Practice FrenchC1noun
la pudeur
modesty, reticence about intimate matters
A feminine noun — la in the singular, les in the plural.
« Il parle de sa maladie avec une pudeur qui impose le respect. »
“He speaks about his illness with a reticence that commands respect.”
In other languages
- Spanish pudor, recato al hablar de lo íntimo
- Portuguese pudor, discrição sobre o que é íntimo
- Arabic الحياء، التحفظ في الأمور الحميمة
- German Schamgefühl, Zurückhaltung in intimen Dingen
- Italian pudore, riserbo su ciò che è intimo
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