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Catalan
Adjective
cortés (feminine cortesa, masculine plural cortesos, feminine plural corteses)
- (Valencia) Alternative spelling of cortès
Occitan
Etymology
From Latin cohors.
Pronunciation
Adjective
cortés m (feminine singular cortesa, masculine plural corteses, feminine plural cortesas)
- (Languedoc, Vivaro-alpine, Provençal, Gascony, Limousin) polite, courteous
Synonyms
Spanish
Etymology
From corte.
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Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /koɾˈtes/
- Rhymes: -es
- Syllabification: cor‧tés
Adjective
cortés m or f (masculine and feminine plural corteses)
- polite, courteous
- Synonyms: atento, comedido, educado, gentil
- Antonym: descortés
Derived terms
Verb
cortés
- second-person singular voseo present subjunctive of cortar
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