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German
Etymology
Borrowed from French courtoisie.
Pronunciation
Noun
Courtoisie f (genitive Courtoisie, plural Courtoisien)
- (dated) courtesy
- Synonym: Höflichkeit
- ein Akt der Courtoisie ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
1924, Thomas Mann, Der Zauberberg [The Magic Mountain], volume 1, Berlin: S. Fischer, page 494:Aber es ist nicht aus humanistischer Courtoisie, daß man Lateinisch redet zu seinen Ehren, die Totensprache ist kein Bildungslatein, verstehst du, sondern von einem ganz anderen Geist, einem ganz entgegengesetzten, kann man wohl sagen.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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