orgueil

French

Etymology

From Middle French, from Old French orgoill (“pride”), from Frankish *urgōl (“pride”), from Proto-Germanic *uzgōljō (“pride”). Cognate with Old High German urguol (“outstanding, distinguished”), Old Saxon urgôl (“outstanding, distinguished”), Old English orgel, orgello (“pride”). Compare Italian orgoglio, Spanish orgullo, Catalan orgull.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɔʁ.ɡœj/
Audio (l'orgueil) (file)

Noun

orgueil m (plural orgueils)

pride; proudness; haughtiness, arrogance

Derived terms

Further reading

“orgueil” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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