vergogne

French

Etymology

From Old French vergogne, vergoigne, inherited from Vulgar Latin *verecunnia, from Latin verēcundia. Doublet of vérécondie, an obsolete Renaissance borrowing.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vɛʁ.ɡɔɲ/

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

vergogne f (plural vergognes)

1. (archaic or literary) shame (feeling)
2. (archaic or literary) restraint, moderation
3. (archaic or literary) modesty, decency

Derived terms

• sans vergogne (“shamelessly”)
• vergogneux

Related terms

• dévergonder

Further reading

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

---

Italian

Noun

vergogne f

1. plural of vergogna