politeness

English

Etymology

polite +‎ -ness

Pronunciation

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Noun

Wikipedia politeness (countable and uncountable; plural politenesses)

1. The act of being polite.

Translations

act of being polite

Arabic: أدب (ar) (ʾádab) m. Catalan: educació (ca) f. cortesia (ca) f. Chinese: Mandarin: 禮貌 (zh), 礼貌 (zh) (lǐmào) Dutch: beleefdheid (nl) f. French: politesse (fr) f. German: Höflichkeit (de) f.

Japanese: 丁寧さ (ja) (ていねいさ, teinei-sa) Russian: вежливость (ru) (véžlivost') f., учтивость (ru) (učtívost') f. Scottish Gaelic: modh (gd) m. and f. Slovene: vljudnost (sl) f. Spanish: educación (es) f. cortesía (es) f. Swedish: artighet (sv) c., hövlighet (sv) c.

Synonyms

• (the act of being polite): affability, civility, courtliness, etiquette

Antonyms

• (the act of being polite): impoliteness, rudeness