fierté

English

Etymology

From French fierté.

Noun

fierté (uncountable)

1. Pride, high self-esteem.
   • 1751, Tobias Smollett, The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle, vol I, ch. 31:

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

Anagrams

• Eifert, ifreet, treife

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French

Etymology

From fier +‎ -té, corresponding to Latin feritās, feritātem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fjɛʁ.te/

Noun

fierté f (plural fiertés)

1. pride (positive emotion), self-esteem
   • 1759, Voltaire, chapter 13, in Candide:

     Ce seigneur avait une fierté convenable à un homme qui portait tant de noms.

     This nobleman carried himself with a haughtiness suitable to a person who bore so many names.

Related terms

• fier

Descendants

• Haitian Creole: fyète
• Louisiana Creole French: lafyèrté
• Mauritian Creole: fyerte
• Seychellois Creole: lafyerte

Further reading

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