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"(uncountable) The quality of being polite."
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"word": "ယဉ်ကျေးမှု"
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"sense": "act of being polite",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "politețe"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "act of being polite",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "amabilitate"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "act of being polite",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "civilitate"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "véžlivostʹ",
"sense": "act of being polite",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ве́жливость"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "učtívostʹ",
"sense": "act of being polite",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "учти́вость"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "act of being polite",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "modh"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "act of being polite",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"feminine"
],
"word": "у̀људно̄ст"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "act of being polite",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"feminine"
],
"word": "у̀чтиво̄ст"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "act of being polite",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"feminine"
],
"word": "ùljudnōst"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "act of being polite",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"feminine"
],
"word": "ùčtivōst"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "act of being polite",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "zdvorilosť"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "act of being polite",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "vljudnost"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "act of being polite",
"word": "educación"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "act of being polite",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "cortesía"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "act of being polite",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "artighet"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "act of being polite",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "hövlighet"
},
{
"code": "tg",
"lang": "Tajik",
"roman": "odob",
"sense": "act of being polite",
"word": "одоб"
},
{
"code": "tg",
"lang": "Tajik",
"roman": "nazokat",
"sense": "act of being polite",
"word": "назокат"
},
{
"code": "te",
"lang": "Telugu",
"roman": "sabhyata",
"sense": "act of being polite",
"word": "సభ్యత"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "kwaam-sù-pâap",
"sense": "act of being polite",
"word": "ความสุภาพ"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "act of being polite",
"word": "nezaket"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "act of being polite",
"word": "incelik"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "act of being polite",
"word": "kibarlık"
},
{
"code": "tk",
"lang": "Turkmen",
"sense": "act of being polite",
"word": "sypaýçylyk"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "vvíčlyvistʹ",
"sense": "act of being polite",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "вві́чливість"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "čémnistʹ",
"sense": "act of being polite",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "че́мність"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "gréčnistʹ",
"sense": "act of being polite",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ґре́чність"
},
{
"code": "ur",
"lang": "Urdu",
"roman": "adab",
"sense": "act of being polite",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ادب"
},
{
"code": "ur",
"lang": "Urdu",
"roman": "nazākat",
"sense": "act of being polite",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "نزاکت"
},
{
"code": "uz",
"lang": "Uzbek",
"sense": "act of being polite",
"word": "xushmuomalalik"
},
{
"code": "uz",
"lang": "Uzbek",
"sense": "act of being polite",
"word": "adab"
},
{
"code": "uz",
"lang": "Uzbek",
"sense": "act of being polite",
"word": "nazokat"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "act of being polite",
"word": "sự lịch sự"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"politeness"
],
"word": "politeness"
}
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