Modest

  

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Definition: Modest

Modest

Adjective

1. Marked by simplicity; having a humble opinion of yourself; "a modest apartment"; "too modest to wear his medals".

2. Not large but sufficient in size or amount; "a modest salary"; "modest inflation"; "helped in my own small way".

3. Free from pomp or affectation; "comfortable but modest cottages"; "a simple rectangular brick building"; "a simple man with simple tastes".

4. Not offensive to sexual mores in conduct or appearance.

5. Low or inferior in station or quality; "a humble cottage"; "a lowly parish priest"; "a modest man of the people"; "small beginnings".

6. Humble in spirit or manner; suggesting retiring mildness or even cowed submissiveness; "meek and self-effacing".

7. Limited in size or scope; "a small business"; "a newspaper with a modest circulation"; "small-scale plans"; "a pocket-size country".

8. Free from ostentation or pretension; "the restrained elegance of the room".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

"Modest" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "to be moderate", "restrained".

Date "modest" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1200. (references)

Etymology: Modest \Mod"est\, adjective. [French expression modeste, from Latin expression modestus, from modus measure. See Mode.]. (Websters 1913)


Synonyms: Modest

Synonyms: humble (adj), low (adj), lowly (adj), meek (adj), mild (adj), minor (adj), pocket-size (adj), pocket-sized (adj), restrained (adj), small (adj), small-scale (adj), unostentatious (adj). (additional references)
Antonym: immodest (adj). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Modest

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Humility

Adjective: humble, lowly, meek; modest; humble minded, sober-minded; unoffended; submissive; servile,.

Modesty

Verb: be modest; Adjective: retire, reserve oneself; give way to; draw in one's horns; hide one's face.

Adjective: modest, diffident; humble; timid, timorous, bashful; shy, nervous, skittish, coy, sheepish, shamefaced, blushing, overmodest.

Purity

Adjective: pure, undefiled, modest, delicate, decent, decorous; virginibus puerisque; simon-pure; chaste, continent, virtuous, honest, Platonic.

Smallness

Adjective: small, little; diminutive; (small in size); minute; fine; inconsiderable, paltry; (unimportant); faint; (weak); slender, light, slight, scanty, scant, limited; meager; (insufficient); sparing; few; low, so-so, middling, tolerable, no great shakes; below par, under par, below the mark; at a low ebb; halfway; moderate, modest; tender, subtle.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Modest

English words defined with "modest": abode, acclaim, acclamationBlushet, bosky, brushycoydecent, demure, diffident, domicile, Douce, dwelling, dwelling houseeclat, expansivelyhabitation, home, humbleJames Maitland Stewart, Jimmy Stewartlow, lowly, lyricminor, Modest Moussorgsky, Modest Mussorgsky, Modest Petrovich Moussorgsky, Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky, modestlyovermodestplaudit, plaudits, pocket-size, pocket-sizedshamefaced, Shamefast, Sheep's-eye, small, small-scale, StewarttintingUnbashfulVerecundwith modesty. (references)
Specialty definitions using "modest": BepridilCallipolis, Conscious Waterdeep mining, defensive stock, Dominie Sampson, drive-yourself taxiFlowered RobesGEORGE-LLOYDHorseIMMODEST, investment paper, investment stockJOHNNY BUMMoscow MLNomineeObject OberonParnassos, protective stock, public automobile serviceQuakerRS-423SYNDICATE. (references)
Etymologies containing "modest": BlushetIMMODEST, impudentmodestyPrude, Pudic. (references)
Non-English Usage: "Modest" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses.

Albanian (decent, decently, demure, diffident, discreet, humble, lowly, modest, neat, quiet, unassertive, unobtrusive, unpretentious), Romanian (cheap, demure, diffident, discreet, frugal, grave, homely, humble, humbly, low, lowly, maiden, maidenly, modest, plain, quakerish, quiet, retiring, simple, unassuming, unobtrusive, unpretending, unpretentious), Russian (inexpensive).

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Modern Usage: Modest

DomainUsage

Screenplays

You have a modest humor, Gideon. (Gideon; writing credit: Brad Mirman)

And modest! (Bonnie and Clyde; writing credit: David Newman; Robert Benton)

Now, now, don't be modest. (Total Recall; writing credit: Ronald Shusett)

A lady should be modest. (Lara Croft: Tomb Raider; writing credit: Sara B. Cooper; Mike Werb)

Lyrics

I have a modest example here. (The Vatican Rag; performing artist: Tom Lehrer)

Clever

Always try to be modest and be proud of it! (references; author: unknown)

Movie/TV Titles

A Modest Hero (1913)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Modest

DomainTitle

Books

  • A Modest Defence of Public Stews: Or an Essay upon Whoring, As It Is Now Practis'd in These Kingdoms (The/Augustan Reprints, No 162) (reference)

  • A Modest Mennonite Home (reference)

  • A Modest Proposal & Other Stories (Konemann Classics) (reference)

  • A Modest Proposal and Other Satirical Works (Dover Thrift Editions) (reference)

  • Drive a Modest Car & 16 Other Keys to Small Business Success (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Theater & Movies

  • Great Russian Composers: Modest Mussorgsky (reference)

    (more DVD examples; more video examples)

  

Music

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Image Slideshow: Modest

Illustrations:
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Photo Album: Modest

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Phototype by F. Gutekunst, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, circa the later 19th Century. Note: The steamer here presumably represents USS Hornet (1865-1869), which it resembles to a modest degree. However, USS Hornet was not commissioned until late April 1865 (as USS Lady Sterling), did not receive the name Hornet until July 1865, and did not capture any prizes during the Civil War. Credit: NAVY.

The modest letter to Uncle Santa Claus. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Familiar Quotations: Modest

AuthorQuotation

Barrow

We should allow other's excellences, to preserve a modest opinion of our own.

Confucius

The firm, the enduring, the simple, and the modest are near to virtue.

Fyodor Dostoevski

Sarcasm: the last refuge of modest and chaste-souled people when the privacy of their soul is coarsely and intrusively invaded.

Jean De La BruyFre

A vain man finds it wise to speak good or ill of himself; a modest man does not talk of himself.

Lady Mary Wortley Montagu

No modest man ever did or ever will make a fortune.

Oliver Goldsmith

A modest woman, dressed out in all her finery, is the most tremendous object of the whole creation.

Socrates

In childhood be modest, in youth temperate, in adulthood just, and in old age prudent.

William Shakespeare

Modest doubt is called the beacon of the wise.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Historic Usage: Modest

AuthorDateQuotation

John Locke

1690

I think it will be but a very modest computation to say, that of the products of the earth useful to the life of man nine tenths are the effects of labour: nay, if we will rightly estimate things as they come to our use, and cast up the several expences about them, what in them is purely owing to nature, and what to labour, we shall find, that in most of them ninety-nine hundredths are wholly to be put on the account of labour. (Second Treatise of Government)

Winston S. Churchill

1946

This might be started on a modest scale and would grow as confidence grew. ("Iron Curtain" Speech)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Use in Literature: Modest

TitleAuthorQuote

Les Miserables

Hugo, Victor

England has been too modest in regard to Wellington.

