conceit

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• /kənˈsiːt/
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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- substratebor.? Proto-Indo-European *kap- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *kapyéti Proto-Italic *kapjō Old Latin kapiō Latin capiō ▲ Ancient Greek σῠλλᾰμβᾰ́νω (sŭllămbắnō)calq. Latin concipiō Old French concevoirbor. Middle English conceyven Middle English conceyte English conceit From Middle English conceyte, formed from conceyven by analogy with pairs such as (Modern English) deceive~deceit, receive~receipt etc. Doublet of concept and concetto. Akin to Portuguese conceito.

75 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• German: Eingebung — ingenious expression or metaphorical idea
• German: Einfall — ingenious expression or metaphorical idea
• Spanish: concepto — ingenious expression or metaphorical idea
• Spanish: idea — ingenious expression or metaphorical idea
• Spanish: concepción — ingenious expression or metaphorical idea
• Armenian: ինքնահավանություն (inkʻnahavanutʻyun) — overly high self-esteem
• Bulgarian: самонаде́яност (samonadéjanost) — overly high self-esteem
• Chinese Mandarin: 自負 /自负 (zìfù) — overly high self-esteem
• Czech: namyšlenost — overly high self-esteem
• Czech: nafoukanost — overly high self-esteem
• Czech: domýšlivost — overly high self-esteem
• Czech: ješitnost — overly high self-esteem
• Dutch: verwaandheid — overly high self-esteem
• Dutch: ijdelheid — overly high self-esteem
• Dutch: hoogmoed — overly high self-esteem
• Finnish: omahyväisyys — overly high self-esteem
• Finnish: itserakkaus — overly high self-esteem
• French: vanité — overly high self-esteem
• French: orgueil — overly high self-esteem
• German: Einbildung — overly high self-esteem
• German: Dünkel — overly high self-esteem
• German: Eigendünkel — overly high self-esteem
• German: Arroganz — overly high self-esteem
• German: Eingebildetheit — overly high self-esteem
• German: Süffisanz — overly high self-esteem
• German: Selbstgefälligkeit — overly high self-esteem
• German: Krattel — overly high self-esteem
• Greek: ματαιοδοξία (mataiodoxía) — overly high self-esteem
• Ancient Greek: φύσημα (phúsēma) — overly high self-esteem
• Hebrew: התנפחות (hitnapkhût) — overly high self-esteem
• Hungarian: beképzeltség — overly high self-esteem
• Hungarian: önhittség — overly high self-esteem
• Hungarian: önteltség — overly high self-esteem
• Hungarian: önelégültség — overly high self-esteem
• Irish: ainionadh — overly high self-esteem
• Irish: anbharúil — overly high self-esteem
• Irish: postúlacht — overly high self-esteem
• Irish: consaeit — overly high self-esteem
• Italian: presunzione — overly high self-esteem
• Italian: vanità — overly high self-esteem
• Japanese: うぬぼれ (unubore) — overly high self-esteem
• Japanese: 自惚れ (unubore) — overly high self-esteem
• Latvian: iedomība — overly high self-esteem
• Latvian: uzpūtība — overly high self-esteem
• Latvian: uzpūtīgums — overly high self-esteem
• Māori: whakahīhī — overly high self-esteem
• Portuguese: presunção — overly high self-esteem
• Portuguese: vaidade — overly high self-esteem
• Romanian: trufie — overly high self-esteem
• Romanian: vanitate — overly high self-esteem
• Russian: самомне́ние (samomnénije) — overly high self-esteem
• Russian: тщесла́вие (tščeslávije) — overly high self-esteem
• Russian: го́нор (gónor) — overly high self-esteem
• Russian: чва́нство (čvánstvo) — overly high self-esteem
• Russian: самонаде́янность (samonadéjannostʹ) — overly high self-esteem
• Serbo-Croatian: у̀мишљено̄ст — overly high self-esteem
• Serbo-Croatian: ùmišljenōst — overly high self-esteem
• Spanish: engreimiento — overly high self-esteem
• Spanish: vanidad — overly high self-esteem
• Spanish: presunción — overly high self-esteem
• Spanish: ego — overly high self-esteem
• Swahili: kiburi — overly high self-esteem
• Swedish: fåfänga — overly high self-esteem
• Tocharian B: śāmpa — overly high self-esteem
• Ottoman Turkish: غرور (gurur) — overly high self-esteem
• Ottoman Turkish: كبر (kibr, kibir) — overly high self-esteem
• Ottoman Turkish: طور (tavr, tavır) — overly high self-esteem
• Vietnamese: ngã mạn — overly high self-esteem
• Czech: metafora — ingenious expression or metaphorical idea as a literary device
• Czech: přirovnání — ingenious expression or metaphorical idea as a literary device
• German: Konzept — ingenious expression or metaphorical idea as a literary device
• German: Concetto — ingenious expression or metaphorical idea as a literary device
• Hungarian: könnyed — ingenious expression or metaphorical idea as a literary device
• Hungarian: szellemes hasonlat — ingenious expression or metaphorical idea as a literary device
• Russian: изощрённая мета́фора и́ли сравне́ние (izoščrjónnaja metáfora íli sravnénije) — ingenious expression or metaphorical idea as a literary device