Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pudeur

/pjuˈdɝ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: pudeur
IPA: /pjuˈdɝ/

9

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A sense of modesty, shame, or reserve, especially as relating to sexual matters.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Leslie felt confident enough of that also, but the pudeur of composition (when the author has written what he felt) made him shrink from so much talk about it."
"In preceding pages I have mooted a long-contested point of great importance, promising to recur it at a subsequent stage of this essay. I do so now because the pudeur of others has hitherto prevented its just discussion."
"Nietzsche, the conquering Dionysus-creator, thus confesses to having the pudeurs of a blushing bride, or of his faking Weib, when she “gives herself.”"

Etymology

From French pudeur, from Latin pudor. Doublet of pudor.

Origin

Source language: French

Word Breakdown

Root: pudeur, pudor

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /pjuˈdɝ/
British English: /pjuːˈdɜː/

Usage

Inflected Forms

pudeurs (plural)

Questions

How do you pronounce pudeur?: The recorded pronunciation is /pjuˈdɝ/.
What does pudeur mean?: A sense of modesty, shame, or reserve, especially as relating to sexual matters.
Where does pudeur come from?: It is traced to French.

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