cortois

Middle Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French cortois.

Adjective

cortois

1. courteous, well-mannered

Inflection

This adjective needs an inflection-table template.

Noun

cortois m

1. A dog character in the story of Reynard the fox.

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Further reading

• “cortois”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “cortois”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN

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Old French

Etymology

cort (“court of a monarch”) +‎ -ois.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔrˈtojs/

Adjective

cortois m (oblique and nominative feminine singular cortoise)

1. noble, upper-class
2. polite, well-mannered

Declension

Declension of cortois

Number	Case	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Singular	Subject	cortois	cortoise	cortois
	Oblique	cortois	cortoise		cortois
Plural	Subject	cortois	cortoises		cortois
	Oblique	cortois	cortoises		cortois

Derived terms

• cortoisie
• cortoisement

Descendants

• English: courteous
• French: courtois