Gulliver's Travels

Swift, Jonathan

The behavior of the young colt and foal appeared very modest, and that of the master and mistress extremely cheerful and complaisant to their guest.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Modest

SubjectTopicQuote

Health

Some individuals experience only mild, modest symptoms and require no treatment. (references)

In conclusion, a modest increase in calcium intake should be safe for most people. (references)

Surgery results in stabilization or modest improvement in symptoms for most patients. (references)

Business

Import figures reveal that there has been modest growth in imports of dental equipment and supplies. (references)

Modest demand for these products is expected to continue as technologies improve and prices decrease. (references)

Both major parties' electoral positions on tax reform call for relatively modest and revenue neutral programs. (references)

Children

Ecuador

In June 2000, the city of Guayaquil began a modest program to give persons with disabilities better access to public buildings. (references)

Benin

The Labor Code includes provisions to protect the rights of workers with disabilities, which was enforced with modest effectiveness during the year. (references)

Yemen

Funded by international donors (primarily the Swedish organization Radda Barnen) and a modest annual grant from the Government, the Handicapped Society provides rehabilitation assistance and vocational training, and sponsors cultural and sports activities. (references)

Civil Liberties

Brunei

The newspapers' willingness to publish these expressions of opinion represented a modest extension of press freedom. (references)

Vietnam

A number of clergy reported a modest easing of Government control over church activities in certain dioceses during the year. (references)

Uzbekistan

At one prominent Tashkent University, a professor noted that to his knowledge only one female student wore the headscarf favored by many modest Muslim women. (references)

Economic History

Azerbaijan

The budget deficit equaled a modest 1.3% of GDP in 2000. (references)

Zimbabwe

In the early 1970s, the economy experienced a modest boom. (references)

Oman

Both joint ventures involve modest manufacturing operations. (references)

Human Rights

Cameroon

However, the judiciary showed some modest signs of growing independence. (references)

Estonia

Modest gains were made in hiring new prison staff and retaining existing personnel. (references)

Bulgaria

Observers have noted modest improvement in the efficiency of moving cases through the criminal system, although many serious systemic flaws remained. (references)

Minorities

Israel and the occupied territories

In 1994 a civil service commission began a 3-year affirmative action program to expand that number, but it has achieved only modest results. (references)

Political Economy

OMAN

The government gives little publicity to the occasional modest foreign aid that it donates. (references)

Gambia

The high population growth rate has diluted the positive effects of modest economic expansion. (references)

Political Rights

Burma

However, after over a year, the talks still have not moved beyond the confidence building stage and have produced only modest results. (references)

Trade

Pakistan

Pakistan has a modest export financing scheme, managed by the State Bank and channeled through commercial banks. (references)

Switzerland

Credit balances and liabilities denominated in foreign currency increased by 14% and 19% respectively whereas the Swiss franc business increase was more modest. (references)

Travel

Nicaragua

There are a modest number of U.S.-trained physicians. (references)

Uk

The UK is well served with hotels ranging from the very best to more modest establishments. (references)

Russia

Outside major cities, traditional Russian hotels offer modest accommodations at modest rates. (references)

Women

France

Women's rights groups have criticized the scope of the law as narrow and the fines and compensatory damages as often modest. (references)

Niger

Despite constituting 47 percent of the work force, women have made only modest inroads in civil service and professional employment and remained underrepresented in these areas. (references)

Worker Rights

Nauru

Minimum wages exist for office workers and manual laborers and provide an adequate, if modest, standard of living for a worker and family. (references)

Lexicography

Devil's Dictionary

NOMINEE, n. A modest gentleman shrinking from the distinction of private life and diligently seeking the honorable obscurity of public office.

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Speeches: Modest

SpeakerTermPhrase(s)

Harry S. Truman

1945-1953We have taken the lead, modest though it is, in facilitating under our existing immigration quotas the admission to the United States of refugees and displaced persons from Europe.

Bill Clinton

1993-2001I believe the weight of the evidence is that a modest increase does not cost jobs, and may even lure people back into the job market.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Usage Frequency: Modest

"Modest" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 99.87% of the time. "Modest" is used about 2,302 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Adjective (general or positive)99.87%2,2993,863
Noun (proper)0.13%3202,518
                    Total100.00%2,302N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Name Usage Frequency: Modest

The following table summarizes the usage of "modest" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified.
NameUsage/GenderUsage per 100
million Persons
Rank in USA
ModestLast name17050,365
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Derived & Related Names: Modest

"Modest" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "to be moderate", "restrained".
 
The following table summarizes names related to "Modest."
NameGenderLanguageRelated Name
ModestineMaleFrenchModestus
ModestoMaleItalianModestus
ModestaFemaleLate RomanModestus
ModestusMaleLate RomanN/A
DesyaMaleRussianModest
ModestMaleRussianModestus
ModestaFemaleSpanishModestus
ModestoMaleSpanishModestus
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Expression: Modest

Expressions using "modest": a modest little cottage modest Moussorgsky modest Mussorgsky modest Petrovich Moussorgsky modest Petrovich Mussorgsky of modest means. Additional references.

Hyphenated Usage

Beginning with "modest": modest-looking, modest-sized.

Ending with "modest": over-modest.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Modest

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

modest mouse

1,193

modest mouse tour

17

modest mouse lyrics

317

modest apparel

16

a modest proposal

120

modest bridal gown

16

modest mouse tab

103

modest clothes

16

modest wedding dress

97

modest bridesmaid dress

15

modest dress

75

destiny modest

15

modest clothing

72

swift modest proposal

14

modest swim wear

65

modest formal dress

13

modest prom dress

46

modest mouse ticket

12

modest

45

modest mouse mp3

12

modest wedding gown

42

modest mouse shirt

11

guitar modest mouse tab

29

bee modest

11

date modest mouse tour

29

modest mouse shirt t

10

modest need

27

interview modest mouse

10

a modest proposal jonathan swift

26

modest mouse pic

8

modest swimsuit

25

modest mouse official

8

modest mouse picture

23

modest mouse tablature

8

modest mussorgsky

20

modest bathing suit

8

beautifully modest

20

modest gown

8

discography modest mouse

19

by jonathan modest proposal swift

7
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Modest

Language Translations for "modest"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Afrikaans

  

beskeie (discrete, moderate, reasonable). (various references)

   

Albanian

  

modest (decent, decently, demure, diffident, discreet, humble, lowly, neat, quiet, unassertive, unobtrusive, unpretentious), me cipë (furred, membraneous, membranous), i ulët (base, contemptible, dark, deep, down, gentle, give away, humble, ignoble, infamous, low, low down, low lying, lowly, mean, nasty, nefarious, petty, primary, rascally, scrubby, scurvy, shoddy, subdued, vile, villainous, vulgar), i thjeshtë (abecedarian, artless, austere, bare, chaste, childlike, common, easy, elementary, enlisted, folksy, foolproof, Hick, home-bred, homely, homespun, humble, inelaborate, informal, ingenuous, inornate, mere, native, natural, neat, not mingled, onefold, ordinary, plain, prime, primitive, private, pure, quotidian, rude, russet, rustic, simple, unaffected, unassuming, unceremonious, unpretending, unpretentious, unsophisticated, very), i pakët (exiguous, few, lean, limited, little, low, marginal, meager, meagre, measly, narrow, picayune, poor, scant, scanty, scarce, scrimpy, skimpy, slender, small, spare, sparing, thin, wee), i përmbajtur (aloof, composed, continent, controlled, cool-headed, decent, demure, discreet, even tempered, passionless, restrained, sedate, self-collected, sober minded, staid, stand off, strange, temperate, unaffable, undemonstrative). (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏محتشم (bashful, chaste, coy, decent, decorous, demure, honest, reserved, shy), ‏متواضع (humble, inconsiderable, insignificant, little, negligible, slight, small, trivial, unassuming, unpretentious), ‏معتدل (abstemious, balmy, clement, conservative, erect, genial, gentle, low key, measured, meek, middle, mild, moderate, reasonable, soft, steady, straight, temperate, upright), ‏حيي (bashful, breathe, exist, live, live well, shack), ‏غير مغرور, ‏خجول (abashed, ashamed, backward, bashful, chary, coy, diffident, embarrassed, mean, mousey, retiring, self conscious, shamefaced, sheepish, sheep's, shrinking, shy, timid), ‏المتواضع, ‏بسيط (attic, chaste, crude, down to earth, elementary, homely, honest, innocent, low-browed, lowly, mere, naive, natural, pastoral, petty, plain, primitive, provincial, rustic, silly, simple, simple minded, sparing, straightforward, unaffected, unpretentious, unsophisticated, unvarnished, with distortion). (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

стеснителен (backward, diffident, gauche, mousey, retiring, self conscious, shamefaced, sheepish, shrinking, timid, unassertive), скромен (abstemious, chaste, conservative, decent, decorous, demure, frugal, humble, maidenlike, maidenly, mean, obscure, quakerish, quiet, retiring, shamefaced, simple, small, unambitious, unassuming, unobtrusive, unpresuming, unpretending, unpretentious), сдържан (aloof, buttoned up, chary, composed, continent, coy, distant, offish, remote, reserved, restrained, reticent, retiring, stand offish, taciturn, unaffable, uncommunicative, undemonstrative, undramatic, unemotional, unsociable, unsocial), непретенциозен (comfortable, humble, unambitious, unaspiring, unassuming), благоприличен (christian, decent, decorous, proper, tasteful). (various references)

