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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈpɹuːdəns/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Mélange a trois-prudence.wav [UK] 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, {{m|la|prōvidentia}} prōvidentia 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)
    Sense id: en-prudence-en-noun-9g8Y~vqH Disambiguation of Ethics: 83 17 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 90 10 Disambiguation of 'the quality or state of being prudent': 99 1
  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, {{m|la|prōvidentia}} prōvidentia, {{m|fr|prudent}} prudent, {{m|fr|providence}} providence 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
    Sense id: en-prudence-fr-noun-4R6UOPNQ Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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      "word": "wisdom"
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      "word": "forecast"
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    {
      "word": "considerateness"
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      "word": "judiciousness"
    },
    {
      "word": "discretion"
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    {
      "word": "caution"
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    {
      "word": "sagacity"
    },
    {
      "word": "circumspection"
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      "word": "judgment"
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      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "the quality or state of being prudent",
      "word": "ehtiyat"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "predpazlivost",
      "sense": "the quality or state of being prudent",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "предпазливост"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "blagorazumie",
      "sense": "the quality or state of being prudent",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
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    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "razsǎdlivost",
      "sense": "the quality or state of being prudent",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "разсъдливост"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "the quality or state of being prudent",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "prudència"
    },
    {
      "code": "chr",
      "lang": "Cherokee",
      "roman": "geyatahi",
      "sense": "the quality or state of being prudent",
      "word": "ᎨᏯᏔᎯ"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "the quality or state of being prudent",
      "word": "謹慎"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "jǐnshèn",
      "sense": "the quality or state of being prudent",
      "word": "谨慎"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "the quality or state of being prudent",
      "word": "審慎"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "shěnshèn",
      "sense": "the quality or state of being prudent",
      "word": "审慎"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "the quality or state of being prudent",
      "word": "obezřetnos"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "the quality or state of being prudent",
      "word": "prudento"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "the quality or state of being prudent",
      "word": "harkitsevuus"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "the quality or state of being prudent",
      "word": "varovaisuus"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "the quality or state of being prudent",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "prudencia"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "the quality or state of being prudent",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Klugheit"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "the quality or state of being prudent",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Umsicht"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "the quality or state of being prudent",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Besonnenheit"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "phrónēsis",
      "sense": "the quality or state of being prudent",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "φρόνησις"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "the quality or state of being prudent",
      "word": "megfontoltság"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "the quality or state of being prudent",
      "word": "óvatosság"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "the quality or state of being prudent",
      "word": "körültekintés"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "the quality or state of being prudent",
      "word": "gondosság"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "the quality or state of being prudent",
      "word": "átgondoltság"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "the quality or state of being prudent",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "críonnacht"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "the quality or state of being prudent",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "prudenza"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "abailağyştyq",
      "sense": "the quality or state of being prudent",
      "word": "абайлағыштық"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "mūqiättylyq",
      "sense": "the quality or state of being prudent",
      "word": "мұқияттылық"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "the quality or state of being prudent",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "prudentia"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "promíslenost",
      "sense": "the quality or state of being prudent",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "проми́сленост"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "pretpázlivost",
      "sense": "the quality or state of being prudent",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "претпа́зливост"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "the quality or state of being prudent",
      "word": "ngārahu"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "the quality or state of being prudent",
      "word": "ngārehu"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "the quality or state of being prudent",
      "word": "matawhāititanga"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "the quality or state of being prudent",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "prudéncia"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "tadbir",
      "sense": "the quality or state of being prudent",
      "word": "تدبیر"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "kiyâsat",
      "sense": "the quality or state of being prudent",
      "word": "کیاست"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "the quality or state of being prudent",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "roztropność"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "the quality or state of being prudent",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "przezorność"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "the quality or state of being prudent",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "prudência"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "the quality or state of being prudent",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "prudență"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "blagorazumnostʹ",
      "sense": "the quality or state of being prudent",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "благоразумность"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "dalʹnovidnostʹ",
      "sense": "the quality or state of being prudent",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "дальновидность"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "osmotritelʹnostʹ",
      "sense": "the quality or state of being prudent",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "осмотрительность"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "rasčótlivostʹ",
      "sense": "the quality or state of being prudent",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "расчётливость"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "the quality or state of being prudent",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "gliocas"
    },
    {
      "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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  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "prudence est mère de sûreté"
    }
  ],
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        "1": "fr",
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        "3": "prūdentia"
      },
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      },
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        "2": "providence"
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    {
      "form": "prudences",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
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  "lang_code": "fr",
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