politeness

English

Etymology

polite +‎ -ness.

Pronunciation

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Noun

politeness (usually uncountable, plural politenesses)

The quality of being polite.

Synonyms

(the act of being polite):: affability, civility, courtliness, etiquette

Antonyms

(the act of being polite):: impoliteness, rudeness

Translations

act of being polite

Arabic: أَدَب‎‎ (ar) m (ʾadab)
Catalan: educació cortesia f
Chinese:
Cantonese: 禮貌 (lai⁵ maau⁶)

Mandarin: 禮貌 (zh), 礼貌 (zh) (lǐmào)
Dutch: beleefdheid (nl) f
French: politesse (fr) f
German: Höflichkeit (de) f
Japanese: 丁寧さ (ja) (ていねいさ, teinei-sa)

Luxembourgish: Héiflechkeet f
Portuguese: educação (pt) f
Romanian: politețe (ro) f, amabilitate (ro) f, civilitate f
Russian: ве́жливость (ru) f (véžlivostʹ), учти́вость (ru) f (učtívostʹ)
Scottish Gaelic: modh m, f
Slovene: vljudnost (sl) f
Spanish: educación cortesía f
Swedish: artighet (sv) c, hövlighet (sv) c
Telugu: సభ్యత (te) (sabhyata)

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