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From polite + -ness .
IPA (key ) : /pəˈlaɪtnəs/
Hyphenation: po‧lite‧ness
politeness (usually uncountable , plural politenesses )
( uncountable ) The quality of being polite .
( countable ) A polite act.
1938 , Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent , 1st Australian edition, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith , published 1962 , →OCLC , page 145 :These politenesses left Miss Marley floundering for initiative, holding Jasper and being solemnly inspected by Podson, who clearly depended on her the convention of an afternoon call.
act of being polite
Albanian: mirësjellje (sq) f
Arabic: أَدَب (ar) m ( ʔadab )
Armenian: քաղաքավարություն (hy) ( kʻaġakʻavarutʻyun )
Azerbaijani: nəzakət (az)
Belarusian: ве́тлівасць f ( vjétlivascʹ ) , ве́тласць f ( vjétlascʹ )
Bulgarian: учти́вост (bg) f ( učtívost ) , ве́жливост (bg) f ( véžlivost )
Burmese: ယဉ်ကျေးမှု (my) ( yanykye:hmu. )
Catalan: educació (ca) cortesia (ca) f
Chinese:
Cantonese: 禮貌 / 礼貌 ( lai5 maau6 )
Mandarin: 禮貌 / 礼貌 (zh) ( lǐmào ) , 客氣 / 客气 (zh) ( kèqi, kèqì )
Czech: zdvořilost (cs) f
Danish: høflighed c
Dutch: beleefdheid (nl) f , hoffelijkheid (nl) f
Esperanto: ĝentilaĵo
Estonian: viisakus
Finnish: kohteliaisuus (fi)
French: politesse (fr) f
Georgian: ზრდილობა ( zrdiloba )
German: Höflichkeit (de) f
Greek: ευγένεια (el) f ( evgéneia )
Hebrew: נִימוּס (he) m ( nimús ) , אֲדִיבוּת (he) f ( adivút )
Hindi: शिष्टता (hi) f ( śiṣṭatā ) , अदब (hi) m ( adab ) , नज़ाकत f ( nazākat ) , सभ्यता (hi) f ( sabhyatā )
Hungarian: udvariasság (hu)
Icelandic: kurteisi (is) n
Italian: cortesia (it) f
Japanese: 丁寧さ (ja) ( ていねいさ, teineisa ) , 礼儀正しさ (ja) ( れいぎただしさ, reigitadashisa )
Kazakh: әдептілік ( ädeptılık ) , сыпайылық ( sypaiylyq )
Korean: 예의 (ko) ( yeui ) , 례의 (ko) ( ryeui ) ( North Korea ) , 공손 (ko) ( gongson ) , 공손함 (ko) ( gongsonham )
Kyrgyz: адептүүлүк (ky) ( adeptüülük ) , сылыктык (ky) ( sılıktık )
Latin: cōmitās f
Latvian: pieklājība f
Lithuanian: mandagumas m
Luxembourgish: Héiflechkeet f
Macedonian: учтивост f ( učtivost )
Norwegian:
Bokmål: høflighet (no) m or f
Persian: ادب (fa) ( adab ) , نزاکت (fa) ( nezâkat )
Polish: uprzejmość (pl) f , grzeczność (pl) f , kurtuazja (pl) f
Portuguese: educação (pt) f , polidez (pt) f
Romanian: politețe (ro) f , amabilitate (ro) f , civilitate f
Russian: ве́жливость (ru) f ( véžlivostʹ ) , учти́вость (ru) f ( učtívostʹ )
Scottish Gaelic: modh m or f
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: у̀људно̄ст f , у̀чтиво̄ст f
Roman: ùljudnōst (sh) f , ùčtivōst (sh) f
Slovak: zdvorilosť f
Slovene: vljudnost (sl) f
Spanish: educación (es) , cortesía (es) f
Swedish: artighet (sv) c , hövlighet (sv) c
Tajik: одоб (tg) ( odob ) , назокат ( nazokat )
Telugu: సభ్యత (te) ( sabhyata )
Thai: ความสุภาพ (th) ( kwaam-sù-pâap )
Turkish: nezaket (tr) , incelik (tr) , kibarlık (tr)
Turkmen: sypaýçylyk
Ukrainian: вві́чливість (uk) f ( vvíčlyvistʹ ) , че́мність f ( čémnistʹ ) , ґре́чність (uk) f ( gréčnistʹ )
Urdu: ادب m ( adab ) , نزاکت f ( nazākat )
Uzbek: xushmuomalalik (uz) , adab (uz) , nazokat (uz)
Vietnamese: sự lịch sự (vi)