decorum

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Learned borrowing from Latin decōrum, neuter form of decōrus (“proper, decent”).

77 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: благоприли́чие (blagoprilíčie) — appropriate social behavior; propriety
• Bulgarian: прили́чие (prilíčie) — appropriate social behavior; propriety
• Bulgarian: благопристо́йност (blagopristójnost) — appropriate social behavior; propriety
• Bulgarian: присто́йност (pristójnost) — appropriate social behavior; propriety
• Bulgarian: поря́дъчност (porjádǎčnost) — appropriate social behavior; propriety
• Catalan: decòrum — appropriate social behavior; propriety
• Catalan: decor — appropriate social behavior; propriety
• Chinese Mandarin: 體統 /体统 (tǐtǒng) — appropriate social behavior; propriety
• Chinese Mandarin: 端正 (duānzhèng) — appropriate social behavior; propriety
• Finnish: hyvä käytös — appropriate social behavior; propriety
• Finnish: säädyllisyys — appropriate social behavior; propriety
• Finnish: käytöstavat — appropriate social behavior; propriety
• French: décorum — appropriate social behavior; propriety
• Galician: decoro — appropriate social behavior; propriety
• Georgian: დეკორუმი (deḳorumi) — appropriate social behavior; propriety
• Georgian: ეტიკეტი (eṭiḳeṭi) — appropriate social behavior; propriety
• Georgian: წესიერება (c̣esiereba) — appropriate social behavior; propriety
• Georgian: ღირსეულობა (ɣirseuloba) — appropriate social behavior; propriety
• Georgian: ზრდილობა (zrdiloba) — appropriate social behavior; propriety
• Georgian: ზრდილობის წესები (zrdilobis c̣esebi) — appropriate social behavior; propriety
• German: Anstand — appropriate social behavior; propriety
• German: Etikette — appropriate social behavior; propriety
• German: Schicklichkeit — appropriate social behavior; propriety
• German: Anständigkeit — appropriate social behavior; propriety
• German: guter Ton — appropriate social behavior; propriety
• German: Dekorum — appropriate social behavior; propriety
• Greek: ευπρέπεια (efprépeia) — appropriate social behavior; propriety
• Ancient Greek: εὐσχημοσύνη (euskhēmosúnē) — appropriate social behavior; propriety
• Hungarian: illem — appropriate social behavior; propriety
• Hungarian: illendőség — appropriate social behavior; propriety
• Hungarian: tisztesség — appropriate social behavior; propriety
• Indonesian: dekorum — appropriate social behavior; propriety
• Italian: decoro — appropriate social behavior; propriety
• Japanese: 礼儀) (reigi) — appropriate social behavior; propriety
• Japanese: 端正さ (たんせいさ — appropriate social behavior; propriety
• Japanese: tansei-sa) — appropriate social behavior; propriety
• Japanese: 礼儀正しさ (れいぎただしさ — appropriate social behavior; propriety
• Japanese: reigi tadashisa) — appropriate social behavior; propriety
• Latin: decōrum — appropriate social behavior; propriety
• Malay: susila — appropriate social behavior; propriety
• Malay: سوسيلا — appropriate social behavior; propriety
• Manx: beasaght — appropriate social behavior; propriety
• Polish: decorum — appropriate social behavior; propriety
• Polish: dekorum — appropriate social behavior; propriety
• Portuguese: decoro — appropriate social behavior; propriety
• Punjabi: ਤਮੀਜ਼ (tamīz) — appropriate social behavior; propriety
• Romanian: cuviință — appropriate social behavior; propriety
• Romanian: cădere — appropriate social behavior; propriety
• Romanian: decență — appropriate social behavior; propriety
• Russian: благопристо́йность (blagopristójnostʹ) — appropriate social behavior; propriety
• Russian: деко́рум (dɛkórum) — appropriate social behavior; propriety
• Russian: прили́чие (prilíčije) — appropriate social behavior; propriety
• Russian: благоприли́чие (blagoprilíčije) — appropriate social behavior; propriety
• Spanish: decoro — appropriate social behavior; propriety
• Spanish: pundonor — appropriate social behavior; propriety
• Swedish: dekorum — appropriate social behavior; propriety
• Swedish: anständighet — appropriate social behavior; propriety
• Swedish: värdighet — appropriate social behavior; propriety
• Bulgarian: етике́т (etikét) — a convention of social behavior
• Bulgarian: поря́дки (porjádki) — a convention of social behavior
• Chinese Mandarin: 禮儀 /礼仪 (lǐyí) — a convention of social behavior
• Finnish: etiketti — a convention of social behavior
• German: Anstandsregel — a convention of social behavior
• German: Anstandsregeln — a convention of social behavior
• German: Konventionen — a convention of social behavior
• German: Konvention — a convention of social behavior
• German: Benimmregel — a convention of social behavior
• Hungarian: illemszabály — a convention of social behavior
• Hungarian: szokás — a convention of social behavior
• Hungarian: konvenció — a convention of social behavior
• Indonesian: dekorum — a convention of social behavior
• Japanese: 礼儀作法 (reigi sahō) — a convention of social behavior
• Japanese: 礼儀 (reigi) — a convention of social behavior
• Malay: tatasusila — a convention of social behavior
• Malay: تاتاسوسيلا — a convention of social behavior
• Russian: этике́т (etikét) — a convention of social behavior
• Russian: пра́вила поведе́ния (právila povedénija) — a convention of social behavior