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A polite, formulaic end to a letter, used especially when the sender does not know the recipient's name, for example in a business letter.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
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Antonyms: none provided
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Across languages
Translations
29 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Arabic:
تفضلوا بقبول فائق الاحترام
— polite, formulaic end to letters
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Chinese Mandarin:
肅然 /肃然
(sùrán)
— polite, formulaic end to letters
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Czech:
s pozdravem
— polite, formulaic end to letters
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Dutch:
hoogachtend
— polite, formulaic end to letters
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Finnish:
kunnioittaen
— polite, formulaic end to letters
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Finnish:
kunnioittavasti
— polite, formulaic end to letters
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Finnish:
ystävällisin terveisin
— polite, formulaic end to letters
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Finnish:
parhain terveisin
— polite, formulaic end to letters
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French:
fidèlement votre
— polite, formulaic end to letters
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French:
sincères salutations
— polite, formulaic end to letters
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Galician:
atentamente
— polite, formulaic end to letters
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Georgian:
პატივისცემით
(ṗaṭiviscemit)
— polite, formulaic end to letters
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German:
hochachtungsvoll
— polite, formulaic end to letters
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Hungarian:
maradok őszinte híve
— polite, formulaic end to letters
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Hungarian:
őszinte híve
— polite, formulaic end to letters
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Hungarian:
kiváló tisztelettel
— polite, formulaic end to letters
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Hungarian:
szívélyes üdvözlettel
— polite, formulaic end to letters
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Italian:
cordiali saluti
— polite, formulaic end to letters
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Italian:
distinti saluti
— polite, formulaic end to letters
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Japanese:
敬具
(keigu)
— polite, formulaic end to letters
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Japanese:
不一
(fuitsu)
— polite, formulaic end to letters
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Japanese:
不宣
(fusen)
— polite, formulaic end to letters
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Polish:
z poważaniem
— polite, formulaic end to letters
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Romanian:
Al dumneavoastră
— polite, formulaic end to letters
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Russian:
с уваже́нием
(s uvažénijem)
— polite, formulaic end to letters
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Russian:
с глубо́ким уваже́нием
(s glubókim uvažénijem)
— polite, formulaic end to letters
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Scottish Gaelic:
is mise gu dìleas
— polite, formulaic end to letters
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Tagalog:
lubos na sumasainyo
— polite, formulaic end to letters
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Tagalog:
sumasainyo
— polite, formulaic end to letters