amour-propre
French
noun
Definitions
- self-esteem; quality of self-love; positive regard for oneself
Etymology
Compound from French amour (love) + French propre (own, clean, house-trained).
Origin
French
propre
Gloss
own, clean, house-trained
Concept
Semantic Field
Possession
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
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Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- amour English
- amour propre English
- amor Latin
- proprius Latin
- amore Italian
- Lamour French
- amour French
- amour de soi French
- amourette French
- d'Amour French
- désamour French
- malpropre French
- pomme d'amour French
- propre French
- proprement French
- propret French
- propreté French
- tue-l'amour French
- амур Russian
- proper Danish
- propre Old French
- proper Middle Dutch
- propper Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- amour Middle French