"politesse" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /pɒlɪˈtɛs/ [UK], /pɑləˈtɛs/ [US] Forms: politesses [plural]
Etymology: From French politesse, from Italian politezza, from polito, past participle of pulire (“to clean”), from Latin polire, present active infinite form of poliō (“I polish”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|politesse}} French politesse, {{der|en|it|politezza}} Italian politezza, {{m|it|polito}} polito, {{m|it|pulire||to clean}} pulire (“to clean”), {{der|en|la|polire|}} Latin polire, {{m|la|poliō||I polish}} poliō (“I polish”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} politesse (countable and uncountable, plural politesses)
  1. Civility, politeness, courtesy or gallantry; or an instance of this. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (civility, courtesy): учтивост (učtivost) [feminine] (Bulgarian), savoir-vivre [masculine] (French), artighet [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-politesse-en-noun-lHqpAf7N Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Noun [French]

IPA: /pɔ.li.tɛs/ Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-Avatea-politesse.wav Forms: politesses [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛs Etymology: Borrowed from Italian politezza. Etymology templates: {{glossary|loanword|Borrowed}} Borrowed, {{bor|fr|it|politezza|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Italian politezza, {{bor+|fr|it|politezza}} Borrowed from Italian politezza Head templates: {{fr-noun|f|~}} politesse f (countable and uncountable, plural politesses)
  1. (uncountable) politeness, courtesy Tags: feminine, uncountable
    Sense id: en-politesse-fr-noun-0KWnO3X9 Categories (other): French terms with collocations, French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 64 36
  2. (countable) polite remark or action Tags: countable, feminine
    Sense id: en-politesse-fr-noun-RCtmeQIA
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: brûler la politesse Related terms: poli

Inflected forms

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