modeste

See also: Modeste

Esperanto

Etymology

From modesta (modest) + -e.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /moˈdeste/
  • Rhymes: -este

Adverb

modeste

  1. modestly

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mɔ.dɛst/
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Adjective

modeste (plural modestes)

  1. modest

Further reading


Italian

Adjective

modeste

  1. feminine plural of modesto

Latin

Etymology

From modestus (moderate).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /moˈdes.teː/, [mɔˈd̪ɛs̠t̪eː]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /moˈdes.te/, [moˈd̪ɛst̪e]

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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