"courteous" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈkɝti.əs/ [General-American], /ˈkɜːti.əs/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: en-us-courteous.ogg [US] Forms: more courteous [comparative], most courteous [superlative]
Etymology: From Middle English curteis, from Old French curteis (French courtois), from cort (“court”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|curteis}} Middle English curteis, {{der|en|fro|curteis|}} Old French curteis, {{m|fr|courtois}} courtois, {{m|fro|cort||court}} cort (“court”) Head templates: {{en-adj}} courteous (comparative more courteous, superlative most courteous)
  1. Showing regard or thought for others; especially, displaying good manners or etiquette. Categories (topical): Personality Synonyms: polite Derived forms: courteously, courteousness, discourteous, uncourteous Related terms: courtesy Translations (showing regard for others): مُهَذَّب (muhaḏḏab) (Arabic), مُؤَدَّب (muʔaddab) (Arabic), ве́тлівы (vjétlivy) (Belarusian), учти́в (učtív) (Bulgarian), внима́телен (vnimátelen) (Bulgarian), ве́жлив (véžliv) (Bulgarian), cortès (Catalan), 有禮貌 (Chinese Cantonese), 有礼貌 (jau⁵ lai⁵ maau⁶) (Chinese Cantonese), 斯文 (si¹ man⁴) (Chinese Cantonese), 有禮貌 (Chinese Mandarin), 有礼貌 (yǒulǐmào) (Chinese Mandarin), 客氣 (Chinese Mandarin), 客气 (kèqi) (Chinese Mandarin), zdvořilý (Czech), slušný (Czech), høflig (Danish), beleven (Danish), hoffelijk (Dutch), ĝentila (Esperanto), ærutur (Faroese), kohtelias (Finnish), courtois (French), poli (French), höflich (German), zuvorkommend (German), aufmerksam (German), אדיב (adiv) (Hebrew), jentila (Ido), lách (Irish), sibhialta (Irish), cortese (Italian), 丁寧 (teinei) (alt: ていねい) (Japanese), 礼儀正しい (reigitadashii) (Japanese), 思いやりのある (omoiyarinoaru) (Japanese), cōmis (Latin), у́чтив (účtiv) (Macedonian), љу́безен (ljúbezen) (Macedonian), внима́телен (vnimátelen) (Macedonian), куртоа́зен (kurtoázen) (Macedonian), hūmārika (Maori), curteis (Middle English), semly (Middle English), høflig (Norwegian Bokmål), høfleg (Norwegian Nynorsk), مؤدب (mo'addab) (Persian), heeflich (Plautdietsch), uprzejmy (Polish), grzeczny (Polish), cortês (Portuguese), любе́зный (ljubéznyj) (Russian), ве́жливый (véžlivyj) (Russian), обходи́тельный (obxodítelʹnyj) (Russian), учти́вый (učtívyj) (Russian), внима́тельный (vnimátelʹnyj) (Russian), куртуа́зный (kurtuáznyj) [archaic] (Russian), учтив [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), učtiv [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), zdvorilý (Slovak), slušný (Slovak), vljuden (Slovene), cordial (Spanish), cortés (Spanish), artig (Swedish), hövlig (Swedish), kibar (Turkish), nazik (Turkish), efendi (Turkish), вві́чливий (vvíčlyvyj) (Ukrainian)

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          "word": "uprzejmy"
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          "sense": "showing regard for others",
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          "sense": "showing regard for others",
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          "roman": "ljubéznyj",
          "sense": "showing regard for others",
          "word": "любе́зный"
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          "roman": "véžlivyj",
          "sense": "showing regard for others",
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          "roman": "obxodítelʹnyj",
          "sense": "showing regard for others",
          "word": "обходи́тельный"
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          "sense": "showing regard for others",
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          "sense": "showing regard for others",
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          "code": "sh",
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          "sense": "showing regard for others",
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          "sense": "showing regard for others",
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          "sense": "showing regard for others",
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          "sense": "showing regard for others",
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          "sense": "showing regard for others",
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      "ipa": "/ˈkɜːti.əs/",
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        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-courteous.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/99/En-us-courteous.ogg/En-us-courteous.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/99/En-us-courteous.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "muhaḏḏab",
      "sense": "showing regard for others",
      "word": "مُهَذَّب"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "muʔaddab",
      "sense": "showing regard for others",
      "word": "مُؤَدَّب"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "vjétlivy",
      "sense": "showing regard for others",
      "word": "ве́тлівы"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "učtív",
      "sense": "showing regard for others",
      "word": "учти́в"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "vnimátelen",
      "sense": "showing regard for others",
      "word": "внима́телен"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "véžliv",
      "sense": "showing regard for others",
      "word": "ве́жлив"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "showing regard for others",
      "word": "cortès"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "sense": "showing regard for others",
      "word": "有禮貌"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "roman": "jau⁵ lai⁵ maau⁶",
      "sense": "showing regard for others",
      "word": "有礼貌"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "roman": "si¹ man⁴",
      "sense": "showing regard for others",
      "word": "斯文"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "showing regard for others",
      "word": "有禮貌"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "yǒulǐmào",
      "sense": "showing regard for others",
      "word": "有礼貌"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "showing regard for others",
      "word": "客氣"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "kèqi",
      "sense": "showing regard for others",
      "word": "客气"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "showing regard for others",
