modeste

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Esperanto

Etymology

From modesta (“modest”) +‎ -e.

Pronunciation

Adverb

modeste

  1. modestly

French

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin modestus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mɔ.dɛst/
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Adjective

modeste (plural modestes)

  1. modest, humble
    Synonym: humble
  2. modest, low

Derived terms

Further reading

Italian

Adjective

modeste

  1. feminine plural of modesto

Latin

Etymology

From modestus (“moderate”).

Pronunciation

Adverb

modestē (comparative modestius, superlative modestissimē)

  1. moderately, temperately, discreetly, modestly

References

  • “modeste”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “modeste”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • modeste in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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