vestale

vɛstal

Definition

Definition of vestale - Reverso French Dictionary

Noun, feminine

pureté morale

Rare

femme remarquable par sa chasteté et sa pureté exemplaires

Rare

Elle vit comme une vestale, refusant toute relation amoureuse.

chaste

antiquité romaine

Rare

prêtresse vierge consacrée au culte de Vesta dans la Rome antique

Rare

Les vestales devaient maintenir le feu sacré du temple.

Adjective, feminine

chasteté exemplaire

Rare

qui fait preuve d'une chasteté exemplaire et d'une pureté morale stricte

Rare

Elle menait une vie vestale, refusant toute relation amoureuse.

chaste

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Origin of vestale

latin, vestalis (de la déesse Vesta)

Examples of vestale in a sentence

Sa réputation de vestale inspire le respect de tous.
Une vestale participait aux cérémonies religieuses importantes.
La vie d'une vestale était soumise à de nombreuses règles.
Sa conduite vestale inspirait le respect de tous.
On louait sa réputation vestale dans le village.

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English:vestal, chaste, ...
German:Vestal, keusch, ...
Italian:vestale, di purezza immacolata, ...
Spanish:vestal, casto, ...
Portuguese:vestal, casta, ...
Chinese:贞女, 极为贞洁, ...
Japanese:貞女, 貞淑な, ...
Arabic:عذراء طاهرة, عفيف, ...
Hebrew:וֶסְטָלִית, צָנוּעַ בְּתַכְלִית, ...
Russian:весталка, девственный, ...
Ukrainian:весталка, вестальний, ...
Catalan:vestal, cast, ...
Danish:vestalinde, vestalsk, ...
Dutch:vestalin, kuis, ...
Greek:παρθένα, παρθένος, ...
Hungarian:vesztaszűz, szűzies, ...
Khmer:ស្ត្រីដែលមានព្រហ្មចារីភាព និងភាពបរិសុទ្ធដ៏គំរូ, ព្រហ្មចារី, ...
Korean:순결의 상징, 순결한, ...
Polish:westalka, czysty jak westalka, ...
Portuguese (BR):vestal, casto, ...
Romanian:vestală, castă, ...
Swedish:vestal, kysk, ...
Thai:หญิงผู้บริสุทธิ์, บริสุทธิ์ไร้ราคี, ...
Turkish:ifet timsali kadın, iffetli, ...
Vietnamese:người phụ nữ trinh trắng, trong trắng như nữ tu, ...

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Definition of vestale - Reverso French Dictionary

Noun, feminine

Adjective, feminine

Origin of vestale

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