noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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/ˈpjuːdɔː/
/ˈpjuːdər/
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noun
Meaning 1
An appropriate sense of modesty or shame.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin pudor (“sense of modesty or shame”), from pudet (“it shames”), as is pudency (via pudentia).
Across languages
Translations
9 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Catalan:
pudor
— appropriate sense of modesty or shame
Dutch:
pudeur
— appropriate sense of modesty or shame
Esperanto:
hontemo
— appropriate sense of modesty or shame
French:
pudeur
— appropriate sense of modesty or shame
Greek:
αιδώς
(aidós)
— appropriate sense of modesty or shame
Hungarian:
szemérmesség
— appropriate sense of modesty or shame
Latin:
pudor
— appropriate sense of modesty or shame
Portuguese:
pudor
— appropriate sense of modesty or shame
Spanish:
pudor
— appropriate sense of modesty or shame