modestie
French, noun/mɔ.dɛs.ti/
modestie is spelled M-O-D-E-S-T-I-E (8 letters) and appears 2.4 times per million words in written French, the 18,424th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Modestie is a French feminine noun meaning “modesty” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Retenue dans la manière de penser et de parler de soi”.
What does modestie mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemodesty
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Retenue dans la manière de penser et de parler de soi. 2. Pudeur, décence.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of modestie
- modesties plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce modestie?
- /mɔ.dɛs.ti/
- \mɔ.dɛs.ti\
- [mɔ.dɛs.ti]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to modestie
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is modestie in French?
modestie appears 2.4 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).