English

Etymology
From L. term|politus||polished.

Adjective
en-adj|politer|politest|more

1. 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|�ؤدب IPAchar|(mo�áddab)
Chinese: �礼� (y�ul�mào)
Czech: t-|cs|zdvo�ilý|m
Dutch: beleefd
Finnish: t+|fi|kohtelias
French: t+|fr|poli
German: höflich
Hebrew: t-|he|�נ��ס|trm'numás|scHebr
Hungarian: udvarias
trans-mid
Italian: t+|it|cortese
Japanese: �寧� (�����, teinei-na)
Korean: 공�� (gongsonhan)
Portuguese: polido, cortês
Romanian: t-|ro|politico
Russian: вежлив�й (véžlivyj)
Scottish Gaelic: modhail, suairc, cùirteil
Spanish: t-|es|cortés
Swedish: hövlig, artig
trans-bottom

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

• 2007-11-28 09:10 - Tbot - added t for cs, fi, fr, it, ro, es

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