polite

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• /pəˈlaɪt/
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From Latin polītus (“polished”), past participle of poliō (“to polish, smooth”); see polish.

120 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: beleefd — well-mannered
• Albanian: i sjellshëm — well-mannered
• Arabic: أَدِيب (ʔadīb) — well-mannered
• Arabic: مُؤَدَّب (muʔaddab) — well-mannered
• Armenian: քաղաքավարի (kʻaġakʻavari) — well-mannered
• Azerbaijani: nəzakətli — well-mannered
• Bashkir: әҙәпле (əźəple) — well-mannered
• Bashkir: ихтирамлы (ixtiramlı) — well-mannered
• Belarusian: ве́тлівы (vjétlivy) — well-mannered
• Breton: seven — well-mannered
• Bulgarian: учти́в (učtív) — well-mannered
• Bulgarian: ве́жлив (véžliv) — well-mannered
• Burmese: မွန်ရည် (mwanrany) — well-mannered
• Burmese: ယဉ်ကျေ (yanykye) — well-mannered
• Burmese: ညင်သာ (nyangsa) — well-mannered
• Catalan: cortès — well-mannered
• Catalan: educat — well-mannered
• Catalan: polit — well-mannered
• Chinese Cantonese: 有禮貌 /有礼貌 (jau5 lai5 maau6) — well-mannered
• Chinese Cantonese: 斯文 (si1 man4) — well-mannered
• Chinese Mandarin: 有禮貌 /有礼貌 (yǒulǐmào) — well-mannered
• Chinese Mandarin: 客氣 /客气 (kèqi) — well-mannered
• Chinese Mandarin: 斯文 (sīwén) — well-mannered
• Czech: zdvořilý — well-mannered
• Czech: slušný — well-mannered
• Danish: høflig — well-mannered
• Dutch: beleefd — well-mannered
• Esperanto: ĝentila — well-mannered
• Estonian: viisakas — well-mannered
• Finnish: kohtelias — well-mannered
• French: poli — well-mannered
• Georgian: თავაზიანი (tavaziani) — well-mannered
• German: höflich — well-mannered
• Greek: ευγενικός (evgenikós) — well-mannered
• Hebrew: מְנוּמָס (m'numás) — well-mannered
• Hindi: सभ्य (sabhya) — well-mannered
• Hindi: विनम्र (vinamra) — well-mannered
• Hindi: शिष्टाचारी (śiṣṭācārī) — well-mannered
• Hindi: सज्जन (sajjan) — well-mannered
• Hungarian: udvarias — well-mannered
• Icelandic: kurteis — well-mannered
• Indonesian: sopan — well-mannered
• Irish: sibhialta — well-mannered
• Irish: béasach — well-mannered
• Italian: cortese — well-mannered
• Italian: educato — well-mannered
• Japanese: 丁寧 (teinei) — well-mannered
• Japanese: 礼儀正しい (reigitadashii) — well-mannered
• Kazakh: әдепті (ädeptı) — well-mannered
• Kazakh: биязы (biäzy) — well-mannered
• Khmer: ចេះគួរសម (cheh kuə sɑɑ mɔɔ) — well-mannered
• Khmer: គួរសម (kuə sɑɑ mɔɔ) — well-mannered
• Korean: 공손하다 (gongsonhada) — well-mannered
• Kyrgyz: адептүү (adeptüü) — well-mannered
• Kyrgyz: сылык (sılık) — well-mannered
• Lao: ສຸພາບ (su phāp) — well-mannered
• Latin: cōmis — well-mannered
• Latvian: pieklājīgs — well-mannered
• Lithuanian: mandagus — well-mannered
• Macedonian: учтив (učtiv) — well-mannered
• Malay: sopan — well-mannered
• Malayalam: മര്യാദയുള്ള (maryādayuḷḷa) — well-mannered
• Mongolian: эелдэг (ejeldeg) — well-mannered
• Norman: poli — well-mannered
• Norwegian: høflig — well-mannered
• Persian: مؤدب (mo'addab) — well-mannered
• Plautdietsch: heeflich — well-mannered
• Polish: uprzejmy — well-mannered
• Polish: grzeczny — well-mannered
• Portuguese: educado — well-mannered
• Portuguese: polido — well-mannered
• Portuguese: cortês — well-mannered
• Romanian: politicos — well-mannered
• Russian: ве́жливый (véžlivyj) — well-mannered
• Russian: учти́вый (učtívyj) — well-mannered
• Scottish Gaelic: modhail — well-mannered
• Scottish Gaelic: suairc — well-mannered
• Scottish Gaelic: cùirteil — well-mannered
• Serbo-Croatian: у̀чтив — well-mannered
• Serbo-Croatian: уљудан — well-mannered
• Serbo-Croatian: одгојен — well-mannered
• Serbo-Croatian: ùčtiv — well-mannered
• Serbo-Croatian: uljudan — well-mannered
• Serbo-Croatian: odgojen — well-mannered
• Slovak: zdvorilý — well-mannered
• Slovak: slušný — well-mannered
• Slovene: vljuden — well-mannered
• Spanish: cortés — well-mannered
• Spanish: educado — well-mannered
• Spanish: de buena educación — well-mannered
• Swedish: hövlig — well-mannered
• Swedish: artig — well-mannered
• Tajik: боадаб (boadab) — well-mannered
• Tajik: боназокат (bonazokat) — well-mannered
• Tajik: мулоим (muloyim) — well-mannered
• Tajik: хушмуомила (xušmuomila) — well-mannered
• Tajik: муаддаб (muaddab) — well-mannered
• Thai: สุภาพ (sù-pâap) — well-mannered
• Turkish: kibar — well-mannered
• Turkish: nazik — well-mannered
• Ottoman Turkish: نازك (nâzik) — well-mannered
• Ottoman Turkish: كبار (kibar) — well-mannered
• Ottoman Turkish: تربیهلو (terbiyeli) — well-mannered
• Turkmen: näzik — well-mannered
• Turkmen: hoşamaý — well-mannered
• Turkmen: edepli — well-mannered
• Ukrainian: вві́чливий (vvíčlyvyj) — well-mannered
• Ukrainian: че́мний (čémnyj) — well-mannered
• Ukrainian: ґре́чний (gréčnyj) — well-mannered
• Uzbek: odobli — well-mannered
• Uzbek: muyolim — well-mannered
• Uzbek: xushmuomala — well-mannered
• Uzbek: silliq — well-mannered
• Uzbek: boadab — well-mannered
• Uzbek: adabli — well-mannered
• Uzbek: nazokatli — well-mannered
• Vietnamese: lịch sự — well-mannered
• Vietnamese: lễ phép — well-mannered
• Walloon: poli — well-mannered
• Walloon: oniesse — well-mannered