composure, self-possession or imperturbability)
Italian
2 entries- imperturbabilità noun (composure, self-possession or imperturbability)
- sangue freddo noun (composure, self-possession or imperturbability)
Manx
1 entries- neuchorraghys noun (composure, self-possession or imperturbability)
Norwegian
1 entries- kaldblodighet; sinnsro noun (composure, self-possession or imperturbability)
Polish
1 entries- zimna krew noun (composure, self-possession or imperturbability)
Portuguese
1 entries- sangue-frio noun (composure, self-possession or imperturbability)
Russian
2 entries- самооблада́ние noun (composure, self-possession or imperturbability)
- хладнокро́вие noun (composure, self-possession or imperturbability)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- hladnokŕvnōst noun (composure, self-possession or imperturbability)
- хладнокр́вно̄ст noun (composure, self-possession or imperturbability)
Spanish
1 entries- sangre fría noun (composure, self-possession or imperturbability)
Swedish
1 entries- behärskning noun (composure, self-possession or imperturbability)
Turkish
2 entries- serinkanlılık noun (composure, self-possession or imperturbability)
- soğukkanlılık noun (composure, self-possession or imperturbability)
Ukrainian
1 entries- холоднокро́вність noun (composure, self-possession or imperturbability)
Sample sentences
6 total sentences available.
The provincial people, intimidated by Gudrun’s perfect sang-froid and exclusive bareness of manner, said of her: “She is a smart woman."
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We can handle functions of a few variables with some aplomb and view sets of quantities totalling 10⁶ or 10⁷ with sangfroid.
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Indeed, some of the little naked human figures seemed to display a near comical sangfroid, even as they were pecked by giant birds, hatched out of eggs, had huge flowers inserted in their bottoms, or, in the case of one of my favourites, sported a monstrous blueberry instead of a head.
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