pride

English

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pride

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /pɹaɪd/, [ˈpɹ̥ʷaɪd]
Audio (US): (file)
Rhymes: -aɪd
Homophone: pried

Etymology 1

From Middle English pryde, 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.

Alternative forms

pryde (obsolete)

Noun

pride (countable and uncountable, plural prides)

The quality or state of being proud; an unreasonable overestimation of one's own superiority in terms of talents, looks, wealth, importance etc., which comes across as being lofty, distant, and often showing contempt of others.
(having a positive sense, often with of or in) A sense of one's own worth, and scorn for what is beneath or unworthy of oneself.
He took pride in his work.

He had pride of ownership in his department.
- 1766, Oliver Goldsmith, chapter 3, in The Vicar of Wakefield:
  My chief attention therefore was now to bring down the pride of my family to their circumstances; for I well knew that aspiring beggary is wretchedness itself.
- 1849–1861, Thomas Babington Macaulay, chapter 12, in The History of England from the Accession of James the Second, volume (please specify |volume=I to V), London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, →OCLC:
  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.
- 1790-1793, William Blake, The Marriage of Heaven and Hell
  The pride of the peacock is the glory of God.
Proud or disdainful behavior or treatment; insolence or arrogance of demeanor; haughty bearing and conduct; insolent exultation.
Synonyms: disdain, hubris
- 1912, G. K. Chesterton, Introduction to Aesop's Fables:
  Pride goeth before the fall.
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.
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, “(please specify the book)”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
  lofty trees yclad with summer's pride
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Zechariah 9:6:
  And a bastard shall dwell in Ashdod, and I will cut off the pride of the Philistines.
- 1770, [Oliver] Goldsmith, The Deserted Village, a Poem, London: […] W[illiam] Griffin, […], →OCLC:
  a bold peasantry, their country's pride
Show; ostentation; glory.
- c. 1603–1604 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Othello, the Moore of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene iii]:
  Pride, pomp and circumstance of glorious war.
Highest pitch; elevation reached; loftiness; prime; glory.
- c. 1606 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Macbeth”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene iv]:
  a falcon, towering in her pride of place
Consciousness of power; fullness of animal spirits; mettle; wantonness.
Lust; sexual desire; especially, excitement of sexual appetite in a female animal.
(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.
Alternative letter-case form of Pride (“festival for LGBT people”).
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:pride.

Synonyms

(a sense of one's own worth): dignity; See also Thesaurus:pride
(proud or disdainful behavior): conceit, disdain; See also Thesaurus:arrogance
(lust; sexual desire): See also Thesaurus:lust

Antonyms

(antonym(s) of “a sense of one's own worth”): shame
(antonym(s) of “proud or disdainful behavior”): humility

Derived terms

Related terms

proud

Translations

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

Akkadian: 𒌨 m (bāštu [TEŠ₂])
Arabic: كِبْرِيَاء f (kibriyāʔ)
Armenian: գոռոզություն (hy) (goṙozutʻyun)
Asturian: arguyu m
Avar: чӏухӏи (čʼuḥʳi)
Azerbaijani: qürur, təkəbbür (az), məğrurluq
Belarusian: го́нар m (hónar), пы́ха f (pýxa), гарды́ня f (hardýnja), фанабэ́рыя f (fanabéryja), ганары́стасць f (hanarýstascʹ)
Bengali: নফসানিয়াত (bn) (nôfsaniẏat)
Bhojpuri: गुमान (gumān)
Bulgarian: гордост (bg) f (gordost)
Catalan: orgull (ca)
Cherokee: please add this translation if you can
Chinese:
Mandarin: 自負／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
Esperanto: fiero (eo)
Estonian: ülbus (et), kõrkus
Farefare: uk-m-mẽŋa
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: घमंड (hi) m (ghamaṇḍ), अहंकार (hi) m (ahaṅkār), अभिमान (hi) m (abhimān)
Hungarian: büszkeség (hu)
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
Macedonian: го́рдост (mk) f (górdost)
Malayalam: അഭിമാനം (ml) (abhimānaṁ)
Middle English: pryde
Norwegian: stolthet (no) m
Occitan: orguèlh (oc) m
Old English: ofermettu f
Oromo: boona
Ossetian: сӕрыстыр (særystyr)
Ottoman Turkish: غرور (gurur), كبر (kibr, kibir)
Persian: غرور (fa) (ğorur)
Plautdietsch: Huachmoot f
Polish: pycha (pl) f, zarozumiałość (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
Swedish: stolthet (sv) c
Tagalog: karangalan
Telugu: దర్పము (te) (darpamu)
Turkish: kibir (tr), gurur (tr)
Tuvan: чоргаарал (çorgaaral)
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: גאווה (gayve)

