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Translate prudishness from English to French

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prudish:
- bégueule; prude; prudibond
Wiktionary:
- prudish → prude, pudibond, bégueule
- prudish → prude, bégueule

English

Detailed Translations for prudishness from English to French

prudishness:

Translation Matrix for prudishness:

Noun	Related Translations	Other Translations
-	Grundyism; primness; prudery

Synonyms for "prudishness":

primness; prudery; Grundyism; modesty; modestness

Related Definitions for "prudishness":

excessive or affected modesty¹

prudish:

prudish adj

prudish
bégueule; prude; prudibond
- bégueule adj
- prude adj
- prudibond adj

Translation Matrix for prudish:

Other	Related Translations	Other Translations
-	prim
Modifier	Related Translations	Other Translations
bégueule	prudish
prude	prudish
prudibond	prudish

Related Words for "prudish":

prudishness, prudishly

Synonyms for "prudish":

priggish; prim; prissy; puritanical; square-toed; straitlaced; strait-laced; straightlaced; straight-laced; tight-laced; victorian; proper

Wiktionary Translations for prudish:

prudish

adjective

exaggeratedly proper
- prudish → prude; pudibond

prudish

adjective

(familier, fr) Sottement pudibond, exagérément prude et qui se donne des airs de vertu.
- bégueule → prudish; prude; modest; prim; strait-laced
(term, par substantivation) (vieilli) Personne pleine de pudeur, de retenue. — usage Se dit surtout pour les femmes.
- prude → prudish

Cross Translation:

From	To	Via
• prudish	→ prude	↔ preuts — zeer ingetogen, overdreven kuis
• prudish	→ bégueule; prude	↔ prüde — in Bezug auf Sexualität übertrieben sittsam, besonders schamhaft, sexuell verklemmt

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