honte

Signification (English)

1. shame (feeling)
2. shame (something shameful)

Synonyms

déshonneur

pudeur

ignominie

déshonorer

humiliation

avoir honte

vergogne

affront

disgrâce

infamie

respect

scandale

honteux

horreur

humilier

dégoûter

infériorité

modestie

confusion

répugnant

réserve

timidité

abomination

atrocité

faire honte à

faire horreur

désagréable

affreux

dommage

gêne

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ɔ̃t/

Étymologie (English)

Inherited from moyen français: honte

Inherited from ancien français: hunte

Cognate with ancien haut allemand: hōnida

Cognate with moyen néerlandais: hoonde

Cognate with ancien anglais: hīenþ

In summary

Inherited from Middle French honte, from Old French hunte (“dishonour”), from Early Medieval Latin haunta, borrowed from Frankish *haunitha (“disdain, scorn, ridicule”), from Proto-Germanic *hauniþō (“humiliation”), from Proto-Indo-European *kaw- (“to be evil, make evil”).
Cognate with Old High German hōnida (“dishonour”), Middle Dutch hoonde (“dishonour”), Old English hīenþ, hīenþu (“humiliation”). More at hean.