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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈpɹuːdəns/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Mélange a trois-prudence.wav Forms: prudences [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English prudence, from Old French prudence, from Latin prūdentia, alternative form of prōvidentia. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*weyd-}}, {{inh|en|enm|prudence}} Middle English prudence, {{der|en|fro|prudence}} Old French prudence, {{der|en|la|prūdentia}} Latin prūdentia Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} prudence (countable and uncountable, plural prudences)
  1. The quality or state of being prudent Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Ethics Synonyms: discretion, carefulness Translations (the quality or state of being prudent): φρόνησις (phrónēsis) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), ehtiyat (Azerbaijani), предпазливост (predpazlivost) [feminine] (Bulgarian), благоразумие (blagorazumie) [neuter] (Bulgarian), разсъдливост (razsǎdlivost) [feminine] (Bulgarian), prudència [feminine] (Catalan), ᎨᏯᏔᎯ (geyatahi) (Cherokee), 謹慎 (Chinese Mandarin), 谨慎 (jǐnshèn) (Chinese Mandarin), 審慎 (Chinese Mandarin), 审慎 (shěnshèn) (Chinese Mandarin), obezřetnos (Czech), prudento (Esperanto), harkitsevuus (Finnish), varovaisuus (Finnish), prudencia [feminine] (Galician), Klugheit [feminine] (German), Umsicht [feminine] (German), Besonnenheit [feminine] (German), megfontoltság (Hungarian), óvatosság (Hungarian), körültekintés (Hungarian), gondosság (Hungarian), átgondoltság (Hungarian), críonnacht [feminine] (Irish), prudenza [feminine] (Italian), абайлағыштық (abailağyştyq) (Kazakh), мұқияттылық (mūqiättylyq) (Kazakh), prudentia [feminine] (Latin), проми́сленост (promíslenost) [feminine] (Macedonian), претпа́зливост (pretpázlivost) [feminine] (Macedonian), ngārahu (Maori), ngārehu (Maori), matawhāititanga (Maori), prudéncia [feminine] (Occitan), تدبیر (tadbir) (Persian), کیاست (kiyâsat) (Persian), roztropność [feminine] (Polish), przezorność [feminine] (Polish), prudência [feminine] (Portuguese), prudență [feminine] (Romanian), благоразумность (blagorazumnostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), дальновидность (dalʹnovidnostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), осмотрительность (osmotritelʹnostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), расчётливость (rasčótlivostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), gliocas [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), prudencia [feminine] (Spanish), ihtiyat (Turkish)
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  2. Economy; frugality. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-prudence-en-noun-vdxqmzBY
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: wisdom, forecast, providence, considerateness, judiciousness, discretion, caution, sagacity, circumspection, judgment Related terms: prudent

Noun [French]

IPA: /pʁy.dɑ̃s/ Audio: Fr-prudence.ogg Forms: prudences [plural]
Etymology: From Latin prūdentia, contrasting from prōvidentia. See prudent, and compare providence. Etymology templates: {{der|fr|la|prūdentia}} Latin prūdentia Head templates: {{fr-noun|f}} prudence f (plural prudences)
  1. prudence, caution, care Tags: feminine Derived forms: prudence est mère de sûreté Related terms: prudent
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Inflected forms

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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "the quality or state of being prudent",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "prudencia"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "the quality or state of being prudent",
      "word": "ihtiyat"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "prudence"
  ],
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}

{
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    {
      "word": "prudence est mère de sûreté"
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "prūdentia"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin prūdentia",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Latin prūdentia, contrasting from prōvidentia. See prudent, and compare providence.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "prudences",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "f"
      },
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      "name": "fr-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "French",
  "lang_code": "fr",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "prudent"
    }
  ],
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        "French countable nouns",
        "French entries with incorrect language header",
        "French feminine nouns",
        "French lemmas",
        "French nouns",
        "French terms derived from Latin",
        "French terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Pages with 2 entries",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "prudence, caution, care"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "prudence",
          "prudence#English"
        ],
        [
          "caution",
          "caution"
        ],
        [
          "care",
          "care"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/pʁy.dɑ̃s/"
    },
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      "audio": "Fr-prudence.ogg",
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      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/61/Fr-prudence.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "word": "prudence"
}

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