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

Arabic: فَخْر m (faḵr)
Armenian: հպարտություն (hy) (hpartutʻyun)
Azerbaijani: qürur, fəxr, iftixar
Belarusian: го́рдасць f (hórdascʹ)
Bulgarian: го́рдост (bg) f (górdost)
Catalan: orgull (ca) m
Cherokee: ᎠᏢᏉᏛ (atlvquodv)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 驕傲／骄傲 (zh) (jiāo'ào), 自尊 (zh) (zìzūn)
Czech: hrdost f
Danish: stolthed c
Dutch: trots (nl), eigendunk (nl), zelfvoldaanheid (nl)
Esperanto: sinamo
Estonian: uhkus (et)
Farefare: uk-m-mẽŋa
Faroese: erni n, stoltleiki m
Finnish: ylpeys (fi)
French: fierté (fr) f, orgueil (fr) m
Galician: orgullo (gl) m
German: Stolz (de) m
Greek: αξιοπρέπεια (el) f (axioprépeia)
Hebrew: גאווה \ גַּאֲוָה (he) f (gaavá)
Hindi: गर्व (hi) m (garv), अहंकार (hi) m (ahaṅkār), अभिमान (hi) m (abhimān), घमंड (hi) m (ghamaṇḍ)
Hungarian: önbecsülés (hu), önérzet (hu)
Icelandic: stolt n
Indonesian: angkuh (id), sombong (id)
Irish: uaill f, mórtas m
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:
Central Kurdish: شانازی (şanazî)
Latin: superbia f
Latvian: lepnums m
Macedonian: го́рдост (mk) f (górdost)
Malayalam: അഭിമാനം (ml) (abhimānaṁ)
Maori: whakahī
Norwegian: stolthet (no) m
Occitan: orguèlh (oc) m
Old English: ofermettu f
Ottoman Turkish: غرور (gurur), كبر (kibr, kibir)
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
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: gjardosć f
Spanish: orgullo (es) m
Swedish: stolthet (sv) c
Turkish: gurur (tr)
Ukrainian: го́рдість f (hórdistʹ)
Yiddish: שטאָלץ (shtolts)

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

Bulgarian: надменност (bg) f (nadmennost), високомерие (bg) n (visokomerie)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 傲慢 (zh) (àomàn)
Chuukese: namanam tekia
Dutch: trots (nl), fierheid (nl), hoogmoed (nl), eigenwaan (nl), kapsones (nl) m
Estonian: ülbus (et)
Farefare: uk-m-mẽŋa
Finnish: ylpeys (fi), kopeus (fi)
French: fierté (fr) f, orgueil (fr) m
Galician: soberbia (gl) f, fachenda (gl) f
German: Hochmut (de) m, Trotz (de) m, Dünkel (de) m
Greek: υπεροψία (el) f (yperopsía), περιφρόνηση (el) f (perifrónisi), εγωισμός (el) (egoïsmós), οίηση (el) f (oíisi)
Hindi: अहंकार (hi) m (ahaṅkār), अभिमान (hi) m (abhimān)
Hungarian: gőg (hu), dölyf (hu)
Irish: borrachas m, uaill f, mórtas m
Japanese: 傲慢 (ja) (ごうまん, gōman)
Latvian: lepnība f, iedomība f
Macedonian: горде́ливост f (gordélivost), на́дменост f (nádmenost)
Middle English: pryde
Norwegian: stolthet (no) m
Ottoman Turkish: غرور (gurur), كبر (kibr, kibir)
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
Swedish: stolthet (sv) c
Tocharian B: amāṃ
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) (hpartutʻyun), պարծանք (hy) (parcankʻ)
Dutch: (bron van) trots
Esperanto: fieraĵo
Finnish: ylpeydenaihe
French: fierté (fr) f, orgueil (fr) m
Galician: orgullo (gl) m
German: Stolz (de) m
Greek: υπερηφάνεια (el) f (yperifáneia)
Hindi: गर्व (hi) m (garv)
Hungarian: büszkeség (hu), szeme fénye, ékesség (hu)
Japanese: 自慢 (ja) (じまん, jiman)
Latvian: lepnums m
Macedonian: го́рдост (mk) f (górdost)
Middle English: pryde
Norwegian: stolthet (no) m
Old English: ofermettu f
Portuguese: orgulho (pt) m
Russian: го́рдость (ru) f (górdostʹ)
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: gjardosć f
Spanish: orgullo (es) m
Swedish: stolthet (sv) c

