From Middle English pryde, pride, from Old English prȳde, prȳte (“pride”) (compare Old Norse prýði (“bravery, pomp”)), derivative of Old English prūd (“proud”). More at proud. The verb derives from the noun, at least since the 12th century.
pride (countable and uncountable, plural prides)
- The quality or state of being proud; an unreasonable overestimation of one's own superiority in terms of talents, looks, wealth, importance etc., which comes across as being lofty, distant, and often showing contempt of others.
- (having a positive sense, often with of or in) A sense of one's own worth, and scorn for what is beneath or unworthy of oneself.
He took pride in his work.
He had pride of ownership in his department.
1766, Oliver Goldsmith, chapter 3, in The Vicar of Wakefield:My chief attention therefore was now to bring down the pride of my family to their circumstances; for I well knew that aspiring beggary is wretchedness itself.
- 1790-1793, William Blake, The Marriage of Heaven and Hell
- The pride of the peacock is the glory of God.
- Proud or disdainful behavior or treatment; insolence or arrogance of demeanor; haughty bearing and conduct; insolent exultation.
- Synonyms: disdain, hubris
1912, G. K. Chesterton, Introduction to Aesop's Fables:Pride goeth before the fall.
- That of which one is proud; that which excites boasting or self-congratulation; the occasion or ground of self-esteem, or of arrogant and presumptuous confidence, as beauty, ornament, noble character, children, etc.
- Show; ostentation; glory.
c. 1603–1604 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Othello, the Moore of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene iii]:Pride, pomp and circumstance of glorious war.
- Highest pitch; elevation reached; loftiness; prime; glory.
c. 1606 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Macbeth”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene iv]:a falcon, towering in her pride of place
- Consciousness of power; fullness of animal spirits; mettle; wantonness.
- Lust; sexual desire; especially, excitement of sexual appetite in a female animal.
- (zoology, collective) A company of lions or other large felines.
A pride of lions often consists of a dominant male, his harem and their offspring, but young adult males 'leave home' to roam about as bachelors pride until able to seize/establish a family pride of their own.
- Alternative letter-case form of Pride (“festival for LGBT people”).
- (antonym(s) of “a sense of one's own worth”): shame
- (antonym(s) of “proud or disdainful behavior”): humility
quality or state of being proud; inordinate self-esteem; an unreasonable conceit of one's own superiority in talents, beauty, wealth, rank etc.
- Akkadian: 𒌨 m (bāštu [TEŠ2])
- Arabic: كِبْرِيَاء f (kibriyāʔ)
- Armenian: գոռոզություն (hy) (goṙozutʻyun)
- Asturian: arguyu m
- Avar: чӏухӏи (čʼuḥʳi)
- Azerbaijani: qürur, təkəbbür (az), məğrurluq
- Belarusian: го́нар m (hónar), пы́ха f (pýxa), гарды́ня f (hardýnja), фанабэ́рыя f (fanabéryja), ганары́стасць f (hanarýstascʹ)
- Bengali: নফসানিয়াত (bn) (nôfsaniẏat)
- Bulgarian: гордост (bg) f (gordost)
- Catalan: orgull (ca)
- Cherokee: please add this translation if you can
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 自負/自负 (zh) (zìfù), 自大 (zh) (zìdà), 妄自尊大 (zh) (wàngzì-zūndà)
- Czech: pýcha (cs) f
- Dutch: trots (nl), fierheid (nl), eergevoel (nl) n
- Esperanto: fiero (eo)
- Estonian: ülbus (et), kõrkus
- Farefare: uk-m-mẽŋa
- Finnish: ylpeys (fi)
