Pudeur

Part of Speech

noun

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Translations

🇩🇪 Schamhaftigkeit, Anstand , 🇪🇸 pudor: sentimiento o manifestación de modestia y reserva ante los demás. , 🇮🇹 pudore: modestia, timidezza , 🇵🇹 modéstia, decoro , 🇨🇳 羞耻心，谨慎 , 🇯🇵 恥ずかしがりや・控えめな性格 , 🇰🇷 수치심, 조심스러움 , 🇸🇦 هشاشة, حشمة , 🇮🇳 लाज, शिष्टता

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Etymology

The French noun *pudeur* comes directly from Latin *pudōr* “shame, modesty, shyness,” which itself derives from the verb *pudēre* “to feel shame.” In Old French the Latin *‑or* noun ending was rendered as *‑eur*, giving *pudeur* with the same sense of modesty or bashfulness that the Latin word carried. Thus the modern term preserves both the Latin root and the semantic core of feeling shame or modesty.

Synonyms

modestie retenue sobriété discrétion chasteté réserve conservatisme sens de la décence

Antonyms

impudence indécence audace exhibitionisme débridement