      "word": "zdvořilý"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "showing regard for others",
      "word": "slušný"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "showing regard for others",
      "word": "høflig"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "showing regard for others",
      "word": "beleven"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "showing regard for others",
      "word": "hoffelijk"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "showing regard for others",
      "word": "ĝentila"
    },
    {
      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "showing regard for others",
      "word": "ærutur"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "showing regard for others",
      "word": "kohtelias"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "showing regard for others",
      "word": "courtois"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "showing regard for others",
      "word": "poli"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "showing regard for others",
      "word": "höflich"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "showing regard for others",
      "word": "zuvorkommend"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "showing regard for others",
      "word": "aufmerksam"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "adiv",
      "sense": "showing regard for others",
      "word": "אדיב"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "showing regard for others",
      "word": "jentila"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "showing regard for others",
      "word": "lách"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "showing regard for others",
      "word": "sibhialta"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "showing regard for others",
      "word": "cortese"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ていねい",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "teinei",
      "sense": "showing regard for others",
      "word": "丁寧"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "reigitadashii",
      "sense": "showing regard for others",
      "word": "礼儀正しい"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "omoiyarinoaru",
      "sense": "showing regard for others",
      "word": "思いやりのある"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "showing regard for others",
      "word": "cōmis"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "účtiv",
      "sense": "showing regard for others",
      "word": "у́чтив"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "ljúbezen",
      "sense": "showing regard for others",
      "word": "љу́безен"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "vnimátelen",
      "sense": "showing regard for others",
      "word": "внима́телен"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "kurtoázen",
      "sense": "showing regard for others",
      "word": "куртоа́зен"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "showing regard for others",
      "word": "hūmārika"
    },
    {
      "code": "enm",
      "lang": "Middle English",
      "sense": "showing regard for others",
      "word": "curteis"
    },
    {
      "code": "enm",
      "lang": "Middle English",
      "sense": "showing regard for others",
      "word": "semly"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "showing regard for others",
      "word": "høflig"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "showing regard for others",
      "word": "høfleg"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "mo'addab",
      "sense": "showing regard for others",
      "word": "مؤدب"
    },
    {
      "code": "pdt",
      "lang": "Plautdietsch",
      "sense": "showing regard for others",
      "word": "heeflich"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "showing regard for others",
      "word": "uprzejmy"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "showing regard for others",
      "word": "grzeczny"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "showing regard for others",
      "word": "cortês"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ljubéznyj",
      "sense": "showing regard for others",
      "word": "любе́зный"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "véžlivyj",
      "sense": "showing regard for others",
      "word": "ве́жливый"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "obxodítelʹnyj",
      "sense": "showing regard for others",
      "word": "обходи́тельный"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "učtívyj",
      "sense": "showing regard for others",
      "word": "учти́вый"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vnimátelʹnyj",
      "sense": "showing regard for others",
      "word": "внима́тельный"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "kurtuáznyj",
      "sense": "showing regard for others",
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ],
      "word": "куртуа́зный"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "showing regard for others",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "учтив"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "showing regard for others",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
      ],
      "word": "učtiv"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "showing regard for others",
      "word": "zdvorilý"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "showing regard for others",
      "word": "slušný"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "showing regard for others",
      "word": "vljuden"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "showing regard for others",
      "word": "cordial"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "showing regard for others",
      "word": "cortés"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "showing regard for others",
      "word": "artig"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "showing regard for others",
      "word": "hövlig"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "showing regard for others",
      "word": "kibar"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "showing regard for others",
      "word": "nazik"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "showing regard for others",
      "word": "efendi"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "vvíčlyvyj",
      "sense": "showing regard for others",
      "word": "вві́чливий"
    }
  ],
  "word": "courteous"
}

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