humble

Etymology 1
From, from , , , from (compare Greek ), from ,. See homage, and compare chameleon, humiliate. Displaced native.

Adjective

 * 1) Not pretentious or magnificent; unpretending; unassuming.
 * 2) * 17th century,, The Shortness of Life and Uncertainty of Riches
 * The wise example of the heavenly lark. Thy fellow poet, Cowley, mark, Above the clouds let thy proud music sound, Thy humble nest build on the ground.
 * 1) Having a low opinion of oneself; not proud, arrogant, or assuming; modest.
 * 1) Having a low opinion of oneself; not proud, arrogant, or assuming; modest.
 * 1) Having a low opinion of oneself; not proud, arrogant, or assuming; modest.
 * 1) Having a low opinion of oneself; not proud, arrogant, or assuming; modest.

Synonyms

 * See Thesaurus:humble

Translations

 * Arabic: مُتَوَاضِع
 * Armenian: ,
 * Basque: apal
 * Belarusian: сці́плы, скро́мны
 * Bengali:
 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Burmese:
 * Catalan:
 * Cherokee: ᏄᏢᏉᏛᎾ
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, ,
 * Czech:
 * Danish: ydmyg
 * Dutch: ,
 * Esperanto: humila
 * Estonian: alandlik, tagasihoidlik
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * Galician: humilde
 * Georgian: თავმდაბალი
 * German: ,
 * Gothic: 𐌷𐌰𐌿𐌽𐍃
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: ταπεινός
 * Hebrew: צנוע,
 * Hindi:
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Ido:
 * Indonesian:
 * Ingrian: nöyrä
 * Irish: umhal
 * Italian: ,
 * Japanese:, ,
 * Khmer: ធ្វើអោយសុភាព
 * Korean: ,
 * Latin: humilis
 * Latvian: vienkāršs, vienkārša, necils, necila
 * Lithuanian: kuklus, kukli
 * Luxembourgish: damiddeg
 * Macedonian: смирен, скромен
 * Maori: māhaki
 * Ngazidja Comorian: nyekevu
 * Norman: humbl'ye
 * Norwegian:
 * Occitan:
 * Odia:
 * Old English: ēaþmōd
 * Piedmontese: umil
 * Polish:, , uniżony
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:, , , ,
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: скроман
 * Roman:
 * Slovak: pokorný
 * Slovene:
 * Sorbian:
 * Lower Sorbian: pokorny
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish:, ,
 * Turkish:, , , ,
 * Ukrainian: скро́мний
 * Vietnamese: ,
 * Volapük:
 * Welsh:


 * Esperanto:
 * Norman:

Noun

 * 1)  An arrest based on weak evidence intended to demean or punish the subject.

Etymology 2
From, from the adjective above.

Verb

 * 1)  To defeat or reduce the power, independence, or pride of.
 * 2)  To make humble or lowly; to make less proud or arrogant; to make meek and submissive.
 * 1)  To make humble or lowly; to make less proud or arrogant; to make meek and submissive.
 * 1)  To make humble or lowly; to make less proud or arrogant; to make meek and submissive.
 * 1)  To make humble or lowly; to make less proud or arrogant; to make meek and submissive.

Derived terms

 * (agent noun)
 * (agent noun)
 * (agent noun)

Translations

 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Czech: pokořit
 * Danish: nedgøre, ydmyge
 * Dutch:, ,
 * Finnish: ,
 * German: ,
 * Gothic: 𐌷𐌰𐌿𐌽𐌾𐌰𐌽
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: ταπεινόω
 * Hungarian:, ,
 * Ido:
 * Irish: uirísligh
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Maori: whakapāpaku
 * Middle English: avalen
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Romanian:


 * Arabic:
 * Bulgarian:
 * Danish: ringagte
 * Dutch: deemoedigen
 * Finnish:
 * German:, demütig machen
 * Gothic: 𐌷𐌰𐌿𐌽𐌾𐌰𐌽
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: ταπεινόω
 * Ido:
 * Japanese:
 * Maori: whakapāpaku
 * Romanian:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Vietnamese: hạ thấp

Etymology 3
From, (suggested by ), frequentative of , equivalent to.

Verb

 * 1)  To hum.

Etymology
From, from (compare Greek ), from ,.