English [ edit ] Etymology [ edit ] polite -ness
Pronunciation [ edit ] IPA (key ) : /pəˈlaɪtnəs/ Hyphenation: po‧lite‧ness politeness (usually uncountable , plural politenesses
The quality of being polite .
An act of politeness.
1938 Norman Lindsay , Age of Consent , 1st Australian edition, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith , published 1962 , →OCLC 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.
Synonyms [ edit ] Antonyms [ edit ] Translations [ edit ] 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)
