orgueil

Significat

pride; pridefulness; haughtiness, arrogance

Freqüència

Gènere

♂️ Masculí

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/ɔʁ.ɡœj/

Etimologia

Inherited from Middle French orgueil, from Old French orgoil, from Vulgar Latin *orgollium, borrowed from Proto-West Germanic *uʀgōllju, from Proto-Germanic *uzgōljō. Cognate with Old High German urguol (“outstanding, distinguished”), Old Saxon urgôl (“outstanding, distinguished”), Old English orgel, orgello (“pride”). Compare Italian orgoglio, Spanish orgullo, Catalan orgull.