vergogne
French edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Old French vergogne, vergoigne, inherited from Vulgar Latin *verecunnia, from Latin verēcundia. Doublet of vérécondie, an obsolete Renaissance borrowing.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
vergogne f (plural vergognes) (archaic or literary)
- shame (feeling)
- Synonym: honte
- restraint, moderation
- Synonyms: refrènement, retenue, modération
- modesty, decency
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Further reading edit
- “vergogne”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Italian edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
vergogne f