politeness

English

Etymology

polite +‎ -ness.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pəˈlaɪtnəs/

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• Hyphenation: po‧lite‧ness

Noun

politeness (usually uncountable, plural politenesses)

1. The quality of being polite.

Synonyms

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

Antonyms

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

Translations

act of being polite

• Arabic: أَدَب (ar) m (ʔadab)
• Catalan: educació cortesia f
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 禮貌／礼貌 (lai⁵ maau⁶)

  Mandarin: 禮貌／礼貌 (zh) (lǐmào), 礼貌 (zh) (lǐmào)

• Danish: høflighed
• Dutch: beleefdheid (nl) f
• French: politesse (fr) f
• German: Höflichkeit (de) f
• Norwegian: Høflighet m
• Japanese: 丁寧さ (ja) (ていねいさ, teinei-sa)
• Latin: cōmitās f
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• Luxembourgish: Héiflechkeet f
• Portuguese: educação (pt) f
• Romanian: politețe (ro) f, amabilitate (ro) f, civilitate f
• Russian: ве́жливость (ru) f (véžlivostʹ), учти́вость (ru) f (učtívostʹ)
• Scottish Gaelic: modh m or f
• Slovene: vljudnost (sl) f
• Spanish: educación cortesía f
• Swedish: artighet (sv) c, hövlighet (sv) c
• Telugu: సభ్యత (te) (sabhyata)