orgueil

Senso

pride; pridefulness; haughtiness, arrogance

Frequenza

Genere

♂️ Maschile

Pronunciato come (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.