- French: orgueil (fr) m, fierté (fr)
- Galician: orgullo (gl) m
- Georgian: სიამაყე (siamaq̇e), ამპარტავნება (amṗarṭavneba)
- German: Hochmut (de) m
- Greek: υπερηφάνεια (el) f (yperifáneia)
- Hebrew: גאווה \ גַּאֲוָה (he) f (gaavá)
- Hindi: आरोह (hi) m (āroh), ऊंचाई f (ūñcāī), ऐंठ (hi) f (a͠iṭh)
- Hungarian: büszkeség (hu)
- Icelandic: stolt n
- Irish: mórchúis f, anumhlaíocht f
- Italian: superbia (it) f, orgoglio (it)
- Japanese: 自慢 (ja) (じまん, jiman), 傲慢 (ja) (ごうまん, gōman)
- Korean: 자만 (ko) (jaman), 자부심 (ko) (jabusim), 교만 (ko) (gyoman)
- Latvian: lepnība f, lepnums m
- Macedonian: го́рдост (mk) f (górdost)
- Malayalam: അഭിമാനം (ml) (abhimānaṁ)
- Middle English: pryde
- Norwegian: stolthet (no) m
- Occitan: orguèlh (oc) m
- Old English: ofermettu f
- Oromo: boona
- Ossetian: сӕрыстыр (særystyr)
- Persian: غرور (fa) (ğorur)
- Plautdietsch: Huachmoot f
- Polish: pycha (pl) f, zarozumiałość (pl) f
- Portuguese: orgulho (pt) m
- Romanian: îngâmfare (ro) f, mândrie (ro) f, trufie (ro)
- Russian: горды́ня (ru) f (gordýnja), спесь (ru) f (spesʹ), зано́счивость (ru) f (zanósčivostʹ), высокоме́рие (ru) n (vysokomérije), чва́нство (ru) n (čvánstvo), го́нор (ru) m (gónor)
- Scottish Gaelic: uaill f
- Slovak: pýcha f
- Slovene: ponòs (sl) m, nadutost f
- Southern Sami: tjievlies-voete
- Spanish: orgullo (es) m
- Swedish: stolthet (sv) c
- Tagalog: karangalan
- Telugu: దర్పము (te) (darpamu)
- Turkish: kibir (tr), gurur (tr)
- Tuvan: чоргаарал (çorgaaral)
- Ukrainian: горди́ня f (hordýnja), го́нор m (hónor), пиха́ f (pyxá), чва́нство (uk) n (čvánstvo), фуду́лія f (fudúlija)
- Walloon: firté (wa) f
- Welsh: balchder m
- Yiddish: גאווה (gayve)
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sense of one's own worth, and abhorrence of what is beneath or unworthy of one
- Arabic: فَخْر m (faḵr)
- Armenian: հպարտություն (hy) (hpartutʻyun)
- Azerbaijani: qürur, fəxr, iftixar
- Belarusian: го́рдасць f (hórdascʹ)
- Bulgarian: го́рдост (bg) f (górdost)
- Catalan: orgull (ca) m
- Cherokee: ᎠᏢᏉᏛ (atlvquodv)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 驕傲/骄傲 (zh) (jiāo'ào), 自尊 (zh) (zìzūn)
- Czech: hrdost f
- Danish: stolthed c
- Dutch: trots (nl), eigendunk (nl), zelfvoldaanheid (nl)
- Esperanto: sinamo
- Estonian: uhkus (et)
- Farefare: uk-m-mẽŋa
- Faroese: erni n, stoltleiki m
- Finnish: ylpeys (fi)
- French: fierté (fr) f, orgueil (fr) m
- Galician: orgullo (gl) m
- German: Stolz (de) m
- Greek: αξιοπρέπεια (el) f (axioprépeia)
- Hebrew: גאווה \ גַּאֲוָה (he) f (gaavá)
- Hindi: गर्व (hi) m (garv)
- Hungarian: önbecsülés (hu), önérzet (hu)
- Icelandic: stolt n
- Indonesian: angkuh (id), sombong (id)
- Irish: uaill f, mórtas m
- Italian: orgoglio (it) m
- Japanese: 誇り (ja) (ほこり, hokori), プライド (ja) (puraido)
- Khmer: មោទនភាព (moutean pʰiep)
- Korean: 자랑 (ko) (jarang)
- Kurdish:
- Central Kurdish: شانازی (şanazî)
- Latin: superbia f
- Latvian: lepnums m
- Macedonian: го́рдост (mk) f (górdost)
- Malayalam: അഭിമാനം (ml) (abhimānaṁ)
- Maori: whakahī
- Norwegian: stolthet (no) m
- Occitan: orguèlh (oc) m
- Old English: ofermettu f
- Polish: duma (pl)
- Portuguese: orgulho (pt) m
- Romanian: orgoliu (ro) n
- Russian: го́рдость (ru) f (górdostʹ)
- Scottish Gaelic: uaill f
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: гордост f, понос m
- Roman: gordost (sh) f, ponos (sh) m
- Slovak: hrdosť f
- Slovene: ponos (sl) m
- Sorbian:
- Lower Sorbian: gjardosć f
- Spanish: orgullo (es) m
- Swedish: stolthet (sv) c
- Turkish: gurur (tr)
- Ukrainian: го́рдість f (hórdistʹ)
