modesty

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• /ˈmɒd.ə.sti/
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Borrowed from Middle French modestie, from Latin modestia; equivalent to modest + -y.

101 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: تَوَاضُع (tawāḍuʕ) — quality of being modest
• Armenian: համեստություն (hamestutʻyun) — quality of being modest
• Azerbaijani: təvazö — quality of being modest
• Belarusian: сці́пласць (scíplascʹ) — quality of being modest
• Belarusian: скро́мнасць (skrómnascʹ) — quality of being modest
• Central Bikol: kabinian — quality of being modest
• Bulgarian: скро́мност (skrómnost) — quality of being modest
• Catalan: modèstia — quality of being modest
• Chinese Mandarin: 謙虛 /谦虚 (qiānxū) — quality of being modest
• Czech: skromnost — quality of being modest
• Danish: beskedenhed — quality of being modest
• Dutch: bescheidenheid — quality of being modest
• Esperanto: modesteco — quality of being modest
• Finnish: vaatimattomuus — quality of being modest
• French: modestie — quality of being modest
• Galician: modestia — quality of being modest
• Georgian: მოკრძალება (moḳrʒaleba) — quality of being modest
• Georgian: მოკრძალებულობა (moḳrʒalebuloba) — quality of being modest
• Georgian: თავმდაბლობა (tavmdabloba) — quality of being modest
• German: Bescheidenheit — quality of being modest
• Greek: μετριοφροσύνη (metriofrosýni) — quality of being modest
• Ancient Greek: αἰδοσύνη (aidosúnē) — quality of being modest
• Ancient Greek: αἰδημοσύνη (aidēmosúnē) — quality of being modest
• Hindi: विनम्रता (vinamratā) — quality of being modest
• Hindi: नम्रता (namratā) — quality of being modest
• Hungarian: szerénység — quality of being modest
• Irish: adhnáire — quality of being modest
• Italian: modestia — quality of being modest
• Japanese: 謙遜 — quality of being modest
• Latin: modestia — quality of being modest
• Lithuanian: kuklumas — quality of being modest
• Macedonian: скромност (skromnost) — quality of being modest
• Māori: whakamōwaitanga — quality of being modest
• Old English: sċamfæstnes — quality of being modest
• Persian: آزرم (âzarm) — quality of being modest
• Polish: skromność — quality of being modest
• Portuguese: modéstia — quality of being modest
• Romanian: modestie — quality of being modest
• Russian: скро́мность (skrómnostʹ) — quality of being modest
• Russian: сде́ржанность (sdéržannostʹ) — quality of being modest
• Serbo-Croatian: скро̏мно̄ст — quality of being modest
• Serbo-Croatian: skrȍmnōst — quality of being modest
• Slovak: skromnosť — quality of being modest
• Slovene: skromnost — quality of being modest
• Spanish: modestia — quality of being modest
• Swedish: blygsamhet — quality of being modest
• Thai: ความอ่อนน้อมถ่อมตน (kwaam òn nóm tòm dton) — quality of being modest
• Turkish: alçakgönüllülük — quality of being modest
• Turkish: haya — quality of being modest
• Ukrainian: скро́мність (skrómnistʹ) — quality of being modest
• Urdu: حَیا (hayā) — quality of being modest
• Urdu: لاج (lāj) — quality of being modest
• Urdu: آبْرُو (ābrū) — quality of being modest
• Armenian: համեստություն (hamestutʻyun) — moderate behaviour; reserve
• Catalan: modèstia — moderate behaviour; reserve
• Catalan: reserves — moderate behaviour; reserve
• Dutch: gereserveerdheid — moderate behaviour; reserve
• Dutch: schroom — moderate behaviour; reserve
• Finnish: vaatimattomuus — moderate behaviour; reserve
• Georgian: თავმდაბლობა (tavmdabloba) — moderate behaviour; reserve
• Georgian: თავდაჭერილობა (tavdač̣eriloba) — moderate behaviour; reserve
• Georgian: მორიდებულობა (moridebuloba) — moderate behaviour; reserve
• Georgian: ზომიერება (zomiereba) — moderate behaviour; reserve
• Greek: μετριοπάθεια (metriopátheia) — moderate behaviour; reserve
• Hindi: विनय (vinay) — moderate behaviour; reserve
• Hindi: शील (śīl) — moderate behaviour; reserve
• Māori: whakamōwaitanga — moderate behaviour; reserve
• Middle English: schame — moderate behaviour; reserve
• Polish: skromność — moderate behaviour; reserve
• Romanian: rezervă — moderate behaviour; reserve
• Russian: скро́мность (skrómnostʹ) — moderate behaviour; reserve
• Russian: сде́ржанность (sdéržannostʹ) — moderate behaviour; reserve
• Russian: благопристо́йность (blagopristójnostʹ) — moderate behaviour; reserve
• Serbo-Croatian: скро̏мно̄ст — moderate behaviour; reserve
• Serbo-Croatian: skrȍmnōst — moderate behaviour; reserve
• Spanish: modestia — moderate behaviour; reserve
• Urdu: شَرْم (śarm) — moderate behaviour; reserve
• Arabic: حِشْمَة (ḥišma) — pudency, avoidance of sexual explicitness
• Catalan: pudor — pudency, avoidance of sexual explicitness
• Esperanto: seksmodesteco — pudency, avoidance of sexual explicitness
• Finnish: säädyllisyys — pudency, avoidance of sexual explicitness
• Finnish: häveliäisyys — pudency, avoidance of sexual explicitness
• Finnish: kainous — pudency, avoidance of sexual explicitness
• Finnish: siveys — pudency, avoidance of sexual explicitness
• French: pudeur — pudency, avoidance of sexual explicitness
• German: Sittsamkeit — pudency, avoidance of sexual explicitness
• Greek: ταπεινότητα (tapeinótita) — pudency, avoidance of sexual explicitness
• Greek: σεμνότητα (semnótita) — pudency, avoidance of sexual explicitness
• Latin: pudor — pudency, avoidance of sexual explicitness
• Polish: skromność — pudency, avoidance of sexual explicitness
• Romanian: castitate — pudency, avoidance of sexual explicitness
• Romanian: puritate — pudency, avoidance of sexual explicitness
• Russian: скро́мность (skrómnostʹ) — pudency, avoidance of sexual explicitness
• Russian: целому́дрие (celomúdrije) — pudency, avoidance of sexual explicitness
• Russian: засте́нчивость (zasténčivostʹ) — pudency, avoidance of sexual explicitness
• Russian: стыдли́вость (stydlívostʹ) — pudency, avoidance of sexual explicitness
• Serbo-Croatian: че̏дно̄ст — pudency, avoidance of sexual explicitness
• Serbo-Croatian: čȅdnōst — pudency, avoidance of sexual explicitness
• Spanish: pudor — pudency, avoidance of sexual explicitness
• Tocharian B: kwīpe — pudency, avoidance of sexual explicitness
• Urdu: لاج (lāj) — pudency, avoidance of sexual explicitness