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cortês

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See also: cortes, Cortes, cortés, and cortès

Portuguese

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Alternative forms

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  • cortez (pre-standardization spelling)

Etymology

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Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese cortes (courtly), from corte (court) + -es.

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -es, -ejs
  • Hyphenation: cor‧tês

Adjective

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cortês (feminine cortesa, masculine plural corteses, feminine plural cortesas)

  1. polite; well-mannered
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:cortês
  2. courtly (suitable for a royal court)

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