"modestie" meaning in Français

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Noun

IPA: \mɔ.dɛs.ti\, \mɔ.dɛs.ti\, mɔ.dɛs.ti Audio: Fr-modestie.ogg Forms: modesties [plural]
  1. Retenue dans la manière de penser et de parler de soi.
    Sense id: fr-modestie-fr-noun-lgFW3O7C Categories (other): Exemples en français
  2. Pudeur, décence. Tags: rare
    Sense id: fr-modestie-fr-noun-X9C2wlrS Categories (other): Exemples en français, Termes rares en français
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: bain de modestie, fausse modestie, nous de modestie, pluriel de modestie Related terms: modeste Translations: beskeidenheid (Afrikaans), Bescheidenheit (Allemand), Demut (Allemand), umeleté [feminine] (Ancien français), umelité [feminine] (Ancien français), modesty (Anglais), simplicity (Anglais), humility (Anglais), التواضع [masculine] (Arabe), izelegezh [feminine] (Breton), modestia (Espagnol), modesteco (Espéranto), vaatimattomuus (Finnois), adhnáire (Gaélique irlandais), adhnáireacht (Gaélique irlandais), σεμνότητα (cemnóthta) [feminine] (Grec), μετριοφροσύνη (metriofrocýnh) [feminine] (Grec), modesteso (Ido), modestia (Italien), moruca (Kotava), beskjedenhet (Norvégien), bescheidenheid (Néerlandais), discretie (Néerlandais), zedigheid (Néerlandais), kleinheid (Néerlandais), deemoed (Néerlandais), nederigheid (Néerlandais), ootmoed (Néerlandais), modestia (Occitan), humulidat (Papiamento), skromność (Polonais), modéstia (Portugais), simplicidade (Portugais), humildade (Portugais), modestie (Roumain), скромность (skromnosť) (Russe), vuollegašvuohta (Same du Nord), s'irefami (Solrésol), anspråkslöshet (Suédois), blygsamhet (Suédois), skromnost (Tchèque)

Inflected forms

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      "word": "fausse modestie"
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      "word": "beskeidenheid"
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      "word": "Bescheidenheit"
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      "word": "modestia"
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      "word": "modesteco"
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      "word": "modestia"
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      "word": "bescheidenheid"
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      "word": "modestia"
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      "word": "modéstia"
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      "word": "anspråkslöshet"
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      "lang_code": "cs",
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      "word": "beskeidenheid"
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      "word": "Bescheidenheit"
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      "word": "modestia"
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      "word": "modesteco"
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      "word": "vaatimattomuus"
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      "lang_code": "ga",
      "word": "adhnáire"
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      "word": "adhnáireacht"
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      "word": "modestia"
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      "word": "bescheidenheid"
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      "lang_code": "nl",
      "word": "zedigheid"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Néerlandais",
      "lang_code": "nl",
      "word": "kleinheid"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Néerlandais",
      "lang_code": "nl",
      "word": "deemoed"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Néerlandais",
      "lang_code": "nl",
      "word": "nederigheid"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Néerlandais",
      "lang_code": "nl",
      "word": "ootmoed"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Norvégien",
      "lang_code": "no",
      "word": "beskjedenhet"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "lang_code": "oc",
      "word": "modestia"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Papiamento",
      "lang_code": "pap",
      "word": "humulidat"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Polonais",
      "lang_code": "pl",
      "word": "skromność"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Portugais",
      "lang_code": "pt",
      "word": "modéstia"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Portugais",
      "lang_code": "pt",
      "word": "simplicidade"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Portugais",
      "lang_code": "pt",
      "word": "humildade"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Roumain",
      "lang_code": "ro",
      "word": "modestie"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Russe",
      "lang_code": "ru",
      "roman": "skromnosť",
      "word": "скромность"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Same du Nord",
      "lang_code": "se",
      "word": "vuollegašvuohta"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Solrésol",
      "lang_code": "solrésol",
      "word": "s'irefami"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Suédois",
      "lang_code": "sv",
      "word": "anspråkslöshet"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Suédois",
      "lang_code": "sv",
      "word": "blygsamhet"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Tchèque",
      "lang_code": "cs",
      "word": "skromnost"
    }
  ],
  "word": "modestie"
}

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