B2adjective · common

humble

hum·ble

humble · humbler · humblest

скромний

скромный, покорный, робкий, кроткий

bescheiden, demütig

humilde, modesto

humble

umile, modesto

skromny, pokorny

mütevazı, alçak gönüllü, kalender, gösterişsiz

humilde

Having a low position or a low opinion of oneselfHaving a low position or a low opinion of oneself; not proud, arrogant, or assuming; modest.

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UK/ˈʌmbəl/US/ˈhʌmbəl/

» Tom is very humble.

Tom ist sehr bescheiden. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

Том очень скромный. — sharptoothed

Том дуже скромний. — deniko

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Translations

9 languages

Українська

By meaning 1

thinking lowly of oneself:

Русский

By meaning 1

thinking lowly of oneself:

Deutsch

By meaning 1

thinking lowly of oneself:

Examples

152 sentences

Tom is very humble.
Том дуже скромний. — deniko
ruТом очень скромный. — sharptoothed
deTom ist sehr bescheiden. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
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Tom is humble.
Том скромний. — deniko
ruТом скромный. — odexed
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I advise you to be humble.
deIch rate dir, bescheiden zu sein. — Waldelfe
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Meaning

2 senses

Having a low position or a low opinion of oneself; not proud, arrogant, or assuming; modest.
demütig, bescheiden
скро́мныйskrómnyj, смире́нныйsmirénnyj, ро́бкийróbkij
скро́мнийskrómnyj
Not pretentious or magnificent; unpretending; unassuming.
He lives in a humble one-bedroom cottage.

More definitions

low or inferior in station or quality
marked by meekness or modesty; not arrogant or prideful
used of unskilled work (especially domestic work)
of low birth or station (‘base’ is archaic in this sense)

Origin

From Middle English humble, from Old French humble, umble, humle, from Latin humilis (“low

From Middle English humble, from Old French humble, umble, humle, from Latin humilis (“low, slight, hence mean, humble”) (compare Greek χαμηλός (khamēlós, “on the ground, low, trifling”)), from humus (“the earth, ground”), humi (“on the ground”). See homage, and compare chameleon, humiliate. Displaced native Old English ēaþmōd.

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