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Kuvat 23

Ääntäminen

  • ÄäntäminenUS
  • Tuntematon aksentti:
    • IPA: /ˈmɒd.ə.sti/
KieliKäännökset
espanjapudor
esperantomodesteco, seksmodesteco
hollantibescheidenheid, gereserveerdheid, schroom
italiamodestia, pudore, pudicizia, verecondia
japani謙虚 (kenkyo), 淑やか (shitoyaka), しとやか (shitoyaka), 謙譲, 謙虛, 控え目 (hikaeme)
kreikkaμετριοφροσύνη (metriofrosýni), μετριοπάθεια (metriopáθia / metriopátheia), ταπεινότητα (tapinótita / tapeinótita), σεμνότητα (semnótita), αιδώς (aidós), αιδημοσύνη (aidimosýni)
latinamodestia, rubor, verēcundia, pudīcitia, pudor
portugalimodéstia, pejo
puolaskromność
ranskamodestie, pudeur, modicité, pudicité
ruotsimodesti, försynthet, anspråkslöshet
saksaBescheidenheit, Genügsamkeit
suomisäädyllisyys, siveys, häveliäisyys, kainous, nöyryys, vaatimattomuus
tšekkiskromnost
unkariszemérem
venäjäсдержанность (sderžannost), благопристойность (blagopristoinost), скромность (skromnost), целомудрие (tselomudrije), застенчивость (zastentšivost), стыдливость (stydlivost)

Määritelmät

Substantiivi

  1. The quality of being modest; having a limited and not overly high opinion of oneself and one's abilities.
  2. Moderate behaviour; reserve.
  3. (specifically) Pudency, avoidance of sexual explicitness.

Esimerkit

  • At her invitation he outlined for her the succeeding chapters with terse military accuracy ; and what she liked best and best understood was avoidance of that false modesty which condescends, turning technicality into pabulum.
  • Why should the media stick to an antiquated code of etiquette when Kate doesn’t bother to protect her own modesty?

Taivutusmuodot

Monikkomodesties

The quality of being modest; having a limited and not overly high opinion of oneself and one's abilities.

Modesty, sculpture by Louis-Léopold Chambard, 1861

(specifically) Pudency, avoidance of sexual explicitness.

Recreation on a California beach in the first decade of the 20th century, depicting people in modest dress

The quality of being modest; having a limited and not overly high opinion of oneself and one's abilities.

Modesty, marble statue of a partly-draped woman by Jean-Louis Jaley, 1875