   

Chinese 

  

虛心 , 谦虚, 謙虛 , . (various references)

   

Czech

  

umírnìný (conservative, moderate, restrained), skromný (abstemious, demure, frugal, humble, limited, lowly, reserved, retiring, unassuming, unpretentious). (various references)

   

Danish

  

beskeden (discrete). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

ingetogen, discreet (discrete), bescheiden (discrete, moderate, modestly, reasonable). (various references)

   

Esperanto

  

modesta. (various references)

   

Faeroese

  

spanskur (prudish), smásárur (prudish), lítillátin, kvettutur (prudish). (various references)

   

Farsi 

  

فروتن (Courteous, Daft, Humble, Low, Lowly, Meek, Slight, Submissive, Unassuming, Unpretentious, Venal), معتدل (Green, Medium, Middleman, Mild, Moderate, Sane, Sober), نسبتاکم , افتاده (Low, Lowly, Meek, Unassuming), باحیا (Squeamish). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

vaatimaton (simple, unassuming, unpretentious). (various references)

   

French

  

modeste, pudique. (various references)

   

German

  

anspruchslos (downmarket, homely, low brow, lowbrow, plain, simple, unambitious, unassuming, unassumingly, undemanding, undiscerning, undiscriminating, unpretending, unpretendingly, unpretentious), bescheiden (abstemious, bestow upon, decide upon, demure, frugal, grant, humble, humbly, lowlily, lowly, moderate, modestly, plain, small, to humble, unassuming, unboastful, unobtrusive, unpretentious, unpretentiously), bequem (comfortable, comfortably, convenient, conveniently, cushy, easily, easy, handy, idle, opportune, slack, soft). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

μετριόφρων (unassuming). (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

מוצ ע (hidden), שפל רוח (depressed, humble, poor spirited), ע יו (humble, meek), צ וע (demure, homely, humble, lowly, meek, neat, prude, unassuming). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

igénytelen (austere, devoid of all pretence, frugal, self-denying, unassuming, undemanding, unpretending), szerény (austere, exiguous, have no side, humble, lowly, low-pitched, meek, mite, sedate, to help sy in one's small way, unassertive, unassuming, unobtrusive). (various references)

   

Icelandic

  

hógvær (discrete). (various references)

   

Indonesian

  

rendah hati (unobtrusive). (various references)

   

Italian

  

modesto (chaste, coy, demure, diffident, homely, humble, inconspicuous, lowly, moderate, plain, quiet, self-effacing, temperate, unassuming, unpretentious), pudico (chaste, pure). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

細やか (friendly, meagre), 慎み深い (cautious, discreet), 敬" (devout, pious), 奥床しい (graceful, refined), 奥ゆかしい (humble). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

おくゆかしい (graceful, humble, refined), ささやか (meagre), つつしみぶかい (cautious, discreet), けいけ" (devout, experience, pious). (various references)

   

Korean 

  

겸손한 (unobtrusive). (various references)

   

Manx

  

feeudagh (decent, discreet, grave, prudent, worthy), fastagh (cautious in speech, grave, inarticulate, mum, noncommittal, pensive, quiet, secretive, taciturn, tight-lipped, uncommunicative). (various references)

   

Norwegian

  

beskjeden (discrete, humble). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

odestmay

   

Polish

  

skromny. (various references)

   

Portuguese

  

modesto (blushful, coy, demure, homely, humble, low-minded, plain, self-effacing, shamefaced, unassertive, unassuming, unostentatious, unpretending, unpretentious), recatado (blushful, chaste, coy, plain). (various references)

   

Romanian

  

modest (cheap, demure, diffident, discreet, frugal, grave, homely, humble, humbly, low, lowly, maiden, maidenly, plain, quakerish, quiet, retiring, simple, unassuming, unobtrusive, unpretending, unpretentious), umil (humble, humbly, low, lowly, mean, meek, poor, small, submissive), simplu (agrestic, artless, austere, average, bald, bare, common, easy, elementary, grave, home-bred, homely, homespun, humble, humbly, mere, natural, neat, patriarchal, plain, plainly, primitive, pure, quiet, ready, russet, segregate, simple, simple minded, simply, single, singular, soft-headed, straight, straightforward, unaffected, unassuming, undisguised, unpretending, unpretentious, unsophisticated, unvarnished), sãrãcãcios (baldly, barely, barren, humble, mean, meanly, miserable, penurious, poky, poor, poorly, poverty stricken, scant, shabby, slender, sorry, sparing), pur (absolute, chaste, clean, clear, fine, genuine, immaculate, mere, pure, sheer, simple, stainless, unmixed, virginal, white), nepretenţios (easy going), neînsemnat (cheap, fractional, immaterial, inconsequent, inconsiderable, indifferent, insignificant, irrelevant, light, little, minor, negligeable, negligible, paltry, peddling, petty, piddling, piffling, slender, slight, small, trifling, trivial), lipsit de îngâmfare, ieftin (cheap, commonplace, fair, inexpensive, inexpensively, low, low-priced, popular, reasonable, threepenny, trite, twopenny, worthless), decent (decent, decently, decorous, decorously, properly, respectable, seemly). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

скромный (decent, demure, hamble, humble, low life, mean, self-effacing, unassertive, unassuming, unobtrusive, unostentatious, unpretending, unpretentious). (various references)

   

Scottish

  

m lda (calm, gentle), stuama (abstemious, sober, temperate), n isneach, cneasda (humane, ominous, temperate). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

umeren (abstemious, abstinent, gentle, moderate, reasonable, temperate), skroman (diffident, douce, frugal, humble, retiring, self-effacing, unassuming, unostentatious, unpretending, unpretentious), jednostavan (easy, go easy, plain, simple, uncomplicated). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

modesto (demure, inconspicuous, lower, modeste, retiring, unassuming, undemanding, unostentatious, unpretentious). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

blygsam (humble, lowly, unassuming, unpretentious), ärbar (decent, honest). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

alçakgönüllü (decent, demiss, frugal, hat in hand, humble, low, lowly, meek, meek-spirited, pudent, simple, simple minded, simple-hearted, submissive, unassuming, unpresuming, unpretending, unpretentious). (various references)

   

Turkmen 

  

kiзigцwьnli. (various references)

   

Ukrainian

  

скромний (bashful, blushing, chaste, coy, decent, demure, discreet, humble, lowly, maidenlike, maidenly, nice, quiet, retiring, sedate, simple, spare, unobtrusive), помірний (abstemious, frugal, measurable, medium, mild, sparing, temperate, tepid), добропристойний (comely). (various references)

   

Vietnamese 

  

phải chăng (conservative), nhu mì (meek, milky), nhún nhường, nhũn nhặn thuỳ mị, khiêm tốn (humble, unassuming, unobstrusive, unpresuming, unpresumptuous, unpretending, unpretentious), giản dị (homely, unostentatious), e lệ vừa phải, có mức độ; bình thường. (various references)

   

Welsh

  

llednais (delicate, meek), gwylaidd (bashful), gw+yl (bashful, feast, festival, holiday). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Modest

LanguagePeriodTranslations
Latin500 BCE-Modern

gracilis, inpudentissimi, modesta, modeste, modesti, modestis, modestos, modestum, pudens, pudica, pudicas, pudici, pudicos, vercundus, verecunda, verecundiora, verecundum. (various references)

Old French900-1400

preude. (various references)

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Bible Trace: Modest

LanguageDateSource1 Timothy Chapter 2, Verse 9
Greek (transliterated)250 BCSeptuagintWsautwV kai taV gunaikaV en katastolh kosmiw meta aidouV kai swfrosunhV kosmein eautaV mh en plegmasin h crusw h margaritaiV h imatismw polutelei
Latin405VulgateSimiliter et mulieres in habitu ornato cum verecundia et sobrietate ornantes se non in tortis crinibus aut auro aut margaritis vel veste pretiosa
Middle English1395WyclifAlso wymmen in couenable abite, with schamefastnesse and sobrenesse araiynge hem silf, not in writhun heeris, ethir in gold, ethir peerlis, ethir preciouse cloth; but that that bicometh wymmen,
Renaissance English1526TyndaleLykwyse also the wemen that they araye them selves in comlye aparell with shamfastnes and discrete behaveour not with broyded heare other golde or pearles or costly araye:
Jacobean English1611King JamesIn like manner also, that women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with shamefacedness and sobriety; not with broided hair, or gold, or pearls, or costly array;
Victorian English1833WebsterIn like manner also, that women adorn themselves in decent apparel, with modesty and sobriety; not with broidered hair, or gold, or pearls, or costly array,
Basic English1964OgdenAnd that women may be dressed in simple clothing, with a quiet and serious air; not with twisted hair and gold or jewels or robes of great price;

