politesse

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Definition von politesse im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch

Civility, politeness, courtesy or gallantry; or an instance of this

The reference in his letter to ‘having a drink’ is of course just an empty politesse.

{i} politeness, courteousness, state of having good manners

civility, politeness, courtesy or gallantry

Politeness

Silbentrennung

pol·i·tesse

Etymologie

() From the French politesse, from the Italian politezza, from polito, past participle of pulire (“to polish”, “to clean”), from the Latin polire, present active infinite form of poliō (“I polish”, “I smooth”).