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English
Etymology
From polite + -ness.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pəˈlaɪtnəs/
- Hyphenation: po‧lite‧ness
Noun
politeness (usually uncountable, plural politenesses)
- (uncountable) The quality of being polite.
- (countable) A polite act.
1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent, 1st Australian edition, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1962, →OCLC, page 145:These politenesses left Miss Marley floundering for initiative, holding Jasper and being solemnly inspected by Podson, who clearly depended on her the convention of an afternoon call.
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Translations
act of being polite
- Albanian: mirësjellje (sq) f
- Arabic: أَدَب (ar) m (ʔadab)
- Armenian: քաղաքավարություն (hy) (kʻaġakʻavarutʻyun)
- Azerbaijani: nəzakət (az)
- Belarusian: ве́тлівасць f (vjétlivascʹ), ве́тласць f (vjétlascʹ)
- Bulgarian: учти́вост (bg) f (učtívost), ве́жливост (bg) f (véžlivost)
- Burmese: ယဉ်ကျေးမှု (my) (yanykye:hmu.)
- Catalan: educació (ca) cortesia (ca) f
- Chinese:
- Cantonese: 禮貌 / 礼貌 (lai5 maau6)
- Mandarin: 禮貌 / 礼貌 (zh) (lǐmào), 客氣 / 客气 (zh) (kèqi, kèqì)
- Czech: zdvořilost (cs) f
- Danish: høflighed c
- Dutch: beleefdheid (nl) f, hoffelijkheid (nl) f
- Esperanto: ĝentilaĵo
- Estonian: viisakus
- Finnish: kohteliaisuus (fi)
- French: politesse (fr) f
- Georgian: ზრდილობა (zrdiloba)
- German: Höflichkeit (de) f
- Greek: ευγένεια (el) f (evgéneia)
- Hebrew: נִימוּס (he) m (nimús), אֲדִיבוּת (he) f (adivút)
- Hindi: शिष्टता (hi) f (śiṣṭatā), अदब (hi) m (adab), नज़ाकत f (nazākat), सभ्यता (hi) f (sabhyatā)
- Hungarian: udvariasság (hu)
- Icelandic: kurteisi (is) n
- Italian: cortesia (it) f
- Japanese: 丁寧さ (ja) (ていねいさ, teineisa), 礼儀正しさ (ja) (れいぎただしさ, reigitadashisa)
- Kazakh: әдептілік (ädeptılık), сыпайылық (sypaiylyq)
- Korean: 예의 (ko) (yeui), 례의 (ko) (ryeui) (North Korea), 공손 (ko) (gongson), 공손함 (ko) (gongsonham)
- Kyrgyz: адептүүлүк (ky) (adeptüülük), сылыктык (ky) (sılıktık)
- Latin: cōmitās f
- Latvian: pieklājība f
- Lithuanian: mandagumas m
- Luxembourgish: Héiflechkeet f
- Macedonian: учтивост f (učtivost)
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: høflighet (no) m or f
- Persian: ادب (fa) (adab), نزاکت (fa) (nezâkat)
- Polish: uprzejmość (pl) f, grzeczność (pl) f, kurtuazja (pl) f
- Portuguese: educação (pt) f, polidez (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
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: у̀људно̄ст f, у̀чтиво̄ст f
- Roman: ùljudnōst (sh) f, ùčtivōst (sh) f
- Slovak: zdvorilosť f
- Slovene: vljudnost (sl) f
- Spanish: educación (es), cortesía (es) f
- Swedish: artighet (sv) c, hövlighet (sv) c
- Tajik: одоб (tg) (odob), назокат (nazokat)
- Telugu: సభ్యత (te) (sabhyata)
- Thai: ความสุภาพ (th) (kwaam-sù-pâap)
- Turkish: nezaket (tr), incelik (tr), kibarlık (tr)
- Turkmen: sypaýçylyk
- Ukrainian: вві́чливість (uk) f (vvíčlyvistʹ), че́мність f (čémnistʹ), ґре́чність (uk) f (gréčnistʹ)
- Urdu: ادب m (adab), نزاکت f (nazākat)
- Uzbek: xushmuomalalik (uz), adab (uz), nazokat (uz)
- Vietnamese: sự lịch sự (vi)
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