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pride

/pɹaɪd/noun, verb

pride is spelled P-R-I-D-E: 5 letters and one syllable. It appears 31 times per million words in written English, the 3,052nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, pride means “A sense of one's own worth; reasonable self-esteem and satisfaction (in oneself, in one's work, one's family, etc)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of pride is prides.

How many letters and syllables are in pride?

Letters5: P-R-I-D-E
Syllables1 (from its American pronunciation)
In writing31 times per million words; the 3,052nd most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone measured in search
Rhymes with

Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.

How common is pride?

Pride appears 31 times per million words in written English, the 3,052nd most frequent word form in the list.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

How do you pronounce pride?

  • /pɹaɪd/
  • [ˈpɹ̥ʷaɪ̯d]
  • /pɾʌɪd/

Pride has one syllable (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-pride.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).

What rhymes with pride?

The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as pride from its last stressed vowel (/aɪd/):

Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).

Forms of pride

  • prides plural, present, singular, he/she/it
  • priding participle, present
  • prided participle, past

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

What does pride mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

noun

  1. 1

    A sense of one's own worth; reasonable self-esteem and satisfaction (in oneself, in one's work, one's family, etc).

    He swelled with pride as he held the trophy. His family watched with pride from the bleachers.

  2. 2

    An unreasonable overestimation of one's own superiority in terms of talents, or looks, wealth, importance, etc., which comes across as being haughty, lofty, and often showing contempt of others; exaggerated self-worth.

  3. 3

    Proud or disdainful behavior or treatment that reflects such an attitude (of haughtiness); arrogance.

  4. 4

    Something or someone of which one is proud; that which is the source of self-congratulation and self-esteem (whether reasonable or arrogant), for example

    Her long ginger hair is her pride.

  5. 5

    Show; ostentation; glory.

  6. 6

    Highest level or rank; (figurative) elevation reached; loftiness or glory.

  7. 7

    Consciousness of power; fullness of animal spirits; mettle; wantonness.

  8. 8

    archaicLust or heat; sexual desire (especially in a female animal)

  9. 9

    The small European lamprey species Petromyzon branchialis.

verb

  1. 1

    To take or experience pride in something; to be proud of it.

    I pride myself on being a good judge of character.

noun

as Pride
  1. 1

    A festival or other event, usually involving a march or parade and organized annually within a city, to celebrate the experiences and identities of LGBTQ people and to promote their interests and rights.

  2. 2

    A movement encouraging a positive approach to personal identity amongst LGBTQ people.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Pride in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese

LanguageWords
Frenchorgueil, fierté (quality or state of being proud; inordinate…), s'enorgueillir (de) (take or experience pride in something), Marche des fiertés, Pride (festival or other event to celebrate the…)
GermanHochmut (quality or state of being proud; inordinate…), stolz sein auf (take or experience pride in something), Stolz (sense of one's own worth, and abhorrence of…), Trotz, Dünkel (proud or disdainful behavior or treatment…), kleines Neunauge (small European lamprey (Petromyzon branchialis))
Portugueseorgulho (quality or state of being proud; inordinate…), orgulhar-se (take or experience pride in something), Orgulho (festival or other event to celebrate the…), soberba, nariz empinado (proud or disdainful behavior or treatment…), alcateia (company of lions)
Spanishorgullo (quality or state of being proud; inordinate…), ser orgulloso (de), enorgullecerse (de) (take or experience pride in something), soberbia (proud or disdainful behavior or treatment…), cachondez, toriondez (lust; sexual desire; especially, an excitement…)

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.

Where does pride come from?

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.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

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