humility

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• /hjuːˈmɪlɪti/
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From Middle English humilite, from Old French (h)umilité, from Latin humilitas (“lowness, meanness, baseness, in Late Latin humility”), from humilis (“low, lowly, humble, earth”). Equivalent to humble + -ity, with /mb/ reduced to /m/ (compare plumbing). Displaced native Old English ēaþmōdnes. Doublet of omertà.

85 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: vutësi — characteristic of being humble
• Arabic: تَوَاضُع (tawāḍuʕ) — characteristic of being humble
• Azerbaijani: təvazö — characteristic of being humble
• Belarusian: пако́рлівасць (pakórlivascʹ) — characteristic of being humble
• Belarusian: пако́рнасць (pakórnascʹ) — characteristic of being humble
• Belarusian: скро́мнасць (skrómnascʹ) — characteristic of being humble
• Bulgarian: смире́ност (smirénost) — characteristic of being humble
• Bulgarian: поко́рност (pokórnost) — characteristic of being humble
• Bulgarian: смире́ние (smirénie) — characteristic of being humble
• Bulgarian: скро́мност (skrómnost) — characteristic of being humble
• Catalan: humilitat — characteristic of being humble
• Chinese Mandarin: 謙卑 /谦卑 (qiānbēi) — characteristic of being humble
• Chinese Mandarin: 謙遜 /谦逊 (qiānxùn) — characteristic of being humble
• Ngazidja Comorian: unyenyekevu — characteristic of being humble
• Czech: pokora — characteristic of being humble
• Czech: skromnost — characteristic of being humble
• Danish: ydmyghed — characteristic of being humble
• Dutch: nederigheid — characteristic of being humble
• Dutch: deemoed — characteristic of being humble
• Esperanto: humileco — characteristic of being humble
• Finnish: nöyryys — characteristic of being humble
• French: humilité — characteristic of being humble
• Galician: humildade — characteristic of being humble
• Georgian: თავმდაბლობა (tavmdabloba) — characteristic of being humble
• Georgian: მოკრძალებულობა (moḳrʒalebuloba) — characteristic of being humble
• German: Bescheidenheit — characteristic of being humble
• German: Demut — characteristic of being humble
• Gothic: 𐌷𐌰𐌿𐌽𐌹𐌸𐌰 (hauniþa) — characteristic of being humble
• Gothic: 𐌷𐌰𐌿𐌽𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍃 (hauneins) — characteristic of being humble
• Greek: ταπεινότητα (tapeinótita) — characteristic of being humble
• Ancient Greek: ταπεινότης (tapeinótēs) — characteristic of being humble
• Ancient Greek: ταπεινοφροσύνη (tapeinophrosúnē) — characteristic of being humble
• Hebrew: צְנִיעוּת (tsniút) — characteristic of being humble
• Hebrew: ענווה (anavá) — characteristic of being humble
• Hindi: विनम्रता (vinamratā) — characteristic of being humble
• Hungarian: alázat — characteristic of being humble
• Icelandic: hógværð — characteristic of being humble
• Icelandic: auðmýkt — characteristic of being humble
• Indonesian: kerendahhatian — characteristic of being humble
• Indonesian: kerendahan hati — characteristic of being humble
• Irish: uirísle — characteristic of being humble
• Irish: umhlaíocht — characteristic of being humble
• Italian: umiltà — characteristic of being humble
• Japanese: 謙遜 (kenson) — characteristic of being humble
• Korean: 겸손 (gyeomson) — characteristic of being humble
• Macedonian: скромност (skromnost) — characteristic of being humble
• Malayalam: വിനയം (vinayaṁ) — characteristic of being humble
• Māori: māhaki — characteristic of being humble
• Māori: māhakitanga — characteristic of being humble
• Navajo: tʼahʼágo ájítʼé — characteristic of being humble
• Nepali: विनम्रता (vinamratā) — characteristic of being humble
• Nepali: नम्रता (namratā) — characteristic of being humble
• Norwegian Bokmål: ydmykhet — characteristic of being humble
• Occitan: umilitat — characteristic of being humble
• Old Occitan: umilitat — characteristic of being humble
• Old English: ēaþmōdnes — characteristic of being humble
• Persian: تواضع (tavâzo') — characteristic of being humble
• Polish: pokora — characteristic of being humble
• Portuguese: humildade — characteristic of being humble
• Romanian: umilință — characteristic of being humble
• Romanian: umilitate — characteristic of being humble
• Russian: скро́мность (skrómnostʹ) — characteristic of being humble
• Russian: смире́ние (smirénije) — characteristic of being humble
• Russian: поко́рность (pokórnostʹ) — characteristic of being humble
• Russian: смире́нность (smirénnostʹ) — characteristic of being humble
• Serbo-Croatian: poniznost — characteristic of being humble
• Serbo-Croatian: skromnost — characteristic of being humble
• Serbo-Croatian: smernost — characteristic of being humble
• Serbo-Croatian: skrušenost — characteristic of being humble
• Slovak: pokora — characteristic of being humble
• Slovak: skromnosť — characteristic of being humble
• Slovene: ponižnost — characteristic of being humble
• Spanish: humildad — characteristic of being humble
• Swedish: ödmjukhet — characteristic of being humble
• Telugu: ఒద్దిక (oddika) — characteristic of being humble
• Thai: ความถ่อมตัว — characteristic of being humble
• Thai: ความนอบน้อม — characteristic of being humble
• Turkish: tevazu — characteristic of being humble
• Ottoman Turkish: تواضع — characteristic of being humble
• Ukrainian: покі́рність (pokírnistʹ) — characteristic of being humble
• Ukrainian: покі́рливість (pokírlyvistʹ) — characteristic of being humble
• Ukrainian: смире́нність (smyrénnistʹ) — characteristic of being humble
• Ukrainian: скро́мність (skrómnistʹ) — characteristic of being humble
• Volapük: mük — characteristic of being humble
• Yiddish: שפֿלות (shifles) — characteristic of being humble