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Matched Bible Translations: Modest

Language1 Timothy Chapter 2, Verse 9
Cebuano¶ usab nga ang mga babaye magmaligdong ug magbinuotan sa ilang pagpatahum sa ilang kaugalingon pinaagi sa pagpamisti nga maugdang, dili pinaagi sa buhok nga sinalapid, o sa bulawan o sa mga mutya o sa mahal nga sapot,
Croatianisto tako žene - u doliènu držanju: neka se rese stidljivošæu i razborom, ne pletenicama i zlatom ili biserjem ili skupocjenim odijelom,
DanishLigeså, at Kvinder skulle pryde sig i sømmelig Klædning med Blufærdighed og Ærbarhed, ikke med Fletninger og Guld eller Perler eller kostbar Klædning,
DutchDesgelijks ook, dat de vrouwen, in een eerbaar gewaad, met schaamte en matigheid zichzelven versieren, niet in vlechtingen des haars, of goud, of paarlen, of kostelijke kleding;
Finnishniin myös, että naiset ovat säädyllisessä puvussa, kaunistavat itseään kainosti ja siveästi, ei palmikoiduilla hiuksilla, ei kullalla, ei helmillä eikä kallisarvoisilla vaatteilla,
FrenchJe veux aussi que les femmes, vêtues d`une manière décente, avec pudeur et modestie, ne se parent ni de tresses, ni d`or, ni de perles, ni d`habits somptueux,
GermanDesgleichen daß die Weiber in zierlichem Kleide mit Scham und Zucht sich schmücken, nicht mit Zöpfen oder Gold oder Perlen oder köstlichem Gewand,
HungarianHasonlatosképen az asszonyok tisztességes öltözetben, szemérmetességgel és mértékletességgel ékesítsék magokat; nem hajfonatokkal és aranynyal vagy gyöngyökkel, vagy drága öltözékkel,
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hariHendaklah kaum wanita menghias dirinya dengan sederhana dan memakai pakaian yang sopan. Jangan memakai potongan rambut yang menyolok atau perhiasan-perhiasan emas atau mutiara, atau pakaian yang mahal-mahal.
Indonesian-Terjemahan LamaDemikianlah juga segala perempuan menghiasi dirinya dengan memakai pakaian yang patut, serta dengan sopan dan siuman; bukannya dengan rambut beranyam dan emas atau mutiara atau pakaian yang berharga;
ItalianAlla stessa maniera facciano le donne, con abiti decenti, adornandosi di pudore e riservatezza, non di trecce e ornamenti d'oro, di perle o di vesti sontuose,
Maori¶ Ko nga wahine hoki kia mau i te kakahu ataahua, kia tu whakama, kia whai whakaaro; kauaka te makawe whiri, te koura, te peara, te kakahu utu nui;
Norwegianlikeså og at kvinnene skal pryde sig med sømmelig klædning, i tukt og ære, ikke med fletninger og gull eller perler eller kostelig klædebon,
PortugueseQuero, do mesmo modo, que as mulheres se ataviem com traje decoroso, com modéstia e sobriedade, não com tranças, ou com ouro, ou pérolas, ou vestidos custosos,   
RumanianVreau, deasemenea, ca femeile sq se roage kmbrqcate kn chip cuviincios, cu ruwine wi sfialq; nu cu kmpletituri de pqr, nici cu aur, nici cu mqrgqritare, nici cu haine scumpe,
Shuar
SpanishAsimismo, que las mujeres se atavíen con vestido decoroso, con modestia y prudencia; no con peinados ostentosos, ni oro, ni perlas, ni vestidos costosos;
SwahiliHali kadhalika, nawataka wanawake wawe wanyofu na wenye busara kuhusu mavazi yao; wavae sawasawa na si kwa urembo wa mitindo ya kusuka nywele, kujipamba kwa dhahabu, lulu au mavazi ya gharama kubwa,
SwedishLikaledes vill jag att kvinnorna skola uppträda i hövisk dräkt, att de blygsamt och tuktigt pryda sig, icke med hårflätningar och guld eller pärlor eller dyrbara kläder,
Uma¶ Wae wo'o-hawo tobine. Tobine kana mpopake' pohea to natao, ntuku' ada to lompe'. Neo' mpenasa pohea-ra bona ra'une' doo, neo' mpopenyala wuluwoo', neo' mporampai woto hante bulawa ba mutiara pai' pohea-pohea to masuli' oli-na.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Modest

Derivations

Words beginning with "modest": modester, modestest, modesties, modestly, modesty. (additional references)

Words ending with "modest": immodest, overmodest. (additional references)

Words containing "modest": immodesties, immodestly, immodesty, overmodestly. (additional references)


Misspellings

"Modest" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: madest, mahdist, Mdesk, middest, Modart, modas, modec, Modise, Modotti, omdas, Umodis. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Modest"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "modest" (pronounced mÄ"dust)
5-Ä" d u s toddest.
4-d u s tboldest, broadest, coldest, eldest, encyclopedist, fondest, goldest, grandest, hardest, jaundiced, kindest, loudest, methodist, mildest, oldest, orthopedist, prejudiced, propagandist, proudest, reddest, rudest, saddest, sadist, shrewdest, soundest, stupidest, unkindest, weirdest, widest, wildest.
3-u s tablest, abolitionist, abortionist, absolutist, accompanist, activist, agonist, agriculturalist, agronomist, alarmist, alchemist, allergist, amethyst, amorist, analyst, anarchist, anatomist, anesthesiologist, anesthetist, angriest, animist, antagonist, anthropologist, anticommunist, apologist, apprenticed, aquarist, archaeologist, archivist, arsonist, artist, atheist, August, ballast, balloonist, barest, behaviorist, biased, bicyclist, biggest, biochemist, biologist, bitterest, blackest, bleakest, bloodiest, bluest, bluntest, botanist, bravest, breakfast, briefest, brightest, busiest, buttressed, calloused, canoeist, canvassed, capitalist, cardiologist, caricaturist, cartoonist, catalyst, cellist, chauvinist, cheapest, choicest, clarinetist, classicist, cleanest, closest, colonialist, colonist, columnist, communist, conservationist, contortionist, conversationalist, coolest, cornettist, craziest, creamiest, criminologist, cruelest, cultist, cyclist, darkest, deadliest, dearest, deepest, deforest, deist, densest, dentist, dermatologist, determinist, direst, dirtiest, dishonest, disinterest, driest, druggist, dullest, dumbest, earliest, earnest, easiest, ecologist, economist, editorialist, elitist, embarrassed, empiricist, encompassed, endocrinologist, entomologist, environmentalist, epidemiologist, ethicist, ethnomusicologist, exhibitionist, exorcist, expressionist, extremist, faintest, fairest, fanciest, farthest, fascist, fastest, fattest, federalist, feminist, fetishist, fewest, fiercest, finalist, finest, firmest, fittest, flimsiest, florist, focused, focussed, foggiest, forest, formalist, freest, freshest, friendliest, fullest, fundamentalist, funnest, funniest, furthest, generalist, geneticist, gentlest, geologist, gerontologist, gravest, grayest, greatest, greediest, greenest, grimaced, grimmest, grooviest, guitarist, gymnast, gynecologist, happiest, harnessed, harshest, harvest, healthiest, heaviest, heftiest, herbalist, highest, hippest, hobbyist, holiest, honest, hottest, hugest, humblest, humorist, hygienist, idealist, ideologist, illusionist, immunologist, imperialist, impressionist, individualist, industrialist, institutionalist, instrumentalist, interest, internationalist, internist, interventionist, isolationist, journalist, juiciest, junkiest, keenest, kremlinologist, largest, latest, laziest, leanest, leftist, librettist, lightest, likeliest, linguist, littlest, liveliest, lobbyist, locust, longest, lowest, loyalist, luckiest, lyricist, machinist, manicurist, mannerist, masochist, materialist, meanest, medalist, mercantilist, merest, meteorologist, microbiologist, mightiest, mineralogist, misogynist, modernist, monopolist, motorcyclist, motorist, musicologist, narrowest, nastiest, nationalist, naturalist, nearest, neatest, neediest, neurologist, neuroscientist, neutralist, newest, noblest, noisiest, noncommunist, nonconformist, noninterest, noticed, novelist, nutritionist, oboist, obstructionist, oncologist, ophthalmologist, opportunist, organist, orthodontist, pacifist, paleontologist, palest, panelist, pathologist, pessimist, pharmacist, philanthropist, photojournalist, physiologist, pianist, polemicist, poorest, populist, prefaced, premised, preservationist, prettiest, priciest, promised, protagonist, protectionist, psychiatrist, psychoanalyst, psychologist, psychotherapist, purchased, purest, quickest, quietest, quietist, racist, radiologist, rainforest, rainiest, rapist, rarest, receptionist, refocused, reforest, remotest, repurchased, reservationist, reservist, resurfaced, revolutionist, rheumatologist, richest, rightist, riskiest, ritziest, roughest, safest, satirist, savviest, scariest, scientist, secessionist, secularist, segregationist, seismologist, semifinalist, separatist, serologist, serviced, severest, sexiest, shakiest, sharpest, shortest, showiest, sickest, silliest, simplest, skimpiest, skinniest, sleekest, slickest, slightest, slimmest, sloppiest, slowest, smallest, smartest, smoggiest, smoothest, socialist, sociologist, softest, soonest, specialist, spiritualist, stablest, staunchest, steepest, sternest, stickiest, stiffest, stormiest, strangest, strategist, strictest, strongest, supremacist, surest, surfaced, survivalist, sweetest, swiftest, tallest, tannest, technologist, televangelist, tempest, terraced, theorist, therapist, thickest, thinnest, thorniest, tightest, tiniest, toniest, toughest, tourist, toxicologist, traditionalist, trendiest, trickiest, truest, ugliest, ultranationalist, unbiased, unfocused, unionist, unnoticed, urologist, violinist, violist, virologist, vocalist, warmest, weakest, wealthiest, wettest, whitest, wisest, witnessed, worthiest, yellowest, youngest, zaniest, zoologist.

