orgueil

proper nouncommon noun

Syllable Decomposition

orgueil

orgolz, then (1080, chanson de roland) orgoill and (1130, eneas) orgueil. from the Frankish urgôli "pride" (cf. Old High German urguol "remarkable, excellent"), Romanized as urgolius, which replaced the classical Latin superbia "pride, haughtiness" (Spanish orgullo, Italian orgoglio, Portuguese orgulho, Occitan orguèlh).

Definitions

Plural

orgueils

Hyperonyms

péché capitalvanité

Translations

  • englishenglish:vainglory
  • spanishspanish:orgullo
  • greekgreek:αλαζονεία
  • italianitalian:orgoglio
  • dutchdutch:trots
  • polishpolish:pycha
  • portugueseportuguese:orgulho
  • russianrussian:гордыня
  • swedishswedish:stolthet
  • germangerman:Hochmut

See also

désenorgueillir (v.) Orgueil (pn.) orgueilleux (adj.)