vergogne
French
Etymology
From Old French vergogne, vergoigne, inherited from Vulgar Latin *verecunnia, from Latin verēcundia. Doublet of vérécondie, an obsolete Renaissance borrowing.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /vɛʁ.ɡɔɲ/
Audio (file)
Noun
vergogne f (plural vergognes)
- (archaic or literary) shame (feeling)
- (archaic or literary) restraint, moderation
- (archaic or literary) modesty, decency
Derived terms
- sans vergogne (“shamelessly”)
- vergogneux
Related terms
Further reading
- “vergogne” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Italian
This article is issued from
Wiktionary.
The text is licensed under Creative
Commons - Attribution - Sharealike.
Additional terms may apply for the media files.