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Anagrams: Modest

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "d-e-m-o-s-t"

-1 letter: demos, doest, domes, dotes, modes, moste, motes, smote, tomes.

-2 letters: demo, does, dome, doms, dose, dost, dote, dots, mode, mods, most, mote, mots, odes, some, stem, teds, tods, toed, toes, tome, toms.

-3 letters: doe, dom, dos, dot, eds, ems, med, met, mod, mos, mot, ode, ods, oes, oms, ose, set, sod, som, sot.

 Words containing the letters "d-e-m-o-s-t"
 

+1 letter: demotes, distome, endmost, methods, modesty, modiste, stomped, stormed.

 

+2 letters: atomised, costumed, demetons, demonist, demotics, demotist, demounts, distomes, domestic, doomster, ethmoids, headmost, immodest, imposted, melodist, modelist, modester, modestly, modistes, moldiest, molested, moodiest, mordents, mortised, mudstone, oddments, outmodes, smoothed, sodomite, stomodea.

 

+3 letters: amortised, astrodome, bodements, combusted, composted, dameworts, demivolts, democrats, demonists, demotions, demotists, despotism, documents, dolomites, domestics, dominates, doomsters, dosimeter, dosimetry, downtimes, ectoderms, edematous, endosteum, entoderms, homestead, hoteldoms, immodesty, impastoed, lodgments, mediators, melodists, meltdowns, methadons, methodise, methodism, methodist, misatoned, misquoted, misrouted, missorted, modelists, moderates, moderatos, modernest, modernist, modestest, modesties, modulates, moistened, monetised, motorised, mouldiest, mudstones, nematodes, odometers, optimised, outdreams, outshamed, outsmiled, outsmoked, piedmonts, smothered, sodomites, stomached, stomodaea, stomodeal, stomodeum, udometers, undermost.

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Alternative Orthography: Modest


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

4D 6F 64 65 73 74

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

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Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01001101 01101111 01100100 01100101 01110011 01110100

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#77 &#111 &#100 &#101 &#115 &#116

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

004D 006F 0064 0065 0073 0074

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

478170718586

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Non-English Dictionaries with "Modest"

LanguageCoverageLanguage Translations

Afrikaans

woordeboek, definisie, vertalingAfrikaans, бурски език, африканс, 南非荷兰语, afrikánština, Zuidafrikaans, afrikansa lingvo, afrikansa, d'Afrikanders, afrikanisch, Afrikander, Afrikaander, dél-afrikai holland nyelv, アフリカーンス語 , アフタ性口内炎 , アフリカーンス", アフリカーンス , африкаанс, afrikans, africaans, güney afrika hollanda lehçesi, бурська мова, người Nam phi, người H lan ở Kếp

Albanian

fjalor, qartësi, përcaktim, saktësi, transmetim, transferimAlbaans, Albanies, Albaniese taal, shqip, ‏الألبانية, ‏الألباني, албанец, албански език, албански, 阿"巴尼亚语, 阿爾巴尼亞人 , albánský, Albanees, albanskt, albanialainen, Albanais, albaner, αλβανικόσ, Αλβανός, αλβανόσ, albán, albanskur, albanska, albanese, 알"니아, Albaneagh, albanês, arnãut, albanez, arnãuţesc, албанский, albanski, albanac, albanés, alban, Arnavut, албанський, албанка, албанець

Arabic

‏معجم, ‏قاموس, ‏الوضوحية في الشيء, ‏حد, ‏تحديد, ‏تعريف, ‏التحديد, ‏الإيضاحية, ‏ترجمة من لغة أجنبية للغة الأم, ‏ترجمة, ‏إفتتانArabies, arabishte, ‏العربية, ‏عربي, ‏اللغة العربية, арабски език, арабски, 阿拉伯 , arabský, arabština, arábiskt, arabialainen, arabe, arabisch, αραβικόσ, ערבית, ערבי, arab, arabo, 아라비아, Arabish, arabic, арабский, arapski, árabe, arabisk, arapça, arap, araplara özgü, арабська мова, арабський, tiếng A-rập, thuộc A-rập

Bulgarian

речник, яснота, сила, очертания, дефиниция, транслация, превеждане, предаване, поддаване, тълкуване, огъване, преводBulgaars, Bulgaar, bulgr, ‏البلغارية, ‏بلغاري, български, български език, българин, 保 利亚, bulharský, bulgarer, bulgarskt, bulgarialainen, bulgare, 'ούλγαρος, bolgár, bulgaro, 불가리아, Bulgeyragh, Bulgeyrish, Bułgar, болгарский, болгарин, bugarski jezik, bugarski, bugarka, bugarin, búlgaro, bulgar, bulgaristan ile ilgili, болгарський, người Bun-ga-ri tiếng Bun-ga-ri

Chinese

字典 , 定義 , 定义, 翻译Sjinees, Chinees, kinez, ‏الصينية, ‏لغة الصين, ‏صيني, ‏الصيني أحد أبناء الصين, китайски, 汉语, 中 , 漢 , 中國 , èínský, èínština, èíòan, kineser, kinesiskt, kinverskur, kiinalainen, Chinois, Chinesisch, Κινέζος, κινέζικα, κινέζικοσ, κινέζοσ, σινικόσ, kínai, Kínverji, cinese, チフス菌 , チャイニーズ , 중국, Sheenish, Sheenagh, Chińczyk, chinês, chinezesc, chinezeşte, chinezã, chinez, китайский, китаец, kineski jezik, kineski, chino, kinesisk, çinli, çince, çin ile ilgili, çin, китаянка, китайська мова, китайський, кита"ць

Czech

slovník, definice, překladTsjeggies, Tsjeg, çek, ‏تشيكي, ‏اللغة التشيكوسلوفاكية, ‏التشيكي أحد أبناء تشيكوسلوفاكيا, чешки, 捷克語 , 捷克语, 捷克 , èesky, èeské, èech, èeština, èeský, èeška, tjekker, tjekke, Tsjech, Tsjechisch, tjekkiskt, t?ekkiläinen, tchèque, Tscheche, tschechisch, Tschechin, Τσέχος, cseh, ceco, 체", Sheckagh, Sheckish, Czech, ceh, чешский, češki jezik, čeh, češki, checo, tjeck, Çek, çekoslovakyalı kimse, çekoslovakyalı, çek dili, чех, чеська мова, чеський, чешка, người Séc tiếng Séc

