Feminine

modestie

Sentences
An user
Toujours   avec   simplicité   et   modestie .

Always with simplicity and modesty.

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An user
Ce   serait   là   un   manque  d’humilité  et   de   modestie   indigne   de   nous .

This would be a lack of humility and modesty unworthy of us.

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Concepts

modesty
humility
simplicity
coyness
unpretentiousness
humble
reserve
frugality
modestness
shame
lowliness
Synonyms

humilité
C2
simplicité
C2
pudeur
C2
réserve
B2
modération
26k
honte
A2
frugalité
Translations

Bescheidenheit
modéstia
modestia
modestia
bescheidenheid
Demut

kleinheid

ootmoed
nederigheid
discretie
deemoed

zedigheid

Zurückhaltung
modèstia
Frequency

C2
Pronounced as (IPA)
/mɔ.dɛs.ti/
Etymology

Borrowed from Latin
Latin
modestia
In summary

Borrowed from Latin modestia. Morphologically, from modeste + -ie.

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