English
Etymology
From L. term|politus||polished.
Adjective
en-adj|politer|politest|more
- Well-mannered, friendly, civilized.
Usage notes
The one-word comparative form term|politer and superlative form term|politest exist, but are less common than their two-word counterparts term||more polite and term||most polite.
Translations
trans-top|Well-mannered
Arabic: Arab|مؤدب IPAchar|(mo’áddab)
Chinese: 有礼貌 (yÇ’ulÇmà o)
Czech: t-|cs|zdvořilý|m
Dutch: beleefd
Finnish: t+|fi|kohtelias
French: t+|fr|poli
German: höflich
Hebrew: t-|he|×ž× ×•×ž×¡|trm'numás|scHebr
Hungarian: udvarias
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Italian: t+|it|cortese
Japanese: ä¸å¯§ãª (ã¦ã„ãã„ãª, teinei-na)
Korean: ê³µì†í•œ (gongsonhan)
Portuguese: polido, cortês
Romanian: t-|ro|politico
Russian: вежливый (véžlivyj)
Scottish Gaelic: modhail, suairc, cùirteil
Spanish: t-|es|cortés
Swedish: hövlig, artig
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de:polite
fr:polite
io:polite
it:polite
hu:polite
ja:polite
pl:polite
ru:polite
simple:polite
fi:polite
ta:polite
te:polite
vi:polite
zh:polite
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