pudor

English

Etymology

From Latin pudor (“sense of modesty or shame”), from pudet (“it shames”), as is pudency (via pudentia).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈpjuːdɔː/

Noun

pudor (uncountable)

1. An appropriate sense of modesty or shame.

   • 1922: Woman, undoing with sweet pudor her belt of rushrope, offers her allmoist yoni to man’s lingam. — James Joyce, Ulysses

Translations

appropriate sense of modesty or shame

• Catalan: pudor (ca) m
• Dutch: pudeur (nl)
• Esperanto: hontemo (eo)

• French: pudeur (fr)
• Portuguese: pudor (pt) m
• Spanish: pudor (es) m

Anagrams

• proud

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Latin

Etymology

From pudet (“it shames”).

Noun

pudor (genitive pudōris); m, third declension

1. A sense of shame; shamefacedness, shyness; ignominy, disgrace; humiliation.
2. Modesty, decency, propriety, scrupulousness, chastity.
3. A blush.

Inflection

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	pudor	pudōrēs
genitive	pudōris	pudōrum
dative	pudōrī	pudōribus
accusative	pudōrem	pudōrēs
ablative	pudōre	pudōribus
vocative	pudor	pudōrēs

Derived terms

• pudōrātus
• pudōricolor
• pudōrōsus

Related terms

pudēfactus pudēns pudenter pudescit pudet

pudibilis pudibundus pudīcē pudīcitia pudīcus

Descendants

Catalan: pudor English: pudor French: pudeur Italian: pudore

Portuguese: pudor Romanian: pudoare Spanish: pudor

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Spanish

Noun

pudor m (plural pudores)

1. shame
2. modesty

Synonyms

• (shame): vergüenza