modest

From Middle French modeste, from Latin modestus

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈmɑdəst/

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modest (3) Venus statue.

modest (comparative more modest or modester, superlative most modest or modestest)

1. Not bragging or boasting about oneself or one's achievements; unpretentious, humble.
2. Small, moderate in size.

   He earns a modest amount of money.

   Her latest novel was a modest success.

3. Pure and delicate from a sense of propriety.

   modest thoughts or language

4. (especially of behaviour or clothing) Intending to avoid the encouraging of sexual attraction in others.

• See also Thesaurus:humble
• See also Thesaurus:intermediate
• See also Thesaurus:small

• immodest

• modest proposal
• modesty

• domets

• IPA^(key): /mɔdɛst/

modest m (feminine modeste)

1. modest

• modesti

From Latin modestus.

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /moˈdəst/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /muˈdɛst/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /moˈdest/

modest (feminine modesta, masculine plural modests or modestos, feminine plural modestes)

1. modest

   Antonym: immodest

• modestament

• immodest
• modèstia

• “modest” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “modest” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “modest” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “modest” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

• IPA^(key): /moˈdest/

modest m or n (feminine singular modestă, masculine plural modești, feminine and neuter plural modeste)

1. modest