Masculine
orgueil
Meaning
pride; pridefulness; haughtiness, arrogance
Concepts
conceit
proud person
superbia
overweening confidence
Synonyms
confiance en soi outrancière
vaine gloire
haute estime de soi
la fierté
Translations
orgulho
Hochmut
orgullo
trots
orgoglio
orgull
superbia
gururFrequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ɔʁ.ɡœj/
Etymology
In summary
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.
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