humble

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• Received-Pronunciation, Southern-US, archaic: /ˈʌmbəl/
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• Northern-England: /ˈhʊmbəl/
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From Middle English humble, from Old French humble, umble, humle, from Latin humilis (“low, slight, hence mean, humble”) (compare Greek χαμηλός (khamēlós, “on the ground, low, trifling”)), from humus (“the earth, ground”), humi (“on the ground”). See homage, and compare chameleon, humiliate. Displaced native Old English ēaþmōd.

From Middle English humblen (“to humble”), from the adjective above.

From Middle English *humblen, *humbelen (suggested by humblynge (“a humming, a faint rumbling”)), frequentative of Middle English hummen (“to hum”), equivalent to hum + -le.

144 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: مُتَوَاضِع (mutawāḍiʕ) — thinking lowly of oneself
• Armenian: համեստ (hamest) — thinking lowly of oneself
• Armenian: պարկեշտ (parkešt) — thinking lowly of oneself
• Asturian: humilde — thinking lowly of oneself
• Basque: apal — thinking lowly of oneself
• Belarusian: сці́плы (scíply) — thinking lowly of oneself
• Belarusian: скро́мны (skrómny) — thinking lowly of oneself
• Bulgarian: смире́н (smirén) — thinking lowly of oneself
• Bulgarian: скро́мен (skrómen) — thinking lowly of oneself
• Catalan: humil — thinking lowly of oneself
• Cherokee: ᏄᏢᏉᏛᎾ (nutlvquodvna) — thinking lowly of oneself
• Chinese Mandarin: 謙卑 /谦卑 (qiānbēi) — thinking lowly of oneself
• Chinese Mandarin: 謙遜 /谦逊 (qiānxùn) — thinking lowly of oneself
• Chinese Mandarin: 謙虛 /谦虚 (qiānxū) — thinking lowly of oneself
• Ngazidja Comorian: -nyekevu — thinking lowly of oneself
• Czech: pokorný — thinking lowly of oneself
• Danish: ydmyg — thinking lowly of oneself
• Dutch: bescheiden — thinking lowly of oneself
• Dutch: deemoedig — thinking lowly of oneself
• Esperanto: humila — thinking lowly of oneself
• Estonian: alandlik — thinking lowly of oneself
• Estonian: tagasihoidlik — thinking lowly of oneself
• Finnish: vaatimaton — thinking lowly of oneself
• Finnish: nöyrä — thinking lowly of oneself
• French: humble — thinking lowly of oneself
• Galician: humilde — thinking lowly of oneself
• Georgian: თავმდაბალი (tavmdabali) — thinking lowly of oneself
• German: demütig — thinking lowly of oneself
• German: bescheiden — thinking lowly of oneself
• Gothic: 𐌷𐌰𐌿𐌽𐍃 (hauns) — thinking lowly of oneself
• Ancient Greek: ταπεινός (tapeinós) — thinking lowly of oneself
• Hebrew: צָנוּעַ (tsanúa) — thinking lowly of oneself
• Hebrew: עָנָיו (anáv) — thinking lowly of oneself
• Hindi: विनीत (vinīt) — thinking lowly of oneself
• Hindi: विनम्र (vinamra) — thinking lowly of oneself
• Hungarian: alázatos — thinking lowly of oneself
• Hungarian: szerény — thinking lowly of oneself
• Ido: humila — thinking lowly of oneself
• Indonesian: rendah hati — thinking lowly of oneself
• Ingrian: nöyrä — thinking lowly of oneself
• Irish: umhal — thinking lowly of oneself
• Italian: umile — thinking lowly of oneself
• Italian: modesto — thinking lowly of oneself
• Japanese: 謙虚な (kenkyo na) — thinking lowly of oneself
• Japanese: 謙遜した (kenson na) — thinking lowly of oneself
• Japanese: 卑屈な (hikutsu na) — thinking lowly of oneself
• Khmer: ធ្វើអោយសុភាព (tvəə aoy so’phiep) — thinking lowly of oneself
• Korean: 겸손한 (gyeomsonhan) — thinking lowly of oneself
• Korean: 경멸한 (gyeongmyeolhan) — thinking lowly of oneself
• Latin: humilis — thinking lowly of oneself
• Latvian: vienkāršs — thinking lowly of oneself
• Latvian: necils — thinking lowly of oneself
• Lithuanian: kuklus — thinking lowly of oneself
• Luxembourgish: damiddeg — thinking lowly of oneself
• Macedonian: смирен (smiren) — thinking lowly of oneself
• Macedonian: скромен (skromen) — thinking lowly of oneself
• Māori: māhaki — thinking lowly of oneself
• Norman: humbl'ye — thinking lowly of oneself
• Norwegian: ydmyk — thinking lowly of oneself
• Occitan: umil — thinking lowly of oneself
• Odia: ନମ୍ର (namra) — thinking lowly of oneself
• Old English: ēaþmōd — thinking lowly of oneself
• Persian: فروتن (forutan) — thinking lowly of oneself
