English Dictionary - With Multi-Lingual Search

English

Etymology
Late OE. prud|prūd, from OF. prud �brave, gallant� (modern French preux), from late Latin *pr�dis, apparently related to Latin prodesse|pr�desse �to be of value�.

Pronunciation
IPA|/pɹa�d/
audio|en-us-proud.ogg|Audio (US)

Adjective
en-adj|er

1. Having a high opinion of oneself; arrogant, supercilious.

#* Godolphin Horne Who was cursed with the Sin of Pride, and Became a Boot-Black. Hillair Belloc.
#: Godolphin Horne was Nobly Born; / He held the human race in scorn, / And lived with all his sisters where / His father lived, in Berkeley Square. / And oh! The lad was deathly proud! / He never shook your hand or bowed, / But merely smirked and nodded thus: / How perfectly ridiculous! / Alas! That such Affected Tricks / Should flourish in a child of six!

1. gratified|Gratified; feeling honoured (by something); feeling satisfied or happy about a fact or event.

#: I am proud of Sivu's schoolwork.

1. Possessed of a due sense of what one is worth or deserves.

#: I was too proud to apologise.

1. Generating a sense of pride; being a cause for pride.

#: It was a proud day when we finally won the championship.

1. obsolete brave|Brave, valiant; gallant.
2. Standing out or raised; swollen.

#: After it had healed, the scar tissue stood proud of his flesh.

1. obsolete Excited by sexual desire; (of female animals) in heat.
2. rfv-sense Happy. Usually used with a sense of honor, as in "I'm so proud to have you in our town." But occasionally just plain happy as in "I'm proud to see gas prices down." This is a widespread colloquial usage in the South.

Related terms
pride
proud as a peacock

Translations
checktrans-top
Arabic: Arab|�خ�ر (fax�r)
Chinese: �� (ji�ojīn), �岸 (ào àn)
Croatian: gord
Czech: hrdý
Danish: stolt
Dutch: trots#Dutch|trots
Esperanto: fiera
Finnish: ylpeä (1)
French: fier (1) :fr: fier |°
Frisian: grutsk
German: stolz (1) :de: stolz |°, prahlerisch
Hungarian: büszke (1) :hu: büszke |°
Italian: orgoglioso, fiero (1) :it: fiero |°
trans-mid
Japanese: ����� (������, hokori to suru)
Korean: ����� (jarangseureoun)
Mongolian: ба�дам
Portuguese: orgulhoso (1) :pt: orgulhoso |°
Romanian: mândru
Russian: го�д�й (górdyj), �ва��лив�й (xvavstlívyj)
Scottish Gaelic: pròiseil, mòrail, àrdanach, sgòdach, mòr à(s), uaibhreach
Slovak: hrdý
Spanish: orgulloso (1) :es: orgulloso |°
Swedish: stolt
Yakut: ба�дам (bardam)
trans-bottom

Czech

Pronunciation
audio|Cs-proud.ogg|audio

Noun
proud

1. current

Category:Czech nouns

fr:proud
fy:proud
io:proud
id:proud
it:proud
ku:proud
hu:proud
pt:proud
ru:proud
simple:proud
fi:proud
ta:proud
te:proud
vi:proud
zh:proud

• 2008-01-02 02:35 - AutoFormat - rm rfc-level tag

Full Revision History