decorous

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• General-American: /ˈdɛkəɹəs/
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• General-American: /ˈdɛkɹəs/
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• General-American, archaic: /dɪˈkɔːɹəs/
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From the following: * Latin decōrus (“becoming, fitting, proper, suitable”) + English -ous (suffix adjectives denoting presence of a quality in any degree, typically an abundance). Decōrus is derived from decor (“elegrance, grace; charm beauty”) + -us (suffix forming adjectives); and decor is from decēre, the present active infinitive of decet (“to adorn; to be decent; to be proper or suitable”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *deḱ- (“to perceive; to take”). * Possibly also influenced by Late Latin decorōsus (“beautiful; elegant”), from decoris + -ōsus (suffix meaning ‘full of’ forming adjectives from nouns). Decoris is the genitive singular of decus (“beauty, grace, ornament, splendour; distinction, glory, honour”), from Proto-Indo-European *déḱos (“that which is proper”), from *deḱ- (see above).

48 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: وَجِيه (wajīh) — marked by behaviour, manners, etc., regarded as proper, tasteful, and in accordance with accepted standards
• Armenian: պատշաճ (patšač) — marked by behaviour, manners, etc., regarded as proper, tasteful, and in accordance with accepted standards
• Old Armenian: յարմար (yarmar) — marked by behaviour, manners, etc., regarded as proper, tasteful, and in accordance with accepted standards
• Bulgarian: благоприличен (blagopriličen) — marked by behaviour, manners, etc., regarded as proper, tasteful, and in accordance with accepted standards
• Bulgarian: пристоен (pristoen) — marked by behaviour, manners, etc., regarded as proper, tasteful, and in accordance with accepted standards
• Chinese Mandarin: 端莊 /端庄 (duānzhuāng) — marked by behaviour, manners, etc., regarded as proper, tasteful, and in accordance with accepted standards
• Dutch: goed — marked by behaviour, manners, etc., regarded as proper, tasteful, and in accordance with accepted standards
• Dutch: keurig — marked by behaviour, manners, etc., regarded as proper, tasteful, and in accordance with accepted standards
• Dutch: net — marked by behaviour, manners, etc., regarded as proper, tasteful, and in accordance with accepted standards
• Dutch: welvoeglijk — marked by behaviour, manners, etc., regarded as proper, tasteful, and in accordance with accepted standards
• Faroese: hampiligur — marked by behaviour, manners, etc., regarded as proper, tasteful, and in accordance with accepted standards
• Finnish: säädyllinen — marked by behaviour, manners, etc., regarded as proper, tasteful, and in accordance with accepted standards
• French: bienséant — marked by behaviour, manners, etc., regarded as proper, tasteful, and in accordance with accepted standards
• German: anständig — marked by behaviour, manners, etc., regarded as proper, tasteful, and in accordance with accepted standards
• German: geziemend — marked by behaviour, manners, etc., regarded as proper, tasteful, and in accordance with accepted standards
• German: schicklich — marked by behaviour, manners, etc., regarded as proper, tasteful, and in accordance with accepted standards
• Greek: σεμνός (semnós) — marked by behaviour, manners, etc., regarded as proper, tasteful, and in accordance with accepted standards
• Ancient Greek: εὔκοσμος (eúkosmos) — marked by behaviour, manners, etc., regarded as proper, tasteful, and in accordance with accepted standards
• Hindi: शालीन (śālīn) — marked by behaviour, manners, etc., regarded as proper, tasteful, and in accordance with accepted standards
• Hindi: मर्यादित (maryādit) — marked by behaviour, manners, etc., regarded as proper, tasteful, and in accordance with accepted standards
• Hindi: शोभनीय (śobhnīya) — marked by behaviour, manners, etc., regarded as proper, tasteful, and in accordance with accepted standards
• Irish: oiriúnach — marked by behaviour, manners, etc., regarded as proper, tasteful, and in accordance with accepted standards
• Italian: decoroso — marked by behaviour, manners, etc., regarded as proper, tasteful, and in accordance with accepted standards
• Italian: decente — marked by behaviour, manners, etc., regarded as proper, tasteful, and in accordance with accepted standards
• Italian: dignitoso — marked by behaviour, manners, etc., regarded as proper, tasteful, and in accordance with accepted standards
• Lithuanian: padorùs — marked by behaviour, manners, etc., regarded as proper, tasteful, and in accordance with accepted standards
• Maltese: dekoruż — marked by behaviour, manners, etc., regarded as proper, tasteful, and in accordance with accepted standards
• Maltese: dinjituż — marked by behaviour, manners, etc., regarded as proper, tasteful, and in accordance with accepted standards
• Manx: beasagh — marked by behaviour, manners, etc., regarded as proper, tasteful, and in accordance with accepted standards
• Mongolian: ᠣᠪᠤᠭ᠎ᠠ (obuɣ-a) — marked by behaviour, manners, etc., regarded as proper, tasteful, and in accordance with accepted standards
• Mongolian: овоо (ovoo) — marked by behaviour, manners, etc., regarded as proper, tasteful, and in accordance with accepted standards
• Norwegian Bokmål: sømmelig — marked by behaviour, manners, etc., regarded as proper, tasteful, and in accordance with accepted standards
• Norwegian Nynorsk: sømeleg — marked by behaviour, manners, etc., regarded as proper, tasteful, and in accordance with accepted standards
• Norwegian Nynorsk: sømmeleg — marked by behaviour, manners, etc., regarded as proper, tasteful, and in accordance with accepted standards
• Old English: sideful — marked by behaviour, manners, etc., regarded as proper, tasteful, and in accordance with accepted standards
• Polish: stosowny — marked by behaviour, manners, etc., regarded as proper, tasteful, and in accordance with accepted standards
• Polish: etykietalny — marked by behaviour, manners, etc., regarded as proper, tasteful, and in accordance with accepted standards
• Romanian: decoros — marked by behaviour, manners, etc., regarded as proper, tasteful, and in accordance with accepted standards
• Romanian: cuviincios — marked by behaviour, manners, etc., regarded as proper, tasteful, and in accordance with accepted standards
• Russian: чи́нный (čínnyj) — marked by behaviour, manners, etc., regarded as proper, tasteful, and in accordance with accepted standards
• Russian: благопристо́йный (blagopristójnyj) — marked by behaviour, manners, etc., regarded as proper, tasteful, and in accordance with accepted standards
• Russian: поря́дочный (porjádočnyj) — marked by behaviour, manners, etc., regarded as proper, tasteful, and in accordance with accepted standards
• Russian: прили́чный (prilíčnyj) — marked by behaviour, manners, etc., regarded as proper, tasteful, and in accordance with accepted standards
• Russian: присто́йный (pristójnyj) — marked by behaviour, manners, etc., regarded as proper, tasteful, and in accordance with accepted standards
• Scottish Gaelic: beusach — marked by behaviour, manners, etc., regarded as proper, tasteful, and in accordance with accepted standards
• Spanish: decoroso — marked by behaviour, manners, etc., regarded as proper, tasteful, and in accordance with accepted standards
• Ukrainian: присто́йний (prystójnyj) — marked by behaviour, manners, etc., regarded as proper, tasteful, and in accordance with accepted standards
• Vietnamese: đoan trang — marked by behaviour, manners, etc., regarded as proper, tasteful, and in accordance with accepted standards