haughtiness

English

Etymology

From Middle English hauteynesse, hautenesse, from Middle English hautein (“proud, haughty”), from Old French hautain + Middle English -nesse. Reanalysed in Modern English as haughty +‎ -ness.

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Noun

haughtiness (countable and uncountable, plural haughtinesses)

The state or property of being haughty; arrogance, snobbery.

Translations

the property of being haughty

Arabic: عَجْرَفَة f (ʕajrafa), كِبْرِيَاء f (kibriyāʔ)
Aramaic:
Classical Syriac: ܪܘܡܐ m, ܫܘܩܠܐ m, ܪܡܘܬܐ f
Armenian:
Old Armenian: հպարտութիւն (hpartutʿiwn), համբարտակ (hambartak), յօն (yōn)
Bulgarian: арога́нтност (bg) f (arogántnost), надменност (bg) f (nadmennost), високомерие (bg) n (visokomerie)
Catalan: supèrbia (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 傲慢 (zh) (àomàn)
Finnish: ylimielisyys (fi)
French: orgueil (fr) m, hautaineté (fr) f
Georgian: ქედმაღლობა (kedmaɣloba)
German: Hoffart (de) f
Gothic: 𐌷𐌰𐌿𐌷𐌷𐌰𐌹𐍂𐍄𐌴𐌹 f (hauhhairtei)
Greek: ακαταδεξιά (el) f (akatadexiá)
Ancient: βρένθος m (brénthos)
Gujarati: હુંપણું n (humpṇũ), આમળો m (āmaḷo)
Hindi: अभिमान (hi) m (abhimān), घमंड (hi) m (ghamaṇḍ)
Hungarian: gőg (hu), dölyf (hu)
Icelandic: dramb (is) n
Irish: airdiúlacht f, móiréis f, mórtas m, teidealacht f, toirtéis f
Italian: superbia (it) f, fierezza (it) f, sufficienza (it) f, sicumera (it) f, sussiego (it) m, supponenza (it) f, albagia (it) f, altezzosità (it) f, alterezza f, boriosità f, burbanza (it) f, orgogliosità f, iattanza (it) f, orgoglio (it) m
Latin: superbia f, arrogantia f, īnsolentia f, exaltātiō f
Latvian: lepnība f
Macedonian: горделивост f (gordelivost)
Malayalam: അഹങ്കാരം (ml) (ahaṅkāraṁ)
Manx: ard-wannalys m, ard-oaie m
Nahuatl: nepōhualiztli
Polish: buta (pl) f
Portuguese: potra (pt) f, altanaria (pt) f, orgulho (pt) m, altivez (pt) f
Romanian: trufie (ro) f, trufă (ro) f, mândrie (ro) f
Russian: высокоме́рие (ru) n (vysokomérije), надме́нность (ru) f (nadménnostʹ)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: ба̀хато̄ст f, о̏холо̄ст f, го́рдо̄ст f

Roman: bàhatōst (sh) f, ȍholōst (sh) f, górdōst (sh) f
Spanish: soberbia (es) f, altanería (es) f, altivez (es) f, orgullo (es) m
Swedish: högfärd (sv) c, arrogans (sv) c
Tamil: அகங்காரம் (ta) (akaṅkāram)
Tocharian B: śarwarñe
Ugaritic: 𐎂𐎀𐎐 (gản)
Ukrainian: зарозумі́лість f (zarozumílistʹ), гордови́тість f (hordovýtistʹ), зве́рхність f (zvérxnistʹ), пиха́ f (pyxá), пиха́тість f (pyxátistʹ)
Urdu: ابھمان m (abhimān), گھمنڈ m (ghamaṇḍ)

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