• Piedmontese: umil — thinking lowly of oneself
• Polish: skromny — thinking lowly of oneself
• Polish: pokorny — thinking lowly of oneself
• Polish: uniżony — thinking lowly of oneself
• Portuguese: humilde — thinking lowly of oneself
• Romanian: umil — thinking lowly of oneself
• Russian: скро́мный (skrómnyj) — thinking lowly of oneself
• Russian: смире́нный (smirénnyj) — thinking lowly of oneself
• Russian: ро́бкий (róbkij) — thinking lowly of oneself
• Russian: поко́рный (pokórnyj) — thinking lowly of oneself
• Russian: кро́ткий (krótkij) — thinking lowly of oneself
• Serbo-Croatian: скроман — thinking lowly of oneself
• Serbo-Croatian: skroman — thinking lowly of oneself
• Slovak: pokorný — thinking lowly of oneself
• Slovene: skromen — thinking lowly of oneself
• Lower Sorbian: pokorny — thinking lowly of oneself
• Spanish: modesto — thinking lowly of oneself
• Spanish: humilde — thinking lowly of oneself
• Spanish: humildoso — thinking lowly of oneself
• Swedish: anspråkslös — thinking lowly of oneself
• Swedish: ödmjuk — thinking lowly of oneself
• Swedish: blygsam — thinking lowly of oneself
• Turkish: gösterişsiz — thinking lowly of oneself
• Turkish: mütevazı — thinking lowly of oneself
• Turkish: kalender — thinking lowly of oneself
• Turkish: naçiz — thinking lowly of oneself
• Turkish: alçak gönüllü — thinking lowly of oneself
• Ukrainian: скро́мний (skrómnyj) — thinking lowly of oneself
• Vietnamese: khiêm tốn — thinking lowly of oneself
• Vietnamese: khúm núm — thinking lowly of oneself
• Volapük: mükik — thinking lowly of oneself
• Welsh: gostyngedig — thinking lowly of oneself
• Bulgarian: унижавам (unižavam) — to bring low, etc.
• Catalan: humiliar — to bring low, etc.
• Czech: pokořit — to bring low, etc.
• Danish: nedgøre — to bring low, etc.
• Danish: ydmyge — to bring low, etc.
• Dutch: verlagen — to bring low, etc.
• Dutch: vernederen — to bring low, etc.
• Dutch: humiliëren — to bring low, etc.
• Finnish: nöyryyttää — to bring low, etc.
• Finnish: nöyrryttää — to bring low, etc.
• German: demütigen — to bring low, etc.
• German: erniedrigen — to bring low, etc.
• Gothic: 𐌷𐌰𐌿𐌽𐌾𐌰𐌽 (haunjan) — to bring low, etc.
• Ancient Greek: ταπεινόω (tapeinóō) — to bring low, etc.
• Hungarian: megaláz — to bring low, etc.
• Hungarian: megszégyenít — to bring low, etc.
• Hungarian: lealacsonyít — to bring low, etc.
• Ido: humileskar — to bring low, etc.
• Irish: uirísligh — to bring low, etc.
• Italian: sminuire — to bring low, etc.
• Japanese: 低める (hikumeru) — to bring low, etc.
• Māori: whakapāpaku — to bring low, etc.
• Middle English: avalen — to bring low, etc.
• Portuguese: humilhar — to bring low, etc.
• Portuguese: diminuir — to bring low, etc.
• Romanian: umili — to bring low, etc.
• Spanish: humildear — to bring low, etc.
• Arabic: وضع — to make humble or lowly in mind, etc.
• Bulgarian: смирявам (smirjavam) — to make humble or lowly in mind, etc.
• Danish: ringagte — to make humble or lowly in mind, etc.
• Dutch: deemoedigen — to make humble or lowly in mind, etc.
• Finnish: nöyrryttää — to make humble or lowly in mind, etc.
• German: erniedrigen — to make humble or lowly in mind, etc.
• German: demütig machen — to make humble or lowly in mind, etc.
• Gothic: 𐌷𐌰𐌿𐌽𐌾𐌰𐌽 (haunjan) — to make humble or lowly in mind, etc.
• Ancient Greek: ταπεινόω (tapeinóō) — to make humble or lowly in mind, etc.
• Ido: humileskar — to make humble or lowly in mind, etc.
• Japanese: 遜る (herikudaru) — to make humble or lowly in mind, etc.
• Māori: whakapāpaku — to make humble or lowly in mind, etc.
• Romanian: umili — to make humble or lowly in mind, etc.
• Spanish: humillar — to make humble or lowly in mind, etc.
• Spanish: humildear — to make humble or lowly in mind, etc.
• Spanish: dar una lección de humildad — to make humble or lowly in mind, etc.
• Spanish: aleccionar hasta la humildad — to make humble or lowly in mind, etc.
• Spanish: hacer humilde — to make humble or lowly in mind, etc.
• Spanish: humildizar — to make humble or lowly in mind, etc.
• Spanish: humildificar — to make humble or lowly in mind, etc.
• Swedish: kväsa — to make humble or lowly in mind, etc.
• Vietnamese: hạ thấp — to make humble or lowly in mind, etc.