modest
English edit
Etymology edit
From Middle French modeste, from Latin modestus.
Pronunciation edit
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈmɑdəst/
Audio (US): (file) - Rhymes: -ɒdəst
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.
- Small, moderate in size.
- He earns a modest amount of money.
- Her latest novel was a modest success.
- Pure and delicate from a sense of propriety.
- modest thoughts or language
- (especially of behavior or clothing) Intending to avoid the encouraging of sexual attraction in others.
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- See also Thesaurus:humble
- See also Thesaurus:intermediate
- See also Thesaurus:small
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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 edit
Pronunciation edit
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modest (feminine modeste)
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Catalan edit
Etymology edit
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Adjective edit
modest (feminine modesta, masculine plural modests or modestos, feminine plural modestes)
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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
Declension of modest
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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