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/
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Adjective
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- 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!
- gratified|Gratified; feeling honoured (by something); feeling satisfied or happy about a fact or event.
#: I am proud of Sivu's schoolwork.
- Possessed of a due sense of what one is worth or deserves.
#: I was too proud to apologise.
- Generating a sense of pride; being a cause for pride.
#: It was a proud day when we finally won the championship.
- obsolete brave|Brave, valiant; gallant.
- Standing out or raised; swollen.
#: After it had healed, the scar tissue stood proud of his flesh.
- obsolete Excited by sexual desire; (of female animals) in heat.
- 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
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Arabic: Arab|�خ�ر (fax�r)
Chinese: �� (ji�ojīn), �岸 (à o à n)
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 |°
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Japanese: ����� (������, hokori to suru)
Korean: ����� (jarangseureoun)
Mongolian: ба�дам
Portuguese: orgulhoso (1) :pt: orgulhoso |°
Romanian: mândru
Russian: гоÑ�дÑ�й (górdyj), Ñ�ваÑ�Ñ�ливÑ�й (xvavstlÃvyj)
Scottish Gaelic: pròiseil, mòrail, à rdanach, sgòdach, mòr à (s), uaibhreach
Slovak: hrdý
Spanish: orgulloso (1) :es: orgulloso |°
Swedish: stolt
Yakut: ба�дам (bardam)
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Czech
Pronunciation
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Noun
proud
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