pride

See also: Pride

English

Etymology

From Middle English pride, from Old English prȳde, prȳte (“pride”) (compare Old Norse prýði (“bravery, pomp”)), derivative of Old English prūd (“proud”). More at proud. The verb derives from the noun, at least since the 12th century.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɹaɪd/

• Audio (US)

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• Rhymes: -aɪd
• Homophone: pried

Noun

pride (countable and uncountable, plural prides)

1. The quality or state of being proud; an unreasonable overestimation of one's own superiority in talents, beauty, wealth, rank etc., which manifests itself in lofty airs, distance, reserve and often contempt of others.
2. (often with of or in) A sense of one's own worth, and abhorrence of what is beneath or unworthy of one; lofty self-respect; noble self-esteem; elevation of character; dignified bearing; proud delight; -- in a good sense.

   He took pride in his work.

   He had pride of ownership in his department.

   • (Can we date this quote?) Macaulay

     A people which takes no pride in the noble achievements of remote ancestors will never achieve anything worthy to be remembered with pride by remote descendants.

   • (Can we date this quote?) William Blake

     The pride of the peacock is the glory of God.

3. Proud or disdainful behavior or treatment; insolence or arrogance of demeanor; haughty bearing and conduct; insolent exultation; disdain; hubris.
   • (Can we date this quote?) G. K. Chesterton, Introduction to Aesop's Fables

     Pride goeth before the fall.

4. That of which one is proud; that which excites boasting or self-congratulation; the occasion or ground of self-esteem, or of arrogant and presumptuous confidence, as beauty, ornament, noble character, children, etc.
   • (Can we date this quote?) Spenser

     lofty trees yclad with summer's pride

   • (Can we date this quote?) Bible, Zech. ix. 6

     I will cut off the pride of the Philistines.

   • (Can we date this quote?) Goldsmith

     a bold peasantry, their country's pride

5. Show; ostentation; glory.
   • (Can we date this quote?) Shakespeare

     Pride, pomp and circumstance of glorious war.

6. Highest pitch; elevation reached; loftiness; prime; glory,
   • to be in the pride of one's life.
   • (Can we date this quote?) Shakespeare

     a falcon, towering in her pride of place

7. Consciousness of power; fullness of animal spirits; mettle; wantonness.
8. Lust; sexual desire; especially, excitement of sexual appetite in a female beast.
9. (zoology, collective) A company of lions or other large felines.

   A pride of lions often consists of a dominant male, his harem and their offspring, but young adult males 'leave home' to roam about as bachelors pride until able to seize/establish a family pride of their own.

10. (zoology) The small European lamprey species Petromyzon branchialis.
11. Alternative letter-case form of Pride (“festival for LGBT people”).
    • For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:pride.

Synonyms

• (lamprey species): prid, sandpiper
• See also Thesaurus:pride

Derived terms

• point of pride
• pride comes before a fall
• prideful
• prider
• Pride

Related terms

• proud

See also

• clowder, company of small felines

Translations

quality or state of being proud; inordinate self-esteem; an unreasonable conceit of one's own superiority in talents, beauty, wealth, rank etc.

• Arabic: كِبْرِيَاء‎‎ f (kibriyāʾ)
• Armenian: գոռոզություն (hy) (goṙozutʿyun)
• Asturian: arguyu m
• Avar: please add this translation if you can
• Belarusian: го́нар m (hónar), пы́ха f (pýxa), гарды́ня f (hardýnja), фанабэ́рыя f (fanabéryja), ганары́стасць f (hanarýstascʹ)
• Catalan: orgull (ca)
• Cherokee: please add this translation if you can
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 自負 (zh), 自负 (zh) (zìfù), 自大 (zh) (zìdà), 妄自尊大 (zh) (wàngzì-zūndà)

• Czech: pýcha (cs) f
• Dutch: trots (nl), fierheid (nl), eergevoel (nl) n
• Finnish: ylpeys (fi)
• French: orgueil (fr) m, fierté (fr)
• Galician: orgullo (gl) m
• Georgian: სიამაყე (siamaq̇e), ამპარტავნება (amṗarṭavneba)
• German: Hochmut (de) m
• Greek: υπερηφάνεια (el) f (yperifáneia)
• Hebrew: גאווה \ גַּאֲוָה‎‎ (he) f (gaavá)
• Hindi: आरोह (hi) m (āroh), ऊंचाई f (ūñcāī), ऐंठ (hi) f (aiṇṭh)
• Icelandic: stolt n
• Irish: mórchúis f, anumhlaíocht f
• Italian: superbia (it) f, orgoglio (it)
• Japanese: 自慢 (ja) (じまん, jiman), 傲慢 (ja) (ごうまん, gōman)