Danish

ordbog, deskriptordefinition, oversættelseDeens, danisht, danishte, ‏لغة الدانمركية, ‏نوع كعك, ‏دانماركي, датски език, датски, 丹麦语, dánský, dánština, danskur, danskt, tanskalainen, danois, dänisch, δανικόσ, δανόσ, עו'ת שמרים, " י, dán, danska, danese, 덴마크, Danvargish, Danvargagh, dinamarquês, danez, датский, danski, danski jezik, danés, dansk, danimarkalı, danimarka dili, датський, датська мова, tiếng Đan-mạch

Dutch

woordenboek, definitie, translatieNederlands, Hollands, holandez, ‏هولندي, ‏اللغة الهولندية, холандски, немски език, холандски език, холандците, немски, 菏蘭語 , 荷兰语, holandský, nizozemský, hollandsk, hollendskt, hollantilainen, néerlandais, holländisch, ολλανδικόσ, ολλανδόσ, "ול "י, holland, hollenskur, olandese, 네덜란", Ollanish, Germaanish, nederlandsk, holandês, olandez, nemţesc, limba olandezã, german, голландский, holanđanin, u škripcu, holandski, holandés, holländsk, alman, eş, flemenkçe, holandaca, hollanda, karı, hollandalı, hollandalılara özgü olan, Hollandali, hollanda'ya ait, голландська мова, голландський, ngôn ngữ khó hiểu, "b xã"

Esperanto

vortaro, difino, traduko‏الاسبرانتو لغة دولية, есперанто, 世界语, esperanton, espéranto, εσπεράντο, אספר טו, eszperanto, eszperantó, エスキモー犬 , エスペラント , эсперанто, esperanto, esperanto dili, tiếng etperantô

Faeroese

orðabók, orðbók费罗族, føroyskur, färöisk, färöbo

Farsi

persiskt

Finnish

määritelmä, translaatio, taajuusmuutosFins, finlandez, finlandishte, finlandisht, ‏اللغة الفنلندية, ‏فنلندية, ‏فنلندي, фински език, фински, 芬蘭語 , 芬兰语, finský, finskt, suomi, suomalainen, finnois, Finlandaise, finlandais, finnisch, φινλανδικόσ, פי י, finn, finnskur, finnska, finlandese, 핀란", Fynlannish, Fynlannagh, finlandês, finês, finlandezã, финский, finski jezik, finski, finlandés, finés, finsk, fince, finlandiya'ya özgü, фінська мова, фінський, tiếng Phần-lan

French

dictionnaire, définition, traductionFrans, Franse taal, frëngjishte, frëng, franceze, ‏اللغة الفرنسية, ‏فرنسي, ‏الشعب الفرنسي, френски език, френски, 法國 , 法文 , 法語 , 法语, francouzský, francouzština, franskur, franskt, ranskalainen, français, französisch, γαλλικόσ, γαλλική γλώσσα, γαλλίδα, γάλλοσ, צרפתית, צרפתי, francia, francese, フレコン化 , 仏文 , フランス" , 仏 , ふつぶ", ふつ, フレンチ , フランセ , "랑스, Ny Frangee, Mooinjey ny Frank, francês, francezii, franţuzesc, francezã, francez, franţuzeşte, французский, francuski jezik, francuski, francuzi, francés, fransk, franska, fransızca, fransız, Fransiz, fransızca ile ilgili, fransa ile ilgili, французька мова, французький, Ffrengig

German

Übersetzung, Wörterbuch, DefinitionDuits, Duitser, Duitse taal, Germaan, gjerman, ‏ضرب من الرقص, ‏جرماني, ‏الماني, ‏اللغة الألمانية, ‏المانية, германски, немски език, немски, немец, роден, готически, германец, 德语, 德國 , 德文 , 德語 , nìmec, nìmecký, tysker, Duitse, týskt, týskari, týskur, saksalainen, allemand, "ερμανός, 'רמ ית, 'רמ י, német, þjóðverji, þýskur, tedesco, ジプシー音楽 , ジャーマン , 독일, Germaanish, Germaanagh, Garmane, Carmane, Niemiec, niemiecki, alemão, neamţ, немецкий, germanski, alemán, tysk, alman, німкеня, німецький, німець, $sisters german$ chị em ruột, $cousin german$ anh chị em con chú bác ruột, sister, Almaenwr

Greek

λεξικό, ορισμός, μετάφρασηGrieks, Griek, ‏يوناني, ‏اللغة اليونانية, ‏الإغريقي, гръцки език, гръцки, грък, 希腊语, 希臘語 , řek, řecký, řeètina, græker, grikst, kreikkalainen, grec, grieche, ελληνικόσ, 'Ελληνας, יו ית, יו י, görög, Grikki, greco, ギリシア語 , ギリシア", 그리스, Greagish, Greagagh, grego, greacã, греческий, грек, grčki, grk, grčki jezik, griego, grek, yunanistan'a ait, yunanca, yunan, Yunanli, yunanlı, Rumca, rum, грецький, гречанка, грецька мова, quân bạc bịp tôi không thể hiểu được điều đó thật l kỳ phùng địch thủ, kẻ lừa đảo, kẻ cắp b gi gặp nhau, người Hy-lạp tiếng Hy-lạp kẻ bịp bợm, Groegwr

Hebrew

אוצר מילים, "'"ר", "'בל", תור'מ ות, תר'ום, "עתק", "עתקHebreeus, Israeliet, Jood, hebraishte, ‏اليهودية, ‏اللغة العبرية, ‏يهودي, ‏عبري, ‏العبرية, иврит, староеврейски език, древен жител на юдея, юдейски, израилтянин, евреин, староеврейски, юдей, 西伯来, 希伯來語 , hebrejský, hebrejec, hebrejka, hebrejština, joods, Hebreeuws, hebraiskt, juutalainen, hébreu, hebräisch, Hebräer, εβραϊκόσ, εβραϊκά, εβραίοσ, עברי, עברית, zsidó, héber, izraelita, ebreo, ebraico, ヘブライ語 , ヘブライ", Ewagh, Ewnish, Ew, hebreu, hebraico, limba ebraicã, izraelit, evreu, evreiesc, ebraic, еврей, древнееврейский язык, древнееврейский, еврейский, hibru, hebreo, jude, hebreiska, hebreisk, musevi, ibranice, ibrani, іудей, іврит, старо"врейська мова, старо"врейський, "врейський, "врей, người Hê-brơ, Hebreaidd, Hebraeg

Hungarian

szótár, meghatározás, definíció, fordításHongaar, Hongaars, ‏مجري, ‏المجري, ‏الهنغاري, ‏هنغاري, ‏اللغة الهنغارية, унгарски език, унгарски, унгарец, 匈牙利语, 匈牙利語 , maïarský, maïarština, maïar, ungarer, Hongaarse, ungarskt, unkarilainen, hongrois, Ungar, Ούγγρος, "ו 'רי, magyar, ungherese, 헝가리, Ungaarish, Ungaaragh, Węgier, unguresc, limba ungarã, limba maghiarã, ungureşte, ungur, maghiar, венгр, венгерский, mađarski jezik, mađarski, mađar, húngaro, ungrare, macarca, macar, угорська мова, угорський, угорка, угорець, người Hung-ga-ri tiếng Hung-ga-ri

Icelandic

Yslands, islandez, ‏إيسلندي, исландски, 冰岛, islandský, islandsk, Ýslands, islandais, isländisch, ισλανδικόσ, izlandi nyelv, izlandi, íslenskur, íslensku, íslenskar, íslenskan, islandese, Eeslynnish, Eeslynnagh, islandês, islândes, исландский, islandski, islandés, isländsk, izlanda'ya ait, izlandaca, izlanda, ісландська мова, ісландський, tiếng băng đảo

