politeness

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Etymology tree English polite Proto-Germanic *-in- Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-éh2 Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh2yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h2ti Proto-Germanic *-ōną Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English politeness From polite + -ness.

91 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Esperanto: ĝentileco — quality of being polite
• Albanian: mirësjellje — act of being polite
• Arabic: أَدَب (ʔadab) — act of being polite
• Armenian: քաղաքավարություն (kʻaġakʻavarutʻyun) — act of being polite
• Azerbaijani: nəzakət — act of being polite
• Belarusian: ве́тлівасць (vjétlivascʹ) — act of being polite
• Belarusian: ве́тласць (vjétlascʹ) — act of being polite
• Bulgarian: учти́вост (učtívost) — act of being polite
• Bulgarian: ве́жливост (véžlivost) — act of being polite
• Burmese: ယဉ်ကျေးမှု (yanykye:hmu.) — act of being polite
• Catalan: educació cortesia — act of being polite
• Chinese Cantonese: 禮貌 /礼貌 (lai5 maau6) — act of being polite
• Chinese Mandarin: 禮貌 /礼貌 (lǐmào) — act of being polite
• Chinese Mandarin: 客氣 /客气 (kèqi, kèqì) — act of being polite
• Czech: zdvořilost — act of being polite
• Danish: høflighed — act of being polite
• Dutch: beleefdheid — act of being polite
• Dutch: hoffelijkheid — act of being polite
• Esperanto: ĝentilaĵo — act of being polite
• Estonian: viisakus — act of being polite
• Finnish: kohteliaisuus — act of being polite
• French: politesse — act of being polite
• Georgian: ზრდილობა (zrdiloba) — act of being polite
• German: Höflichkeit — act of being polite
• Greek: ευγένεια (evgéneia) — act of being polite
• Hebrew: נִימוּס (nimús) — act of being polite
• Hebrew: אֲדִיבוּת (adivút) — act of being polite
• Hindi: शिष्टता (śiṣṭatā) — act of being polite
• Hindi: अदब (adab) — act of being polite
• Hindi: नज़ाकत (nazākat) — act of being polite
• Hindi: सभ्यता (sabhyatā) — act of being polite
• Hungarian: udvariasság — act of being polite
• Icelandic: kurteisi — act of being polite
• Italian: cortesia — act of being polite
• Japanese: 丁寧さ (teineisa) — act of being polite
• Japanese: 礼儀正しさ (reigitadashisa) — act of being polite
• Kazakh: әдептілік (ädeptılık) — act of being polite
• Kazakh: сыпайылық (sypaiylyq) — act of being polite
• Korean: 예의 (yeui) — act of being polite
• Korean: 례의 (ryeui) — act of being polite
• Korean: 공손 (gongson) — act of being polite
• Korean: 공손함 (gongsonham) — act of being polite
• Kyrgyz: адептүүлүк (adeptüülük) — act of being polite
• Kyrgyz: сылыктык (sılıktık) — act of being polite
• Latin: cōmitās — act of being polite
• Latvian: pieklājība — act of being polite
• Lithuanian: mandagumas — act of being polite
• Luxembourgish: Héiflechkeet — act of being polite
• Macedonian: учтивост (učtivost) — act of being polite
• Norwegian Bokmål: høflighet — act of being polite
• Persian: ادب (adab) — act of being polite
• Persian: نزاکت (nezâkat) — act of being polite
• Polish: uprzejmość — act of being polite
• Polish: grzeczność — act of being polite
• Polish: kurtuazja — act of being polite
• Portuguese: educação — act of being polite
• Portuguese: polidez — act of being polite
• Romanian: politețe — act of being polite
• Romanian: amabilitate — act of being polite
• Romanian: civilitate — act of being polite
• Russian: ве́жливость (véžlivostʹ) — act of being polite
• Russian: учти́вость (učtívostʹ) — act of being polite
• Scottish Gaelic: modh — act of being polite
• Serbo-Croatian: у̀људно̄ст — act of being polite
• Serbo-Croatian: у̀чтиво̄ст — act of being polite
• Serbo-Croatian: ùljudnōst — act of being polite
• Serbo-Croatian: ùčtivōst — act of being polite
• Slovak: zdvorilosť — act of being polite
• Slovene: vljudnost — act of being polite
• Spanish: educación — act of being polite
• Spanish: cortesía — act of being polite
• Swedish: artighet — act of being polite
• Swedish: hövlighet — act of being polite
• Tajik: одоб (odob) — act of being polite
• Tajik: назокат (nazokat) — act of being polite
• Telugu: సభ్యత (sabhyata) — act of being polite
• Thai: ความสุภาพ (kwaam-sù-pâap) — act of being polite
• Turkish: nezaket — act of being polite
• Turkish: incelik — act of being polite
• Turkish: kibarlık — act of being polite
• Ottoman Turkish: نازكلك (nâziklik) — act of being polite
• Turkmen: sypaýçylyk — act of being polite
• Ukrainian: вві́чливість (vvíčlyvistʹ) — act of being polite
• Ukrainian: че́мність (čémnistʹ) — act of being polite
• Ukrainian: ґре́чність (gréčnistʹ) — act of being polite
• Urdu: ادب (adab) — act of being polite
• Urdu: نزاکت (nazākat) — act of being polite
• Uzbek: xushmuomalalik — act of being polite
• Uzbek: adab — act of being polite
• Uzbek: nazokat — act of being polite
• Vietnamese: sự lịch sự — act of being polite