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To act in a formal, ceremonious, or overly polite manner.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: idiomatic
Examples
- Please make yourself at home – there's no need to stand on ceremony.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
23 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Burmese:
အားနာ
(a:na)
— act in a formal manner
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Chinese Mandarin:
拘於禮節 /拘于礼节
(jūyú lǐjié)
— act in a formal manner
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Chinese Mandarin:
講客套 /讲客套
(jiǎng kètào)
— act in a formal manner
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Chinese Mandarin:
見外 /见外
(jiànwài)
— act in a formal manner
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Chinese Mandarin:
客氣 /客气
(kèqì)
— act in a formal manner
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Chinese Mandarin:
拘禮 /拘礼
(jūlǐ)
— act in a formal manner
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Finnish:
pönöttää
— act in a formal manner
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Finnish:
jäykistellä
— act in a formal manner
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Finnish:
kruusailla
— act in a formal manner
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Finnish:
kursailla
— act in a formal manner
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French:
faire des manières
— act in a formal manner
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French:
faire des façons
— act in a formal manner
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French:
faire des âties
— act in a formal manner
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Italian:
fare complimenti
— act in a formal manner
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Japanese:
形式張る
(keishikibaru)
— act in a formal manner
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Japanese:
遠慮する
(enryo-suru)
— act in a formal manner
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Polish:
ceregielić się
— act in a formal manner
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Polish:
certolić się
— act in a formal manner
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Polish:
certować się
— act in a formal manner
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Portuguese:
fazer cerimônia
— act in a formal manner
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Russian:
церемо́ниться
(ceremónitʹsja)
— act in a formal manner
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Serbo-Croatian:
понашати се формално
(ponašati se formalno)
— act in a formal manner
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Spanish:
cumplir con las formalidades
— act in a formal manner
