timide

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Dutch

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Middle French timide.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˌtiˈmi.də/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -idə

Adjective

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timide (not comparable)

  1. timid
    Synonyms: bleu, bedeesd, beschroomd

Declension

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Declension of timide
uninflected timide
inflected timide
comparative
positive
predicative/adverbial timide
indefinite m./f. sing. timide
n. sing. timide
plural timide
definite timide
partitive timides

French

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Etymology

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From Middle French timide, from Latin timidus.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ti.mid/
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  • Hyphenation: ti‧mide

Adjective

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timide (plural timides)

  1. shy, timid
    Synonym: gêné (Canada)
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Descendants

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  • Louisiana Creole: timid

Further reading

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Italian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈti.mi.de/
  • Rhymes: -imide
  • Hyphenation: tì‧mi‧de

Adjective

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timide f pl

  1. feminine plural of timido

Noun

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timide f

  1. plural of timida

Anagrams

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Latin

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Pronunciation

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Adjective

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timide

  1. vocative masculine singular of timidus

Adverb

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timidē (comparative timidius, superlative timidissimē)

  1. cautiously, with hesitation
  2. timidly, fearfully, apprehensively, nervously

References

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

Swedish

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Adjective

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timide

  1. definite natural masculine singular of timid