"cortese" meaning in Italian

See cortese in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /korˈte.ze/ Forms: cortesi [plural], cortesissimo [superlative]
Rhymes: -eze Head templates: {{it-adj|sup=cortesissimo}} cortese m or f by sense (plural cortesi, superlative cortesissimo)
  1. courteous, polite, kind Tags: by-personal-gender, feminine, masculine
    Sense id: en-cortese-it-adj-oZ7SE2wr Categories (other): Italian entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Italian entries with incorrect language header: 83 17 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 100 0 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 100 0
  2. courtly (poetic) Tags: by-personal-gender, feminine, masculine
    Sense id: en-cortese-it-adj-jKBdk~cs
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: gentile Derived forms: amor cortese, cortesemente, cortesia, lirica cortese, romanzo cortese

Inflected forms

{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "word": "scortese"
    }
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "amor cortese"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "cortesemente"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "cortesia"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "lirica cortese"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "romanzo cortese"
    }
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "cortesi",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cortesissimo",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "sup": "cortesissimo"
      },
      "expansion": "cortese m or f by sense (plural cortesi, superlative cortesissimo)",
      "name": "it-adj"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "cor‧té‧se"
  ],
  "hyphenations": [
    {
      "parts": [
        "cor‧té‧se"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Italian",
  "lang_code": "it",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "83 17",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Italian entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "100 0",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "100 0",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              14,
              21
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              15,
              21
            ]
          ],
          "english": "He's been very polite!",
          "text": "È stato molto cortese!",
          "translation": "He's been very polite!",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "courteous, polite, kind"
      ],
      "id": "en-cortese-it-adj-oZ7SE2wr",
      "links": [
        [
          "courteous",
          "courteous"
        ],
        [
          "polite",
          "polite"
        ],
        [
          "kind",
          "kind"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "by-personal-gender",
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "courtly (poetic)"
      ],
      "id": "en-cortese-it-adj-jKBdk~cs",
      "links": [
        [
          "courtly",
          "courtly"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "by-personal-gender",
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/korˈte.ze/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-eze"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "gentile"
    }
  ],
  "word": "cortese"
}
{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "word": "scortese"
    }
  ],
  "categories": [
    "Italian 3-syllable words",
    "Italian adjectives",
    "Italian entries with incorrect language header",
    "Italian epicene adjectives",
    "Italian lemmas",
    "Italian terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Rhymes:Italian/eze",
    "Rhymes:Italian/eze/3 syllables"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "amor cortese"
    },
    {
      "word": "cortesemente"
    },
    {
      "word": "cortesia"
    },
    {
      "word": "lirica cortese"
    },
    {
      "word": "romanzo cortese"
    }
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "cortesi",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cortesissimo",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "sup": "cortesissimo"
      },
      "expansion": "cortese m or f by sense (plural cortesi, superlative cortesissimo)",
      "name": "it-adj"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "cor‧té‧se"
  ],
  "hyphenations": [
    {
      "parts": [
        "cor‧té‧se"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Italian",
  "lang_code": "it",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Italian terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              14,
              21
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              15,
              21
            ]
          ],
          "english": "He's been very polite!",
          "text": "È stato molto cortese!",
          "translation": "He's been very polite!",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "courteous, polite, kind"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "courteous",
          "courteous"
        ],
        [
          "polite",
          "polite"
        ],
        [
          "kind",
          "kind"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "by-personal-gender",
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "courtly (poetic)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "courtly",
          "courtly"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "by-personal-gender",
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/korˈte.ze/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-eze"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "gentile"
    }
  ],
  "word": "cortese"
}

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