arrogance

English

Alternative forms

arrogaunce

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French, from Latin arrogantia.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈæɹ.ə.ɡəns/, /ˈæɹ.oʊ.ɡəns/

Noun

arrogance (usually uncountable, plural arrogances)

The state of being arrogant; a type of extreme or foolish pride in which someone feels much superior to another

Synonyms

See also Thesaurus:arrogance.

Antonyms

servility

Related terms

Translations

act or habit of arrogating, or making undue claims in an overbearing manner

Albanian: arrogancë (sq)
Arabic: تَكَبُّر‎ (ar) m (takabbur)
Aramaic: ܫܘܩܠܐ‎ f (šûqālâ)
Bulgarian: високомерие (bg) (visokomerie), надменност (bg) (nadmennost), арогантност (bg) (arogantnost)
Catalan: arrogància (ca) f
Czech: domýšlivost f, arogance f
Danish: arrogance (da) c
Dutch: arrogantie (nl) f, aanmatiging (nl) f
Faroese: hugmóð f or n, stórlæti n, arrogansa f
Finnish: ylimielisyys (fi), pöyhkeys (fi), koppavuus (fi), röyhkeys (fi)
French: arrogance (fr) f
German: Arroganz (de) f, Dünkel (de) m, Hochmut (de) m, Überheblichkeit (de) f
Greek: αλαζονεία (el) (alazoneía), υπεροψία (el) (yperopsía)
Ancient: ὑπερηφανία f (huperēphanía)
Hebrew: יהירות‎ (he) f (yehirút), עתק‎ m (a`tak) rhet.
Hindi: अभिमान (hi) m (abhimān)
Interlingue: arogantie
Irish: borrachas m, anuaill f
Italian: arroganza (it) f

Japanese: 高慢 (ja) (kōman), 傲慢 (ja) (gōman)
Kabuverdianu: farrónpa
Latin: superbia f
Latvian: augstprātība f, augstprātīgums m, uzpūtība f, uzpūtīgums m
Lithuanian: arogancija, išdidumas, pasipūtimas, akiplėšiškumas f
Malayalam: അഹങ്കാരം (ml) (ahaṅkāraṃ)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: arroganse m

Nynorsk: arroganse m
Polish: arogancja (pl) f
Portuguese: arrogância (pt) f, soberba (pt) f
Romanian: trufie (ro), mândrie (ro), aroganță (ro) f
Russian: зано́счивость (ru) f (zanósčivostʹ), высокоме́рие (ru) n (vysokomérije), надме́нность (ru) f (nadménnostʹ), спесь (ru) f (spesʹ), горды́ня (ru) f (gordýnja)
Scottish Gaelic: uaill f, àrdan m, ladarnas m, dànadas m, sodal m
Serbo-Croatian:
Roman: arogàncija (sh) f
Spanish: arrogancia (es) f, soberbia (es) f, altanería (es) f, altivez (es) f
Swedish: arrogans (sv), högmod (sv) n
Turkish: kibir (tr)

Further reading

arrogance in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
arrogance in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

French

Etymology

From Latin arrogantia.

Noun

arrogance f (uncountable)

Arrogance

Further reading

“arrogance” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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