Indonesian

Indonesies, indonezian, ‏الماليزي أحد أبناء ماليزيا, ‏اللغة الأندونيسية, индонезийски език, индонезийски, 印度尼西亞語 , 印度尼西亚语, indonéština, indonéský, indonésan, indoneser, Indonesisch, Indisch, Indonesiër, indonesiskt, indonesialainen, indonésien, Indonesier, Ινδονήσιος, indonéz, indonesiano, インドネシア語 , インドネシア", 인도네시아, Indoneesagh, indonésio, indonésia, индонезийский, индонезиец, indonezijski, indonežanin, indonesio, endonezya'ya ait, endonezyalı, endonezya dili, endonezya, індонезі"ць, індонезійська мова, індонезійський, індонезійка, người In-ddô-nê-xi-a tiếng In-ddô-nê-xi-a

Italian

dizionario, definizione, traduzioneItaliaans, Italiaan, Italianer, ‏الإيطالي, ‏اللغة الإيطالية, ‏إيطالي, ‏شخص إيطالي, италиански език, италиански, италианец, 意大利 , 意大利語 , 意大利语, italský, italština, ital, italiener, italienskt, italialainen, italien, italienisch, Ιταλός, איטלקית, איטלקי, olasz, Ítali, italiano, 이탈리아, Iddaalish, Włoch, italienesc, italieneşte, italian, italianã, итальянский язык, итальянец, итальянский, italijan, italijanski jezik, italijanski, italiensk, italienska, italienare, italyanca, italyan, італі"ць, італійська мова, італійський, італійка

Japanese Kanji

辭典 , 辞典 , 字引 , 辞林 , 字書 , ディーゼル電気車 , 言海 , 辞彙 , 辞書 , 確定 , ディーゼル電気車 , デ'ドロ酢酸 , 翻訳 japonez, ‏يابانية, ‏ياباني, ‏اليابانية, ‏اللغة اليابانية, японски език, японци, японски, 日語 , 日语, 日本 , 日文 , 倭 , japonský, japanskt, japanilainen, Japonais, japaner, japanisch, ιαπωνικόσ, Ιάπωνας· "ιαπωνέζος, ιάπωνεσ, ιάπων, ιαπωνικά, יפ י, japán, giapponese, 邦語 , 邦人 , ジャスミン茶 , ほう", ジャパニーズ , ほうじ", 일본, Shapaanagh, Shapaanish, Japończyk, japonês, japonezã, японский, японец, japanski, japanski jezik, japanac, japonés, japansk, Japonca, японська мова, японський, японка, японець, người Nhật bản tiếng Nhật bản, Japanner, Japannees, Japans

Japanese Katakana

じい, じびき, じて", ディクショナリー , じり", じしょ, '"かい, ディクショナリ , デフィニション , ディフィニション , ていぎ, かくてい, へい"ういどう, やくじゅつ, トランスレーション , やくしょ, やくしゅつ, "うどく, ほ"やく, ほ"やくしょjaponez, ‏يابانية, ‏ياباني, ‏اليابانية, ‏اللغة اليابانية, японски език, японци, японски, 日語 , 日语, 日本 , 日文 , 倭 , japonský, japanskt, japanilainen, Japonais, japaner, japanisch, ιαπωνικόσ, Ιάπωνας· "ιαπωνέζος, ιάπωνεσ, ιάπων, ιαπωνικά, יפ י, japán, giapponese, 邦語 , 邦人 , ジャスミン茶 , ほう", ジャパニーズ , ほうじ", 일본, Shapaanagh, Shapaanish, Japończyk, japonês, japonezã, японский, японец, japanski, japanski jezik, japanac, japonés, japansk, Japonca, японська мова, японський, японка, японець, người Nhật bản tiếng Nhật bản, Japanner, Japannees, Japans

Korean

사 , 의, 번역korean, ‏اللغة الكورية, ‏كوري جنوبي, ‏كوري شمالي, ‏كوري, корейски език, корейски, 韩国语, "國 , 朝鮮語 , korejec, korejština, korejský, Koreaans, koreanskt, coréen, koreanisch, Koreaner, κορεάτικοσ, κορεάτησ, koreai, 한국, coréia, a língua coreana, limba coreeanã, coreean, кореец, корейский, korejski, korejski jezik, koreanac, coreano, koreansk, kore'li, кореянка, коре"ць, корейська мова, корейський, người Triều tiên tiếng Triều tiên

Manx

fockleyr, geyrid, meenaghey, keeayllaght, baghtgjuha e popullsisë së ishullit men, manština, manský, manx, mann-szigeti nyelv, Manninish, Manninagh, Gaelgagh, Yn Ghaelg, язык жителей о-ва мэн, с о-ва мэн, s ostrva mana, los habitantes de la isla de man, lengua de la isla de man, de la isla de man, från ön man, man adası, man dili, менський, менський діалект

Norwegian

Noor, Noors, Noorweegs, norvegjez, ‏نرويجى, ‏النرويجية, ‏النرويجى, ‏اللغة النروجية, норвежка, норвежки език, норвежки, норвежец, 挪威语, norský, nordmand, norskt, norjalainen, norvégien, Norweger, Νορβηγός, νορβηγόσ, νορβηγικόσ, norvég, norskur, Norðmaður, norvegese, 노르웨이, Norlannish, Norlannagh, Loghlynagh, Loghlynish, norsk, Norweg, norueguês, norvegianã, norvegian, норвежский, norvežanin, norveški jezik, norveški, noruego, norrman, norveçli, Norveçce, Norveçlí, norveççe, norveç, норвежці, норвезька мова, норвезький, норвежець, người Na-uy tiếng Na-uy, Norwyeg

Polish

słownikPools, polonisht, përmirësoj, polak, ‏نظف بشدة, ‏ورنشة, ‏بولندي, ‏جلا, ‏جود, ‏أنهاه بسرعة, ‏رقة, ‏صقل, ‏هذب, ‏لمع الجلد, ‏لمع, ‏حك, ‏مادة ملمعة, ‏تهذيب, ‏مسح, ‏جلو, ‏اللغة البولندية, ‏دهان الأحذية, ‏حسن, полски, изисканост, гланц, елегантност, лъскам се, лъскам, лакирам, лак, полиране, полирам, политура, поправям, подобрявам, изтънченост, изглаждам, блясък, лъскавина, лустро, шлифовам, полски език, шлифовка, излъскване, излъскам, 劖 , 波蘭語 , "亮剂, 磨光 , 琢磨 , polský, polština, pudsemiddel til fodtoej, polermiddel, polere, politur, schoensmeer, pólskur, pólska, pussa, kiillottaa, polir, polieren, στίλβωση, στιλβώνω, λουστράρω, פול ית, לצחצח, ל"ב"יק, לשפשף, לשוף, לתמרט, למרק, צחצוח, למרוק, פול י, לטוש, ל"בריק, ללטש, למרוט, lengyel, lucentezza, 光沢 , たくま, すい"う, ポーランド", せ"れ", "うたく, みがき, とぎ, 광택, cur sollyssid er, follid, gloasaghey, Polynnish, gloas, gloasey, scooirey, sollyssid, polski, polon, polonez, полировать, полировка, польский, польский язык, лоск, обделать, отделка, глянец, вычистить, lìomh, snasaich, pasta za cipele, poljski jezik, poljski, politirati, polirati, politura, limpiar, polaco, polera, polsk, parlaklık, parlatma, perdah, polonyalı, parlatmak, perdahlamak, polonya dili, Polonyali, polonya, політура, поліровка, полірувати, польський, обтісувати, робити вишуканим, полірування, польська мова, лиск, шліфувати, тонкість, nước láng nước đánh bóng, vẻ thanh nhã, vẻ tao nhã, nước bóng, llathru, gloywi, caboli

Portuguese

dicionário, definição, traduçãoPortugees, portugez, portugalisht, ‏اللغة البرتغالية, ‏البرتغالية, ‏البرتغالي, португалски, португалски език, португалец, 葡萄牙語 , 葡萄牙人 , 葡萄牙语, portugalský, portugiser, portugisiskt, portugalilainen, portugais, portugiesisch, πορτογάλοσ, ορτογάλος, portugál, portoghese, ポルトガル語 , ポルトガル", 포르투갈, Portiugish, Portiugagh, Portugalczyk, português, portughez, португальский, portugalski jezik, portugalac, portugalski, portugués, portugis, portekizce, portekiz, Portekízlí, portekizli, португальський, португальська мова, португалець, người B"-đ o-nha tiếng B"-đ o-nha

