Grammatical class

Adjective

humble

humble

Details

Syllables

hum-ble

Phonetics

œ̃bl

Grammatical class

Adjective

Freq. (books)

4097

Freq. (movies)

3934

Freq. (news)

15871

Sentences

Il est humble.

He's humble.

A1

Je suis humble.

I'm humble.

A1

Tom est humble.

Tom is humble.

A1

Il était humble.

He was humble.

A1

Tom s'est fait humble.

Tom humbled himself.

A2

Bienvenue dans notre humble demeure.

Welcome to our humble home.

A2

Je vous présente mon humble contribution.

Here's my humble contribution.

B1

C'est une musicienne populaire mais elle est très humble.

She is a popular musician but very modest.

B1

Malgré ses prouesses, il est très humble et ne s'en vante pas.

Despite his achievements, he is very humble and doesn't boast about them.

B1

Le jardin qui entoure mon humble demeure n’est séparé que par un sentier de Rosings Park, résidence de Sa Grâce.

The garden in which stands my humble abode is separated only by a lane from Rosings Park, her ladyship's residence.

B1

La conception de base de l'humble trombone n'a pas été altérée en un siècle.

The basic design of the humble paper clip has not changed in over one hundred years.

C1