English
Etymology
From Middle English humilite , from Old French (h)umilité , from Latin humilitas ( “ lowness, meanness, baseness, in Late Latin humility ” ) , from humilis ( “ low, lowly, humble, earth ” ) ; see humble .
Pronunciation
Noun
humility (countable and uncountable , plural humilities )
The characteristic of being humble ; humbleness in character and behavior.
Usage notes
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Terms etymologically related to humility
Translations
characteristic of being humble
Arabic: تَوَاضُع (ar) m ( tawāḍuʕ )
Azerbaijani: təvazö
Belarusian: пако́рлівасць f ( pakórlivascʹ ) , пако́рнасць f ( pakórnascʹ ) , скро́мнасць f ( skrómnascʹ )
Bulgarian: смире́ност f ( smirénost ) , поко́рност (bg) f ( pokórnost ) , смире́ние (bg) n ( smirénie ) , скро́мност (bg) f ( skrómnost )
Catalan: humilitat (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 謙卑 / 谦卑 (zh) ( qiānbēi ) , 谦卑 (zh) ( qiānbēi ) , 謙遜 / 谦逊 (zh) ( qiānxùn ) , 谦逊 (zh) ( qiānxùn )
Czech: pokora (cs) f , skromnost (cs) f
Danish: ydmyghed c
Dutch: nederigheid (nl) f
Esperanto: humileco
Finnish: nöyryys (fi)
French: humilité (fr) f
Galician: humildade (gl) f
Georgian: თავმდაბლობა ( tavmdabloba ) , მოკრძალებულობა ( moḳrʒalebuloba )
German: Bescheidenheit (de) f , Demut (de) f
Gothic: 𐌷𐌰𐌿𐌽𐌹𐌸𐌰 f ( hauniþa )
Greek: ταπεινότητα (el) f ( tapeinótita )
Ancient Greek: ταπεινότης f ( tapeinótēs )
Hebrew: צְנִיעוּת (he) f ( tsniút ) , ענווה (he) f ( anavá )
Hindi: विनम्रता f ( vinamratā )
Hungarian: alázat (hu)
Icelandic: hógværð (is) f , auðmýkt (is) f
Irish: uirísle f
Italian: umiltà (it) f
Japanese: 謙遜 (ja) ( けんそん, kenson )
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Korean: 겸손 (ko) ( gyeomson )
Macedonian: скромност f ( skromnost )
Maori: māhaki , māhakitanga
Navajo: tʼahʼágo ájítʼé
Ngazidja Comorian: unyenyekevu class 11
Norwegian:
Bokmål: ydmykhet (no) m or f
Occitan: umilitat f
Old Occitan: umilitat
Persian: تواضع (fa) ( tawâzu' )
Polish: pokora (pl) f
Portuguese: humildade (pt) f
Romanian: umilință (ro) f , umilitate f
Russian: скро́мность (ru) f ( skrómnostʹ ) , смире́ние (ru) f ( smirénije ) , поко́рность (ru) f ( pokórnostʹ ) , смире́нность (ru) f ( smirénnostʹ )
Serbo-Croatian:
Roman: poniznost (sh) f , skromnost (sh) f , smernost (sh) f , skrušenost (sh) f
Slovak: pokora f , skromnosť f
Slovene: ponižnost f
Spanish: humildad (es)
Swedish: ödmjukhet (sv) c
Telugu: ఒద్దిక (te) ( oddika )
Thai: ความถ่อมตัว , ความนอบน้อม
Ukrainian: покі́рність f ( pokírnistʹ ) , покі́рливість f ( pokírlyvistʹ ) , смире́нність f ( smyrénnistʹ ) , скро́мність f ( skrómnistʹ )
Volapük: mük (vo)
Yiddish: שפֿלות f ( shifles )
Further reading
“humility ”, in OneLook Dictionary Search .