modest
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle French modeste, from Latin modestus.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]modest (comparative more modest or modester, superlative most modest or modestest)
- Not bragging or boasting about oneself or one's achievements; unpretentious, humble.
- Synonyms: demure, meek; see also Thesaurus:humble
- Antonyms: arrogant, immodest; see also Thesaurus:arrogant
- Small, moderate in size.
- Synonyms: moderate, tiny; see also Thesaurus:intermediate, Thesaurus:small
- Antonyms: immodest, obscene; see also Thesaurus:large, Thesaurus:excessive
- He earns a modest amount of money.
- Her latest novel was a modest success.
- Pure and delicate from a sense of propriety.
- (especially of behavior or clothing) Intending to avoid the encouraging of sexual attraction in others.
- Synonyms: austere, chaste; see also Thesaurus:unadorned
- Antonyms: flamboyant, immodest; see also Thesaurus:gaudy
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[edit]Translations
[edit]not bragging or boasting about oneself or one's achievements
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small
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intending to avoid the encouraging of sexual attraction in others
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Anagrams
[edit]Albanian
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[edit]Adjective
[edit]modest (feminine modeste)
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[edit]Catalan
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]modest (feminine modesta, masculine plural modests or modestos, feminine plural modestes)
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[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “modest” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “modest”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “modest” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “modest” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Romanian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Latin modestus or French modeste or Italian modesto.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]modest m or n (feminine singular modestă, masculine plural modești, feminine and neuter plural modeste)
Declension
[edit]singular | plural | |||||||
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masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | |||
nominative- accusative |
indefinite | modest | modestă | modești | modeste | |||
definite | modestul | modesta | modeștii | modestele | ||||
genitive- dative |
indefinite | modest | modeste | modești | modeste | |||
definite | modestului | modestei | modeștilor | modestelor |
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