show; ostentation; glory

Bulgarian: показност f (pokaznost)
Finnish: ylvästely (fi)
Greek: αυταρέσκεια (el) f (aftaréskeia)
Hindi: गौरव (hi) m (gaurav), वैभव (hi) m (vaibhav)
Macedonian: го́рдост (mk) f (górdost)
Russian: го́рдость (ru) f (górdostʹ)
Scottish Gaelic: uaill f
Swedish: prål (sv), skrytsamhet (sv), vräkighet (sv)

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)
Hungarian: csúcs (hu), csúcspont (hu), dele (hu), virágja
Russian: расцве́т (ru) m (rascvét), разга́р (ru) m (razgár)
Swedish: höjdpunkt (sv), topp (sv)

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

Dutch: zelfbewustzijn (nl) n, trots (nl)
German: Stolz (de) m, Machtbewusstsein n
Middle English: pryde
Norwegian: selvbevissthet m

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

Finnish: kiima (fi)
Norwegian: brunst m
Spanish: cachondez f, toriondez f, verriondez (es) f

company of lions

Bulgarian: група лъвове (grupa lǎvove)
Catalan: bandada
Czech: smečka (cs) f
Dutch: troep (nl)
Esperanto: leonaro
Finnish: lauma (fi)
French: troupeau (fr) m
German: Rudel (de)
Greek: αγέλη (el) f (agéli)
Hebrew: שַׁחַץ (he) m (sháẖatz)
Hindi: सिंह झुंड (sĩh jhuṇḍ)
Hungarian: falka (hu)
Macedonian: глу́тница f (glútnica), ста́до n (stádo)
Norwegian: flokk (no) m
Polish: stado (pl) n
Portuguese: alcateia (pt) f
Russian: прайд (ru) m (prajd)
Serbo-Croatian: čopor (sh) m
Spanish: manada (es) f
Swedish: lejon flock c

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

Cebuano: ^{(please verify)} garbo
Italian: ^{(please verify)} orgoglio (it) m
Marathi: ^{(please verify)} गर्व (mr) (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)

(reflexive) To take or experience pride in something; to be proud of it.
I pride myself on being a good judge of character.
- 1820, Washington Irving, The Legend of Sleepy Hollow:
  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.
- 2021 December 29, Paul Stephen, “Rail's accident investigators”, in RAIL, number 947, page 32:
  RAIB prides itself on being able to send any of its inspectors to site with sufficient investigative skills and technical knowledge to gather evidence for any type of accident.

Derived terms

Translations

take or experience pride in something

Bulgarian: гордея се (gordeja se)
Dutch: prat gaan (op), trots zijn (op)
Esperanto: fieri
German: stolz sein auf
Greek: υπερηφανεύομαι (el) (yperifanévomai), καμαρώνω (el) (kamaróno)
Hindi: गर्व (hi) m (garv)
Italian: essere orgoglioso
Macedonian: се го́рдее (se górdee)
Middle English: pryden
Portuguese: orgulhar-se
Russian: горди́ться (ru) impf (gordítʹsja)
Spanish: ser orgulloso de, enorgullecerse (es)
Swedish: vara stolt
Turkish: gurur duymak (tr), övünç duymak (tr)
Ukrainian: горди́тися impf (hordýtysja)

Etymology 2

From Middle English pryde, from Middle Low German lampride, from Medieval Latin lampreda.

Noun

pride (uncountable)

(zoology) The small European lamprey species Petromyzon branchialis.
Synonyms: prid, sandpiper

Translations

small European lamprey (Petromyzon branchialis)

German: kleines Neunauge
Swedish: igelnejonöga

References

Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “pride”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

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, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Anagrams

redip, re-dip, Pider, Pedir, riped, pried

Middle English

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pride

Alternative form of pryde (“proudness”)

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pride

Alternative form of pryden

pride

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