- Yiddish: שטאָלץ (shtolts)
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proud or disdainful behavior or treatment; insolence or arrogance of demeanor; haughty bearing and conduct
- Bulgarian: надменност (bg) f (nadmennost), високомерие (bg) n (visokomerie)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 傲慢 (zh) (àomàn)
- Chuukese: namanam tekia
- Dutch: trots (nl), fierheid (nl), hoogmoed (nl), eigenwaan (nl), kapsones (nl) m
- Estonian: ülbus (et)
- Farefare: uk-m-mẽŋa
- Finnish: ylpeys (fi), kopeus (fi)
- French: fierté (fr) f, orgueil (fr) m
- Galician: soberbia (gl) f, fachenda (gl) f
- German: Hochmut (de) m, Trotz (de) m, Dünkel (de) m
- Greek: υπεροψία (el) f (yperopsía), περιφρόνηση (el) f (perifrónisi), εγωισμός (el) (egoïsmós), οίηση (el) f (oíisi)
- Hungarian: gőg (hu), dölyf (hu)
- Irish: borrachas m, uaill f, mórtas m
- Japanese: 傲慢 (ja) (ごうまん, gōman)
- Latvian: lepnība f, iedomība f
- Macedonian: горде́ливост f (gordélivost), на́дменост f (nádmenost)
- Middle English: pryde
- Norwegian: stolthet (no) m
- Portuguese: soberba (pt) f, nariz empinado m
- Russian: горды́ня (ru) f (gordýnja), спесь (ru) f (spesʹ), зано́счивость (ru) f (zanósčivostʹ), высокоме́рие (ru) n (vysokomérije), чва́нство (ru) n (čvánstvo)
- Scottish Gaelic: uaill f
- Spanish: soberbia (es) f
- Swedish: stolthet (sv) c
- Tocharian B: amāṃ
- Turkish: kibir (tr)
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that of which one is proud; that which excites boasting or self-gratulation; the occasion or ground of self-esteem
highest pitch; elevation reached; loftiness; prime; glory
- Dutch: (please verify) bloei (nl), (please verify) bloeitijd (nl), (please verify) fleur (nl), (please verify) hoogtepunt (nl) n, (please verify) piek (nl), (please verify) (volle) glorie
- Finnish: huippu (fi)
- Hungarian: csúcs (hu), csúcspont (hu), dele (hu), virágja
- Russian: расцве́т (ru) m (rascvét), разга́р (ru) m (razgár)
- Swedish: höjdpunkt (sv), topp (sv)
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consciousness of power; fullness of animal spirits; mettle; wantonness
lust; sexual desire; especially, an excitement of sexual appetite in a female beast
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pride (third-person singular simple present prides, present participle priding, simple past and past participle prided)
- (reflexive) To take or experience pride in something; to be proud of it.
I pride myself on being a good judge of character.
1820, Washington Irving, The Legend of Sleepy Hollow:Ichabod prided himself upon his dancing as much as upon his vocal powers. Not a limb, not a fibre about him was idle; and to have seen his loosely hung frame in full motion and clattering about the room you would have thought Saint Vitus himself, that blessed patron of the dance, was figuring before you in person.
2021 December 29, Paul Stephen, “Rail's accident investigators”, in RAIL, number 947, page 32:RAIB prides itself on being able to send any of its inspectors to site with sufficient investigative skills and technical knowledge to gather evidence for any type of accident.
take or experience pride in something
From Middle English pryde, from Middle Low German lampride, from Medieval Latin lampreda.
pride (uncountable)
- (zoology) The small European lamprey species Petromyzon branchialis.
- Synonyms: prid, sandpiper
small European lamprey (Petromyzon branchialis)
pride
- Alternative form of pryde (“proudness”)
pride
- Alternative form of pryden