timide

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French timide.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌtiˈmi.də/

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• Rhymes: -idə

Adjective

timide (not comparable)

1. timid

   Synonyms: beschroomd, bedeesd, bleu, schroomvallig, schuchter, schuw, verlegen

Declension

Declension of timide
uninflected	timide
inflected	timide
comparative	—
		positive
predicative/adverbial		timide
indefinite	m./f. sing.	timide
	n. sing.	timide
	plural	timide
definite		timide
partitive		timides

French

Etymology

From Middle French timide, from Latin timidus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ti.mid/

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• Hyphenation: ti‧mide

Adjective

timide (plural timides)

1. shy, timid

   Synonym: gêné (Canada)

Related terms

• intimider
• timoré

Descendants

• → Louisiana Creole: timid

Further reading

• “timide”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈti.mi.de/
• Rhymes: -imide
• Hyphenation: tì‧mi‧de

Adjective

timide f pl

1. feminine plural of timido

Noun

timide f

1. plural of timida

Anagrams

• ditemi, mediti

Latin

Pronunciation

• timide:
  • (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈtɪ.mɪ.dɛ]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈtiː.mi.de]
• timidē:
  • (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈtɪ.mɪ.deː]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈtiː.mi.de]

Adjective

timide

1. vocative masculine singular of timidus

Adverb

timidē (comparative timidius, superlative timidissimē)

1. cautiously, with hesitation
2. timidly, fearfully, apprehensively, nervously

References

• “timide”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “timide”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “timide”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Swedish

Adjective

timide

1. definite natural masculine singular of timid