respectful

English

Alternative forms

• respec'ful

Etymology

From respect +‎ -ful.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɹɪˈspɛkt.fl̩/, /ɹɪˈspɛk.fl̩/, /ɹəˈspɛkt.fl̩/, /ɹəˈspɛk.fl̩/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Hyphenation: re‧spect‧ful

Adjective

respectful (comparative more respectful, superlative most respectful)

1. Marked or characterized by respect
   • 1907, Marshall Broomhall (Editor), The Chinese Empire. A General & Missionary Survey/The Province of Kansu

     On the whole, indifference rather than open hostility has been the attitude of the people towards the Gospel, but since 1900 there has been a more eager and respectful attention to the things taught.

   It is of great importance that you act in a respectful manner towards the duke and duchess.

   They used highly respectful language when conversing with the elders.

Antonyms

• contemptuous
• disdainful
• disrespectful

Derived terms

• nonrespectful
• overrespectful
• respectfully
• respectfulness
• unrespectful

Translations

characterized by respect

• Arabic: مُحْتَرَم (muḥtaram)

  Gulf Arabic: محترم (muḥtaram)

• Belarusian: паважлівы (pavažlivy), пачцівы (pačcivy)
• Bulgarian: почтителен (bg) (počtitelen), вежлив (bg) (vežliv)
• Catalan: respectuós (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 恭敬 (zh) (gōngjìng)

• Dutch: eerbiedig (nl), respectvol (nl)
• Esperanto: respekta, respektema, altestima
• Finnish: kunnioittava (fi)
• French: respectueux (fr)
• Galician: respectuoso (gl)
• German: respektvoll (de)
• Hindi: सम्मानपूर्वक (sammānpūrvak)
• Ido: respektoza (io), respektema (io)
• Irish: measúil, ómósach
• Italian: rispettoso (it)
• Japanese: 恭しい (ja) (うやうやしい, uyauyashii)
• Khmer: មានគារវៈ (miən kiərĕəʼvĕəʼ)
• Korean: 공손한 (gongson-han)
• Latin: reverens
• Lithuanian: pagarbus
• Māori: ngākau whakaute
• Norman: respectueux
• Occitan: respectuós (oc)
• Persian: محترمانه (fa) (mohtaramâne) (of behavior)
• Plautdietsch: heeflich
• Polish: atencjonalny (dated)
• Portuguese: respeitoso (pt)
• Romanian: respectuos (ro)
• Russian: уважи́тельный (ru) (uvažítelʹnyj), почти́тельный (ru) (počtítelʹnyj)
• Slovene: spoštljiv
• Spanish: respetuoso (es)
• Tagalog: magalang
• Thai: please add this translation if you can
• Turkish: saygılı (tr)
• Ukrainian: шанобли́вий (šanoblývyj)
• Vietnamese: lễ phép (vi), kính cẩn (vi)

See also

• respective
• respectable