It's a matter of etiquette.
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Etiquette
//ˈɛt.ɪˌkɛt//
Synonyms for "etiquette" (97 found)
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Closest matches (20)
Strong matches (29)
Related words (48)
gracelaudatorymannermannersmisbehaviormoresnatural politenessobservancepanegyricalpoint of etiquettepolitenesspolitessepoor behaviorpracticepraisefulpraxisprescriptionproper thingproprietiespropriety
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protocolpunctilioquiet good mannersrespectritualrulerules of conductsanctioned behaviorseemlinesssociabilitysocial codesocial conductsocial conventionsocial gracesocial gracessocial proceduressocial usagestandard behaviorstandard usagestanding customtime-honored practicetraditionusageusewaywhat is donewontwonting
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1 entriescapable of
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2 entriesrelated to
41 entriesShowing 16 of 41 words.
Translations
106 translations across 56 languages.
Arabic
3 entries- آدَاب noun (forms to be observed in social or official life)
- اتيكيت noun (forms to be observed in social or official life)
- ذَوْق noun (forms to be observed in social or official life)
Armenian
2 entries- էտիկետ noun (forms to be observed in social or official life)
- վարվելակարգ noun (forms to be observed in social or official life)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- etiket noun (forms to be observed in social or official life)
Belarusian
1 entries- этыке́т noun (forms to be observed in social or official life)
Bengali
1 entries- আদব noun (forms to be observed in social or official life)
Bulgarian
3 entries- етике́т noun (forms to be observed in social or official life)
- обича́й noun (customary behavior)
- протоко́л noun (forms to be observed in social or official life)
Catalan
2 entries- etiqueta noun (forms to be observed in social or official life)
- etiqueta noun (customary behavior)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 禮儀 /礼仪 noun (forms to be observed in social or official life)
- 禮節 /礼节 noun (forms to be observed in social or official life)
Czech
2 entries- etiketa noun (forms to be observed in social or official life)
- etiketa noun (customary behavior)
Danish
2 entries- etikette noun (forms to be observed in social or official life)
- etikette noun (customary behavior)
Dutch
1 entries- etiquette noun (forms to be observed in social or official life)
Esperanto
1 entries- etiketo noun (forms to be observed in social or official life)
Estonian
1 entries- etikett noun (forms to be observed in social or official life)
Finnish
1 entries- etiketti noun (forms to be observed in social or official life)
French
2 entries- étiquette noun (forms to be observed in social or official life)
- étiquette noun (customary behavior)
Galician
2 entries- etiqueta noun (forms to be observed in social or official life)
- etiqueta noun (customary behavior)
Georgian
2 entries- ეტიკეტი noun (forms to be observed in social or official life)
- ეტიკეტი noun (customary behavior)
German
2 entries- Etikette noun (forms to be observed in social or official life)
- Etikette noun (customary behavior)
Greek
1 entries- εθιμοτυπία noun (forms to be observed in social or official life)
Hebrew
1 entries- אֶתִיקָה noun (customary behavior)
Hindi
2 entries- शिष्टाचार noun (forms to be observed in social or official life)
- शिष्टाचार noun (customary behavior)
Hungarian
2 entries- etikett noun (forms to be observed in social or official life)
- etikett noun (customary behavior)
Ido
1 entries- etiqueto noun (forms to be observed in social or official life)
Indonesian
2 entries- etiket noun (forms to be observed in social or official life)
- etiket noun (customary behavior)
Irish
2 entries- béasaíocht noun (forms to be observed in social or official life)
- béasaíocht noun (customary behavior)
Italian
4 entries- comportamento noun (customary behavior)
- galateo noun (forms to be observed in social or official life)
- maniera noun (customary behavior)
- modi noun (customary behavior)
Japanese
4 entries- エチケット noun (forms to be observed in social or official life)
- マナー noun (forms to be observed in social or official life)
- 作法 noun (forms to be observed in social or official life)
- 礼儀 noun (forms to be observed in social or official life)
Kazakh
1 entries- этикет noun (forms to be observed in social or official life)
Korean
4 entries- 례의 noun (forms to be observed in social or official life)
- 례절 noun (forms to be observed in social or official life)
- 에티켓 noun (forms to be observed in social or official life)
- 예의 noun (forms to be observed in social or official life)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- этикет noun (forms to be observed in social or official life)
Lao
2 entries- ມະຣິຍາດ noun (forms to be observed in social or official life)
- ມັນລະຍາດ noun (forms to be observed in social or official life)
Latvian
1 entries- etiķete noun (forms to be observed in social or official life)
Lithuanian
1 entries- etiketas noun (forms to be observed in social or official life)
Macedonian
1 entries- бонтон noun (forms to be observed in social or official life)
Malay
1 entries- etiket noun (customary behavior)
Māori
4 entries- kawa noun (forms to be observed in social or official life)
- kawa noun (customary behavior)
- tikanga noun (forms to be observed in social or official life)
- tikanga noun (customary behavior)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- etikette noun (customary behavior)
- form noun (customary behavior)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- تربیه noun (forms to be observed in social or official life)
Persian
2 entries- آداب noun (forms to be observed in social or official life)
- اتیکت noun (forms to be observed in social or official life)
Polish
2 entries- etykieta noun (forms to be observed in social or official life)
- kurtuazja noun (forms to be observed in social or official life)
Portuguese
2 entries- etiqueta noun (forms to be observed in social or official life)
- etiqueta noun (customary behavior)
Romanian
2 entries- etichetă noun (forms to be observed in social or official life)
- etichetă noun (customary behavior)
Russian
3 entries- обы́чай noun (customary behavior)
- протоко́л noun (forms to be observed in social or official life)
- этике́т noun (forms to be observed in social or official life)
Serbo-Croatian
3 entries- etiketa noun (forms to be observed in social or official life)
- etiketa noun (customary behavior)
- етике́та noun (forms to be observed in social or official life)
Slovak
1 entries- etiketa noun (forms to be observed in social or official life)
Slovene
1 entries- bonton noun (forms to be observed in social or official life)
Spanish
4 entries- etiqueta noun (forms to be observed in social or official life)
- etiqueta noun (customary behavior)
- normas de etiqueta noun (customary behavior)
- reglas de etiqueta noun (forms to be observed in social or official life)
Swedish
2 entries- etikett noun (forms to be observed in social or official life)
- etikett noun (customary behavior)
Tajik
2 entries- одоб noun (forms to be observed in social or official life)
- этикет noun (forms to be observed in social or official life)
Thai
3 entries- จรรยา noun (forms to be observed in social or official life)
- มรรยาท noun (forms to be observed in social or official life)
- มารยาท noun (forms to be observed in social or official life)
Turkish
1 entries- görgü noun (forms to be observed in social or official life)
Ukrainian
1 entries- етике́т noun (forms to be observed in social or official life)
Uzbek
2 entries- etiket noun (forms to be observed in social or official life)
- odob noun (forms to be observed in social or official life)
Vietnamese
2 entries- lễ nghi noun (forms to be observed in social or official life)
- nghi lễ noun (forms to be observed in social or official life)
Welsh
2 entries- defod noun (forms to be observed in social or official life)
- moesau noun (forms to be observed in social or official life)
Yiddish
1 entries- עטיקעט noun (forms to be observed in social or official life)
Sample sentences
13 total sentences available.
It is not etiquette to do so.
Source: tatoeba (51153)
It is against etiquette to call on a person early in the morning.
Source: tatoeba (277835)
She was dismayed at their ignorance in etiquette.
Source: tatoeba (304928)
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