prude

pʁyd

Definition

Definition of prude - Reverso French Dictionary

Adjective

pudibondqui affiche une pudeur excessive et hypocrite

Il trouve sa voisine trop prude dans ses réactions.

bégueule

pudibond

puritain

vertueuxqui montre de la sagesse et de la vertu dans son comportement

Cette femme prude était respectée de tous dans le village.

moral

sage

vertueux

Noun, masc/fem

pruderiepersonne qui affiche une pudeur excessive ou hypocrite

Ne fais pas la prude, tu sais très bien de quoi je parle !

personne affectée

modestiepersonne qui montre beaucoup de pudeur et de retenue

Cette prude rougit dès qu'on parle de sujets intimes.

personne réservée

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Origin of prude

latin, prudens (prudent)

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pudibond

adj.

prude

qui manifeste une pudeur excessive et exagérée

faire des façons

affectation

adopter une attitude artificielle et prude

Examples of prude in a sentence

Certains jugent cette époque trop prude dans ses mœurs.
Il admire sa sœur prude et réfléchie.
Les jeunes filles prudes évitaient les discussions osées.
Les autres la traitaient de prude à cause de ses réactions.
Un prude s'est plaint du spectacle jugé trop osé.
Le prude évite les discussions osées en public.

On reconnaît un prude à sa gêne devant les blagues.

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English:prudish, prude, ...
German:prüde, die Prüde, ...
Italian:pudibondo, bacchettona, ...
Spanish:mojigato, beato, ...
Portuguese:pudico, prudéria, ...
Chinese:假正经, 装腔作势的人, ...
Japanese:潔癖な, 慎み屋, ...
Arabic:متحفظ, متحشمة, ...
Hebrew:פּוּרִיטָנִי, צְנִיעוּת מֻגְזֶּמֶת, ...
Russian:пуританский, пуританка, ...
Ukrainian:манірний, пуританка, ...
Catalan:pudorós, puritana, ...
Danish:snerpet, pruderik, ...
Dutch:preuts, preut, ...
Greek:σεμνότυφος, υποκριτικός, ...
Hungarian:prűd, prűd nő, ...
Khmer:អៀនខ្មាសជ្រុល, មនុស្សប្រកាន់អៀនខ្មាសហួសហេតុ, ...
Korean:새침하다, 새침데기, ...
Polish:pruderyjny, osoba pruderyjna, ...
Portuguese (BR):prude, puritana, ...
Romanian:pudibond, pudică, ...
Swedish:pryd, prydmåns, ...
Thai:เคร่งในศีลธรรมจอมปลอม, คนเคร่งศีลธรรมจอมปลอม, ...
Turkish:aşırı namuslu, aşırı namuslu kişi, ...
Vietnamese:quá kín đáo, người đoan trang thái quá, ...

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