table manners

English

Noun

table manners pl (plural only)

1. An accepted code of conduct for behaviour at a dining table.

   Basic table manners were covered in the first day of finishing school, but more followed.

2. The behavior of a person while dining.

   Some of the children had good table manners; some not.

Translations

Translations

• Spanish: modales de mesa m pl, modales en la mesa m pl