fierté

/fjɛɹ.teɪ//fi.(j)ɛɹ.teɪ/

noun

Pride, high self-esteem.

OriginFrench fierté →
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Meanings

nounfierté (uncountable)
  1. uncountablePride, high self-esteem.

    [H]e understood that Godfrey's fiertè had proceeded from the jealous sensibility of a gentleman declined into the vale of misfortune.

    1751, [Tobias] Smollett, The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle […], volume (please specify |volume=I to IV), London: Harrison and Co., […], →OCLC

Origin

  1. Frenchfierté
  2. Englishfierté

From French fierté.

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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

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