modest

English

modest (3) Venus statue.

modest (comparative more modest or modester, superlative most modest or modestest)

Not bragging or boasting about oneself or one's achievements; unpretentious, humble.
Small, moderate in size.
He earns a modest amount of money.

Her latest novel was a modest success.
(especially of behaviour or clothing) Intending to avoid the encouraging of sexual attraction in others.

not bragging or boasting about oneself or one's achievements

Arabic: مُتْوَاضِع‎‎ (mutwāḍiʿ)
Armenian: համեստ (hy) (hamest), պարկեշտ (hy) (parkešt)
Catalan: modest (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 謙虛 (zh), 谦虚 (zh) (qiānxū), 謙讓 (zh), 谦让 (zh) (qiānràng), 謙遜 (zh), 谦逊 (zh) (qiānxùn), 謙恭 (zh), 谦恭 (zh) (qiāngōng)
Czech: skromný (cs) m
Danish: beskeden
Dutch: bescheiden (nl), ingetogen (nl)
Finnish: vaatimaton (fi)
French: modeste (fr)
Georgian: please add this translation if you can
German: bescheiden (de)
Greek: ταπεινός (el) (tapeinós), μετριόφρων (el) (metriófron), σεμνός (el) (semnós)
Hungarian: szerény (hu)
Irish: náireach, náiriúil, adhnáireach
Italian: modesto (it)

small

Armenian: համեստ (hy) (hamest)
Catalan: modest (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 小的 (xiǎo de), 數量不大的, 数量不大的 (shùliàng bùdà de), 少量的 (shǎoliàng de), 略微的 (lüèwēi de), 樸素的, 朴素的 (pǔsù de)
Danish: beskeden, moderat
Dutch: bescheiden (nl)
Finnish: vaatimaton (fi)
French: modeste (fr)
German: bescheiden (de), klein (de), gering (de), moderat (de)

intending to avoid the encouraging of sexual attraction in others

modest m (feminine modeste)

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