• Korean: 자만 (ko) (jaman), 자부심 (ko) (jabusim), 교만 (ko) (gyoman)
• Latvian: lepnība f, lepnums m
• Norwegian: stolthet (no) m
• Ossetian: please add this translation if you can
• Persian: غرور‎‎ (fa) (ğorur)
• Polish: pycha (pl) f
• Portuguese: orgulho (pt) m
• Romanian: îngâmfare (ro) f, mândrie (ro) f, trufie (ro)
• Russian: горды́ня (ru) f (gordýnja), спесь (ru) f (spesʹ), зано́счивость (ru) f (zanósčivostʹ), высокоме́рие (ru) n (vysokomérije), чва́нство (ru) n (čvánstvo), го́нор (ru) m (gónor)
• Scottish Gaelic: uaill f
• Slovak: pýcha f
• Slovene: ponòs (sl) m, nadutost f
• Southern Sami: tjievlies-voete
• Spanish: orgullo (es) m
• Swahili: daha (sw)
• Swedish: stolthet (sv) c
• Turkish: kibir (tr), gurur (tr)
• Tuvan: чоргаарал (čorgaaral)
• Ukrainian: горди́ня f (hordýnja), го́нор m (hónor), пиха́ f (pyxá), чва́нство (uk) n (čvánstvo), фуду́лія f (fudúlija)
• Walloon: firté (wa) f
• Welsh: balchder m
• Yiddish: please add this translation if you can

sense of one's own worth, and abhorrence of what is beneath or unworthy of one

• Arabic: فَخْر‎‎ m (faḵr)
• Armenian: հպարտություն (hy) (hpartutʿyun)
• Belarusian: го́рдасць f (hórdascʹ)
• Bulgarian: го́рдост (bg) f (górdost)
• Catalan: orgull (ca) m
• Cherokee: ᎠᏢᏉᏛ (atlvquodv)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 驕傲 (zh), 骄傲 (zh) (jiāo'ào), 自尊 (zh) (zìzūn)

• Czech: hrdost f
• Danish: stolthed c
• Dutch: trots (nl), eigendunk (nl), zelfvoldaanheid
• Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
• Estonian: please add this translation if you can
• Faroese: erni n
• Finnish: ylpeys (fi)
• French: fierté (fr) f, orgueil (fr) m
• German: Stolz (de) m
• Greek: αξιοπρέπεια (el) f (axioprépeia)
• Hebrew: גאווה \ גַּאֲוָה‎‎ (he) f (gaavá)
• Hindi: गर्व (hi) m (garva)
• Hungarian: please add this translation if you can
• Icelandic: please add this translation if you can
• Irish: uaill f
• Italian: orgoglio (it) m
• Japanese: 誇り (ja) (ほこり, hokori), プライド (ja) (puraido)
• Khmer: មោទនភាព (moutean pʰiep)

• Korean: 자랑 (ko) (jarang)
• Kurdish:

  Sorani: شانازی‎‎ (ku) (shAnAzi)

• Latin: superbia f
• Latvian: lepnums m
• Macedonian: гордост f (gordost)
• Maori: whakahī
• Norwegian: stolthet (no) m
• Occitan: please add this translation if you can
• Polish: duma (pl)
• Portuguese: orgulho (pt) m
• Romanian: orgoliu (ro) n
• Russian: го́рдость (ru) f (górdostʹ)
• Scottish Gaelic: uaill f
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: гордост f, понос m

  Roman: gordost (sh) f, ponos (sh) m

• Slovak: hrdosť f
• Slovene: ponos (sl) m
• Spanish: orgullo (es) m
• Swahili: daha (sw)
• Swedish: stolthet (sv) c
• Turkish: gurur (tr)
• Ukrainian: го́рдість f (hórdistʹ)

proud or disdainful behavior or treatment; insolence or arrogance of demeanor; haughty bearing and conduct

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 傲慢 (zh) (àomàn)

• Chuukese: namanam tekia
• Dutch: trots (nl), fierheid (nl), hoogmoed (nl), eigenwaan (nl), kapsones (nl) m
• Finnish: ylpeys (fi), kopeus (fi)
• French: fierté (fr) f, orgueil (fr) m
• German: Hochmut (de) m, Trotz (de) m, Dünkel (de) m
• Greek: υπεροψία (el) f (yperopsía), περιφρόνηση (el) f (perifrónisi), εγωισμός (el) (egoismós), οίηση (el) f (oíisi)
• Irish: borrachas m, uaill f
• Japanese: 傲慢 (ja) (ごうまん, gōman)

