orgueil.
pride; pridefulness; haughtiness, arrogance
Meaning & usage
pride; pridefulness; haughtiness, arrogance
Le revers a blessé son orgueil.
Je ne prendrai pas de charité; j'ai mon orgueil.
Where this word comes from
Inherited from Middle French orgueil, from Old French orgoil, from Vulgar Latin *orgollium, borrowed from Proto-West Germanic *uʀgōllju, from Proto-Germanic *uzgōljō. Cognate with Old High German urguol (“outstanding, distinguished”), Old Saxon urgôl (“outstanding, distinguished”), Old English orgel, orgello (“pride”). Compare Italian orgoglio, Spanish orgullo, Catalan orgull.
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