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Definition: Amour Propre |
Amour PropreNoun1. Feelings of excessive pride. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
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Literature | Amour propre One's self-love, vanity, or opinion of what is due to self. To make an appeal to one's amour propre , is to put a person on his metal. To wound one's armour propre , is to gall his good opinion of himself - to wound his vanity. (French.). Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonyms: Amour PropreSynonyms: conceit (n), self-love (n), vanity (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Selfishness | Noun: selfishness; Adjective: self-love, self-indulgence, self-worship, self-interest; egotism, egoism; amour propre; (vanity); nepotism. |
Vanity | Noun: vanity; conceit, conceitedness; self-conceit, self-complacency, self-confidence, self-sufficiency, self-esteem, self-love, self-approbation, self-praise, self-glorification, self-laudation, self-gratulation, self-applause, self-admiration; amour propre; selfishness. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Amour Propre |
| Non-English Usage: "Amour Propre" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses. French (self esteem). |
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| Language | Translations for "amour propre"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | krenari (arrogance, loftiness, pride). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | حب الذات (egoism, pride, self esteem). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | суета (bustling, vainglory, vanity), самолюбие. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | sebeláska (self-love). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | vanité. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | eigenliebe (self love). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | כבו" עצמי (self esteem, self respect). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | önbecsülés (self esteem, self respect, self-esteem, self-regard, self-respect). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | amore proprio. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | leggad (beau, bequest, boy, boy sweetheart, endowment; sweetheart, legacy, partner, Valentine, Valentine sweetheart). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | amouray oprepray amor-próprio (self esteem, self respect, self-regard). (various references) самолюбие (amour-propre, pride). (various references) samopoštovanje (self esteem, self respect). (various references) amor propio (pride, self esteem, self respect). (various references) onur (face, honor, honour, pride, self esteem, self respect), izzetinefis (honor, honour, pride, self esteem, self respect), özsaygı (honor, honour, self esteem, self respect, self-regard). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-m-o-o-p-p-r-r-r-u" | |
-3 letters: armourer. | |
-4 letters: armorer, pampero. | |
-5 letters: armour, armure, mapper, marrer, mopper, pamper, parure, pauper, poorer, pourer, preamp, prearm, proper, pumper, rapper, remora, repour, repump, roamer, roarer, romper, roomer, uprear, uproar. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)41 6D 6F 75 72      50 72 6F 70 72 65 |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000001 01101101 01101111 01110101 01110010 00100000 01010000 01110010 01101111 01110000 01110010 01100101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)A m o u r   P r o p r e |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0041 006D 006F 0075 0072      0050 0072 006F 0070 0072 0065 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)35798187842508481828471 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Translations: Modern 6. Anagrams 7. Orthography 8. Bibliography |
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