• Latvian: lepnība f, iedomība f
• Norwegian: stolthet (no) m
• Portuguese: soberba (pt) f, nariz empinado m
• Russian: горды́ня (ru) f (gordýnja), спесь (ru) f (spesʹ), зано́счивость (ru) f (zanósčivostʹ), высокоме́рие (ru) n (vysokomérije), чва́нство (ru) n (čvánstvo)
• Scottish Gaelic: uaill f
• Spanish: soberbia (es) f
• Swahili: daha (sw)
• Swedish: stolthet (sv) c
• Turkish: kibir (tr)

that of which one is proud; that which excites boasting or self-gratulation; the occasion or ground of self-esteem

• Armenian: հպարտություն (hy) (hpartutʿyun), պարծանք (hy) (parcankʿ)
• Dutch: (bron van) trots
• Finnish: ylpeydenaihe
• French: fierté (fr) f, orgueil (fr) m
• German: Stolz (de) m
• Greek: υπερηφάνεια (el) f (yperifáneia)
• Japanese: 自慢 (ja) (じまん, jiman)

• Latvian: lepnums m
• Norwegian: stolthet (no) m
• Portuguese: orgulho (pt) m
• Russian: го́рдость (ru) f (górdostʹ)
• Spanish: orgullo (es) m
• Swahili: daha (sw)
• Swedish: stolthet (sv) c

show; ostentation; glory

• Finnish: ylvästely (fi)
• Greek: αυταρέσκεια (el) f (aftaréskeia)
• Russian: го́рдость (ru) f (górdostʹ)

• Scottish Gaelic: uaill f
• Swahili: daha (sw)
• Swedish: prål (sv), skrytsamhet (sv), vräkighet

highest pitch; elevation reached; loftiness; prime; glory

• Dutch: ^{(please verify)} bloei (nl), ^{(please verify)} bloeitijd (nl), ^{(please verify)} fleur (nl), ^{(please verify)} hoogtepunt (nl) n, ^{(please verify)} piek (nl), ^{(please verify)} (volle) glorie
• Finnish: huippu (fi)
• Russian: расцве́т (ru) m (rascvét), разга́р (ru) m (razgár)

• Swahili: daha (sw)
• Swedish: höjdpunkt (sv), topp (sv)

consciousness of power; fullness of animal spirits; mettle; wantonness

• Dutch: zelfbewustzijn n, trots (nl)
• German: m

• Norwegian: selvbevissthet m
• Swahili: daha (sw)

lust; sexual desire; especially, an excitement of sexual appetite in a female beast

• Finnish: kiima (fi)
• Norwegian: brunst m

• Swahili: daha (sw)

company of lions

• Czech: smečka (cs) f
• Dutch: troep (nl)
• Finnish: lauma (fi)
• French: troupeau (fr) m
• German: Rudel (de)
• Greek: αγέλη (el) f (agéli)
• Hungarian: falka (hu)

• Norwegian: flokk (no) m
• Portuguese: alcateia (pt) f
• Russian: прайд (ru) m (prajd)
• Serbo-Croatian: čopor (sh) m
• Spanish: manada (es) f
• Swahili: daha (sw)
• Swedish: flock (sv) c

small European lamprey (Petromyzon branchialis)

• German: kleines Neunauge
• Swahili: daha (sw)

• Swedish: igelnejonöga

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout#Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Cebuano: ^{(please verify)} garbo
• German: ^{(please verify)} Etelkeit f
• Italian: ^{(please verify)} orgoglio (it) m
• Marathi: ^{(please verify)} गर्व (garva)

• Scottish Gaelic: ^{(please verify)} uaill f, ^{(please verify)} pròis f, ^{(please verify)} àrdan m, ^{(please verify)} uabhar m
• Serbo-Croatian: ^{(please verify)} ponos (sh) m, ^{(please verify)} gordost (sh) f, ^{(please verify)} oholost (sh) f
• Slovene: (1,2) ^{(please verify)} ponos (sl) m
• Spanish: ^{(please verify)} orgullo (es) m

Verb

pride (third-person singular simple present prides, present participle priding, simple past and past participle prided)

1. (reflexive) To take or experience pride in something; to be proud of it.

   I pride myself on being a good judge of character.

   • 1820 The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, Washington Irving

     Ichabod prided himself upon his dancing as much as upon his vocal powers. Not a limb, not a fibre about him was idle; and to have seen his loosely hung frame in full motion and clattering about the room you would have thought Saint Vitus himself, that blessed patron of the dance, was figuring before you in person.

Derived terms

• prided
• priding

Translations

take or experience pride in something

• Dutch: ^{(please verify)} prat gaan (op), ^{(please verify)} trots zijn (op)
• German: Stolz sein auf
• Greek: υπερηφανεύομαι (el) (yperifanévomai), καμαρώνω (el) (kamaróno)
• Italian: essere orgoglioso

• Spanish: ser orgulloso de, enorgullecerse (es)
• Swedish: vara stolt
• Turkish: gurur duymak (tr), övünç duymak (tr)

References

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for pride in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

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Anagrams

• pried, redip, riped