Word.ws English Dictionary

amour-propre

amour-propre is the alternative form of amour propre.

Meaning of amour propre

Noun

amour propre (uncountable)

  1. Self-regard, self-esteem.
    • St Petersburg was endeavouring to restore its amour propre in Central Asia following the hurried departure of its mission from Afghanistan and the disappointing outcome of its recent war with Turkey.1990, Peter Hopkirk, The Great Game, Folio Society, published 2010, page 345

Questions about amour-propre

What is amour-propre the alternative form of?
Amour-propre is the alternative form of amour propre.

Words near amour-propre in the dictionary

  1. amounting
  2. amounts
  3. amounts of substance
  4. amour
  5. amour propre
  6. amour-propre
  7. amourette
  8. amourettes
  9. amoureux
  10. Amoureuxes
  11. amourist

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: amour-propre (page history and authors); amour propre (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “amour-propre.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/amour-propre. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.