courtesy

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈkɜːtəsi/
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• General-American: /ˈkɝɾəsi/
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• CMU ARPABET: K ER1 T AH0 S IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English curteisie, curtesie, from Anglo-Norman curtesie, from Old French curteisie, cortoisie. Equivalent to courteous + -y (abstract noun suffix). By surface analysis, court + -esy.

82 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Dutch: beleefdheids- — given or done as a polite gesture
• Dutch: hoffelijkheid — given or done as a polite gesture
• Finnish: kohteliaisuus- — given or done as a polite gesture
• Italian: di cortesia — given or done as a polite gesture
• Portuguese: de cortesia — given or done as a polite gesture
• Spanish: de cortesía — given or done as a polite gesture
• Swedish: hövlighets- — given or done as a polite gesture
• Finnish: ilmainen — free of charge
• Portuguese: grátis — free of charge
• Russian: беспла́тный (besplátnyj) — free of charge
• Spanish: de cortesía — free of charge
• Afrikaans: beleefdheid — polite behavior
• Arabic: أَدَب (ʔadab) — polite behavior
• Arabic: مَجَامَلَة (majāmala) — polite behavior
• Armenian: քաղաքավարություն (kʻaġakʻavarutʻyun) — polite behavior
• Armenian: բարեկրթություն (barekrtʻutʻyun) — polite behavior
• Bulgarian: учти́вост (učtívost) — polite behavior
• Bulgarian: ве́жливост (véžlivost) — polite behavior
• Burmese: လောကဝတ် (lau:ka.wat) — polite behavior
• Catalan: cortesia — polite behavior
• Chinese Mandarin: 禮貌 /礼貌 (lǐmào) — polite behavior
• Chinese Mandarin: 禮節 /礼节 (lǐjié) — polite behavior
• Danish: høflighed — polite behavior
• Dutch: hoffelijkheid — polite behavior
• Finnish: kohteliaisuus — polite behavior
• French: courtoisie — polite behavior
• Galician: cortesía — polite behavior
• Georgian: ზრდილობიანობა (zrdilobianoba) — polite behavior
• German: Höflichkeit — polite behavior
• Greek: αβροφροσύνη (avrofrosýni) — polite behavior
• Greek: αβρότητα (avrótita) — polite behavior
• Hebrew: אדיבות (adivut) — polite behavior
• Hindi: सुशीलता (suśīltā) — polite behavior
• Hindi: विनय (vinay) — polite behavior
• Hungarian: udvariasság — polite behavior
• Italian: cortesia — polite behavior
• Japanese: 愛想 (aiso) — polite behavior
• Japanese: 礼儀 (reigi) — polite behavior
• Kazakh: көргенділік (körgendılık) — polite behavior
• Korean: 예의 (yeui) — polite behavior
• Latin: cōmitās — polite behavior
• Manx: cooyrtoilid — polite behavior
• Māori: atawhaitanga — polite behavior
• Middle English: curteisie — polite behavior
• Mongolian: найрсаг зан (najrsag zan) — polite behavior
• Polish: kurtuazja — polite behavior
• Portuguese: cortesia — polite behavior
• Russian: ве́жливость (véžlivostʹ) — polite behavior
• Russian: учти́вость (učtívostʹ) — polite behavior
• Russian: обходи́тельность (obxodítelʹnostʹ) — polite behavior
• Scottish Gaelic: modh — polite behavior
• Sicilian: curtisia — polite behavior
• Spanish: cortesía — polite behavior
• Swedish: hövlighet — polite behavior
• Vietnamese: sự lịch sự — polite behavior
• Vietnamese: sự nhã nhặn — polite behavior
• Chinese Mandarin: 禮儀 /礼仪 (lǐyí) — polite gesture or remark
• Finnish: kohteliaisuus — polite gesture or remark
• French: politesse — polite gesture or remark
• German: Höflichkeit — polite gesture or remark
• Greek: αβρότητα (avrótita) — polite gesture or remark
• Italian: cortesia — polite gesture or remark
• Middle English: curteisie — polite gesture or remark
• Portuguese: cortesia — polite gesture or remark
• Russian: ве́жливость (véžlivostʹ) — polite gesture or remark
• Swedish: hövlighet — polite gesture or remark
• Bulgarian: снизхожде́ние (snizhoždénie) — consent or agreement in spite of fact; indulgence
• Finnish: kohteliaisuus — consent or agreement in spite of fact; indulgence
• French: indulgence — consent or agreement in spite of fact; indulgence
• German: Nachsicht — consent or agreement in spite of fact; indulgence
• German: Kulanz — consent or agreement in spite of fact; indulgence
• Italian: cortesia — consent or agreement in spite of fact; indulgence
• Portuguese: indulgência — consent or agreement in spite of fact; indulgence
• Russian: снисхожде́ние (snisxoždénije) — consent or agreement in spite of fact; indulgence
• Swedish: hövlighet — consent or agreement in spite of fact; indulgence
• Finnish: anteliaisuus — willingness or generosity in providing something needed
• German: Gefälligkeit — willingness or generosity in providing something needed
• German: Entgegenkommen — willingness or generosity in providing something needed
• German: Großzügigkeit — willingness or generosity in providing something needed
• Hebrew: אדיבות (adivut) — willingness or generosity in providing something needed
• Māori: atawhaitanga — willingness or generosity in providing something needed
• Portuguese: cortesia — willingness or generosity in providing something needed