prude

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From French prude, from Old French prude, prode, feminine of prou, prod, prud (“good, excellent, brave”), from Latin prōde. Related to proud but unrelated to prudent.

English surname, probably a variant of Proud.

46 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Catalan: purità — A person who is or tries to be excessively proper
• Czech: prudérní (člověk) — A person who is or tries to be excessively proper
• Danish: sippe — A person who is or tries to be excessively proper
• Danish: snerpe — A person who is or tries to be excessively proper
• Dutch: preut — A person who is or tries to be excessively proper
• Esperanto: prudulo — A person who is or tries to be excessively proper
• Esperanto: prudulino — A person who is or tries to be excessively proper
• Finnish: sievistelijä — A person who is or tries to be excessively proper
• French: bégueule — A person who is or tries to be excessively proper
• French: prude — A person who is or tries to be excessively proper
• French: sainte-nitouche — A person who is or tries to be excessively proper
• Galician: mexericas — A person who is or tries to be excessively proper
• Galician: mexeriqueiro — A person who is or tries to be excessively proper
• Galician: mexeriqueira — A person who is or tries to be excessively proper
• Galician: puritano — A person who is or tries to be excessively proper
• Galician: puritana — A person who is or tries to be excessively proper
• German: prüde Person — A person who is or tries to be excessively proper
• German: Prüder — A person who is or tries to be excessively proper
• German: Prüde — A person who is or tries to be excessively proper
• Greek: σεμνότυφος (semnótyfos) — A person who is or tries to be excessively proper
• Hebrew: חָסוּד (ẖasúd) — A person who is or tries to be excessively proper
• Hungarian: prűd — A person who is or tries to be excessively proper
• Icelandic: tepra — A person who is or tries to be excessively proper
• Icelandic: pempía — A person who is or tries to be excessively proper
• Indonesian: sok suci — A person who is or tries to be excessively proper
• Italian: prude — A person who is or tries to be excessively proper
• Polish: świętoszek — A person who is or tries to be excessively proper
• Polish: świętoszka — A person who is or tries to be excessively proper
• Portuguese: puritano — A person who is or tries to be excessively proper
• Portuguese: puritana — A person who is or tries to be excessively proper
• Portuguese: pudico — A person who is or tries to be excessively proper
• Romanian: pudic — A person who is or tries to be excessively proper
• Romanian: puritan — A person who is or tries to be excessively proper
• Russian: свято́ша (svjatóša) — A person who is or tries to be excessively proper
• Spanish: mojigato — A person who is or tries to be excessively proper
• Spanish: mojigata — A person who is or tries to be excessively proper
• Spanish: gazmoño — A person who is or tries to be excessively proper
• Spanish: gazmoñero — A person who is or tries to be excessively proper
• Spanish: santurrón — A person who is or tries to be excessively proper
• Spanish: pacato — A person who is or tries to be excessively proper
• Spanish: cartuchón — A person who is or tries to be excessively proper
• Swedish: pryd person — A person who is or tries to be excessively proper
• Tagalog: maliyoso — A person who is or tries to be excessively proper
• Turkish: iffet-füruş — A person who is or tries to be excessively proper
• Turkish: namus düşkünü — A person who is or tries to be excessively proper
• Turkish: namus kumkuması — A person who is or tries to be excessively proper