Romanian

dicţionar, definiţie, determinare, definire, translaţie, traducere, tãlmãcireRoemeen, rumun, румънски език, румънски, румънец, 罗马尼亚语, rumunský, rumunština, rumæner, Roemeens, rumenskt, romanialainen, Roumain, rumäne, ρουμανόσ, Ρουμάνος, román, rumeno, 루마니아, Roomainagh, romeno, român, румынский, румын, rumunski jezik, rumunski, rumano, rumänsk, румунський, румунка, румунська мова, румун

Russian

словарь, определение, трансляция, сдвиг, перевод, перемещениеRussies, Rus, ‏روسي, ‏اللغة الروسية, ‏الروسية, руски език, руски, руснак, 俄語 , 俄文 , 俄语, ruština, ruský, russer, russur, russiskt, venäläinen, Russe, russisch, Ρώσος, רוסי, orosz, Rússi, rússneskur, russo, ロシア語 , ロシア", 러시아, Rooshish, Rooshagh, russisk, Rosjanin, русский, ruski jezik, ruski, ruso, ryss, Rusça, росіянка, росіянин, російська мова, російський, người Nga tiếng Nga

Scottish

foclair, abardair, faclair, briathrachanSkots, skocez, шотландски, 苏 兰, skotský, Schots, skotskur, skotlantilainen, écossais, schottisch, σκωτσέζικο, σκωτικόσ, skót, skozur, scozzese, 스"틀랜", Albinagh, escocês, scoţian, шотландский, škotski jezik, škotski, škotlanđani, escocés, skotsk, iskoçyalı, шотланський, шотландський діалект, шотландці

Serbo-Croatian

leksikon, rečnik, definicija, tumačenje塞"维亚-克罗地亚语, 塞爾維亞克羅地亞語 , serbokroatisch, 세르보크로아티아, servo-croata, sârbo-croat, srpsko-hrvatski jezik, srpsko-hrvatski, serbokroatiska, serbokroatisk

Spanish

diccionario, definición, traducciónSpaanse taal, spanjoll, ‏اللغة الأسبانية, ‏الأسبانية, ‏أسباني, испански език, испански, 西班牙語 , 西班牙文 , 西班牙语, španìlský, španìlština, Spaans, spanskt, espanjalainen, espagnol, spanisch, ισπανικά, ισπανικόσ, ισπανοί, ספר"ית, ספר"י, spanyol, spagnolo, スペイン語 , スパイ罪 , スペイン", スパニッシュ , 스페인, Spaainish, Spaainagh, espanhol, spaniol, spaniolesc, spanioleşte, испанский, španski, španski jezik, español, spanska språk, spansk, ispanyollar, ispanyol, ispanyolca, іспанський, іспанська мова

Swedish

ordbok, lexikon, översättningSweeds, suedez, ‏اللغة السويدية, шведски, шведски език, швед, 瑞典語 , 瑞典语, švédský, švédština, Zweeds, svenskt, ruotsalainen, suédois, schwedisch, σουηδικόσ, σουηδικά, svéd, sænskur, svedese, スウェーデン語 , スウェーデン", 스웨덴, Soolynish, Soolynagh, шведский, švedski jezik, švedski, sueco, svensk, isveççe, isveç dili, isveç, Ísveçlí, шведська мова, шведський, người Thuỵ điển tiếng Thuỵ điển

Turkish

sözlük, ansiklopedik sözlük, açıklama, belirleme, belirtme, kesinleştirme, tanım, tarif, seçiklik, tanımlama, tercümeTurks, turk, ‏تركي أحد أبناء تركيا, ‏اللغة التركية, турски език, турски, 土耳其語 , 土耳其, turecký, tureètina, turkist, turkkilainen, turque, türkisch, τούρκικοσ, טורקי, török, Yn Turkish, Turkagh, turcesc, turc, турецкий, turski jezik, turski, turco, turkisk, türkçe, türk, турецький, турецька мова, tiếng Thổ nhĩ kỳ

Turkmen

Тюркменски Език, turkmener, Turkmeense, Turkmeen, turkmenistanilainen, Turkmène, Turkmenin, Turkmene, Τουρκομάνος, turkmeno, turcomano, turquemeno, turquemene, turkmenistanier

Ukrainian

словник, довідник, чіткість, тлумачення, виразність, визначення, дефініція, ясність, чітка чутність, процес перекладу, переклад, пояснення, переміщенняOekrains, Oekrainer, ukrainisht, ukrainas, ‏أوكراني أحد أبناء أوكرانيا, ‏الأوكراني, украинец, украински език, 乌克兰, ukrajinec, ukrajinština, ukrajinský, ukrajinka, Oekraïens, ukraino, ukraina, اهل اوکرانی درکشورشوروی , ukrainalainen, ukrainien, ukrainisch, ukrainerin, Ukrainer, ουκρανικόσ, Ουκρανός, ουκρανόσ, ukrán, ucraino, Ookraanagh, Ookraanish, ucraniano, ucrainean, украинский язык, украинский, украинец украинский, ukrajinski, ukrajina, ucranio, ukrainare, ukraynalı, ukrayna, ukraynaca, український, українець, người U-kren tiếng U-kren

Vietnamese

có tính chất sách vở, sự định rõ, sự định nghĩa, lời định nghĩa sự định, sự dịch, sự biến th nh sự giải thíchVietnamees, vietnamisht, vietnamez, виетнамски език, виетнамски, 越南語 , 越南语, 越南 , vietnamec, vietnamský, vietnamka, vietnamština, vietnameser, vjetmanskt, vietnamilainen, vietnamien, vietnamesin, vietnamesisch, vietnamese, 'ιετναμέζος, vietnami, vietnámi, ベトナ 人 , ベトナ じ", 트남, vietnamita, вьетнамский, vijetnamski jezik, vijetnamski, vijetnamac, vietnames, vietnamlı, vietnam dili, vietnam, в'"тнамець, в'"тнамський, người Việt nam tiếng Việt

Welsh

geirlyfr, geiriadur, diffiniad, darnodiad, trosiadWallies, shkel premtimin, populli i uellsit, ik pa paguar, i uellsit, gjuha e uellsit, ‏تهرب من دفع الرهان, ‏الولزية لغة إقليم ويلز, ‏ويلزي, уелски, уелски език, не си плащам дълга, измъквам се от задължение, 威"士, 威爾士語 , waleský, waleština, Wels, valisiskt, gallois, walisisch, ουάλλοσ, ουαλλικόσ, δεν πληρώνω τα οφειλόμενα, walesi, gallese, Bretnagh, galês, limba velşã, velş, din ţara galilor, уэльский, velšanin, podvaliti, velški jezik, velški, galés, walesisk, galler ile ilgili, gal dili, bahisleri ödemeden kaçmak, ödemeden kaçmak, sözünü tutmamak, şartları yerine getirmemek, у"льський, не віддати гроші, валлійська мова, валлійський, валлійці, Cymreig

English

Dictionary, Definition, TranslationEngels, anglezët, anglez, gjuhë zngleze, anglishte, anglisht, ‏الإنجليزية, ‏الأنكليزي, ‏إنكليزي, ‏ترجمة إنكليزية, ‏اللغة الإنكليزية, английски език, английски, англичаните, 英语, 英國 , 英文 , 英 , 英語 , anglicky, anglan, enskt, englantia, englantilainen, anglais, englisch, εγγλέζοσ, αγγλικόσ, א 'לית, angol, ensku, enskur, enska, inglese, 영국, Sostynagh, Sostnagh, Baarlagh, inglês, englezesc, английский, beurla, engleski, englez, engleski jezik, inglés, engelsk, ingiltere, ingiliz, Íngílízce, ingilizce, Íngílíz, ýngilizce, англійський, англійці, англійська мова, Saesneg
 


INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Modern
5. Usage: Commercial
6. Images: Slideshow
7. Images: Photo Album
8. Quotations: Familiar
9. Quotations: Historic
10. Quotations: Fiction
11. Quotations: Non-fiction
12. Quotations: Speeches
13. Usage Frequency
14. Names: Frequency
15. Names: Derived from
16. Expressions
17. Expressions: Internet
18. Translations: Modern
19. Translations: Ancient
20. Bible Trace
21. Derivations
22. Rhymes
23. Anagrams
24. Orthography
25. Bibliography


  

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