vainglory

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• UK: [veɪnˈɡlɔː.ɹi]
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From Middle English waynglori (“worthless glory”), from Old French vaine glorie, from Medieval Latin vāna glōria, from Latin vāna (“empty, groundless, boastful”) + glōria (“fame, ambition, boasting”), apparently modelled after similar terms in Germanic languages. Compare Old English īdel wuldor (“vain glory”) and īdelġielp (“vainglory”).

46 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: тщесла́вие (tšteslávie) — excessive vanity
• Finnish: turhamaisuus — excessive vanity
• Georgian: პატივმოყვარეობა (ṗaṭivmoq̇vareoba) — excessive vanity
• German: Eitelkeit — excessive vanity
• Greek: ματαιοδοξία (mataiodoxía) — excessive vanity
• Ancient Greek: κενοδοξία (kenodoxía) — excessive vanity
• Hungarian: elbizakodott gőg — excessive vanity
• Italian: vanagloria — excessive vanity
• Portuguese: vanglória — excessive vanity
• Russian: тщесла́вие (tščeslávije) — excessive vanity
• Spanish: vanagloria — excessive vanity
• Ukrainian: марносла́вство (marnoslávstvo) — excessive vanity
• Bulgarian: самохвалство (samohvalstvo) — boastful, unwarranted pride
• Farefare: uk-m-mẽŋa — boastful, unwarranted pride
• Finnish: turhamaisuus — boastful, unwarranted pride
• French: gloriole — boastful, unwarranted pride
• Georgian: პატივმოყვარეობა (ṗaṭivmoq̇vareoba) — boastful, unwarranted pride
• German: Prahlerei — boastful, unwarranted pride
• German: Ruhmsucht — boastful, unwarranted pride
• Greek: ματαιοδοξία (mataiodoxía) — boastful, unwarranted pride
• Ancient Greek: κενοδοξία (kenodoxía) — boastful, unwarranted pride
• Hungarian: kérkedés — boastful, unwarranted pride
• Portuguese: vanglória — boastful, unwarranted pride
• Romanian: orgoliu — boastful, unwarranted pride
• Russian: тщесла́вие (tščeslávije) — boastful, unwarranted pride
• Russian: спесь (spesʹ) — boastful, unwarranted pride
• Spanish: vanagloria — boastful, unwarranted pride
• Spanish: jactancia — boastful, unwarranted pride
• Tagalog: pamansa — boastful, unwarranted pride
• Ukrainian: марносла́вство (marnoslávstvo) — boastful, unwarranted pride
• Bulgarian: суета (sueta) — vain, ostentatious display
• Georgian: პატივმოყვარეობა (ṗaṭivmoq̇vareoba) — vain, ostentatious display
• Georgian: ტრაბახობა (ṭrabaxoba) — vain, ostentatious display
• German: Prahlerei — vain, ostentatious display
• Hungarian: hencegés — vain, ostentatious display
• Portuguese: vanglória — vain, ostentatious display
• Russian: тщесла́вие (tščeslávije) — vain, ostentatious display
• Russian: хвастли́вость (xvastlívostʹ) — vain, ostentatious display
• Spanish: vanagloria — vain, ostentatious display
• French: vaine gloire — a regarding of oneself with undue favor
• Georgian: პატივმოყვარეობა (ṗaṭivmoq̇vareoba) — a regarding of oneself with undue favor
• Georgian: ტრაბახობა (ṭrabaxoba) — a regarding of oneself with undue favor
• Hungarian: beképzeltség — a regarding of oneself with undue favor
• Portuguese: vanglória — a regarding of oneself with undue favor
• Russian: тщесла́вие (tščeslávije) — a regarding of oneself with undue favor
• Russian: хвастли́вость (xvastlívostʹ) — a regarding of oneself with undue favor