modeste

Etymology

From modesta (“modest”) +‎ -e.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /moˈdeste/
• Rhymes: -este

Adverb

modeste

1. modestly

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin modestus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɔ.dɛst/

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Adjective

modeste (plural modestes)

1. modest, humble

   Synonym: humble

2. modest, low

Further reading

• “modeste”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Adjective

modeste

1. feminine plural of modesto

Etymology

From modestus (“moderate”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /moˈdes.teː/, [mɔˈd̪ɛs̠t̪eː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /moˈdes.te/, [moˈd̪ɛst̪e]

Adverb

modestē (comparative modestius, superlative modestissimē)

1. moderately, temperately, discreetly, modestly

References

• “modeste”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “modeste”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• modeste in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.