You should try to be more polite.
Source: tatoeba (17646)
Polite
//pəˈlaɪt//
Synonyms for "polite" (79 found)
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Closest matches (16)
Strong matches (24)
Related words (39)
Adjective(13 words)
formalgallantgentlegentlemanlygracefulladylikeniceorderlypleasantpolitically correctpresentableproperrefinedrespectfulshrewdsmoothsolicitoussuavetactfultasteful
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Adjective(1 words)
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3 entriesSynonyms
22 entriesShowing 16 of 22 words.
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3 entriesderived
13 entriesetymologically related_to
1 entriesis a
1 entriesrelated to
10 entriessimilar
8 entriesTranslations
120 translations across 66 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- beleefd adj (well-mannered)
Albanian
1 entries- i sjellshëm adj (well-mannered)
Arabic
2 entries- أَدِيب adj (well-mannered)
- مُؤَدَّب adj (well-mannered)
Armenian
1 entries- քաղաքավարի adj (well-mannered)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- nəzakətli adj (well-mannered)
Bashkir
2 entries- ихтирамлы adj (well-mannered)
- әҙәпле adj (well-mannered)
Belarusian
1 entries- ве́тлівы adj (well-mannered)
Breton
1 entries- seven adj (well-mannered)
Bulgarian
2 entries- ве́жлив adj (well-mannered)
- учти́в adj (well-mannered)
Burmese
3 entries- ညင်သာ adj (well-mannered)
- မွန်ရည် adj (well-mannered)
- ယဉ်ကျေ adj (well-mannered)
Catalan
3 entries- cortès adj (well-mannered)
- educat adj (well-mannered)
- polit adj (well-mannered)
Chinese Cantonese
2 entries- 斯文 adj (well-mannered)
- 有禮貌 /有礼貌 adj (well-mannered)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 客氣 /客气 adj (well-mannered)
- 斯文 adj (well-mannered)
- 有禮貌 /有礼貌 adj (well-mannered)
Czech
2 entries- slušný adj (well-mannered)
- zdvořilý adj (well-mannered)
Danish
1 entries- høflig adj (well-mannered)
Dutch
1 entries- beleefd adj (well-mannered)
Esperanto
1 entries- ĝentila adj (well-mannered)
Estonian
1 entries- viisakas adj (well-mannered)
Finnish
1 entries- kohtelias adj (well-mannered)
French
1 entries- poli adj (well-mannered)
Georgian
1 entries- თავაზიანი adj (well-mannered)
German
1 entries- höflich adj (well-mannered)
Greek
1 entries- ευγενικός adj (well-mannered)
Hebrew
1 entries- מְנוּמָס adj (well-mannered)
Hindi
4 entries- विनम्र adj (well-mannered)
- शिष्टाचारी adj (well-mannered)
- सज्जन adj (well-mannered)
- सभ्य adj (well-mannered)
Hungarian
1 entries- udvarias adj (well-mannered)
Icelandic
1 entries- kurteis adj (well-mannered)
Indonesian
1 entries- sopan adj (well-mannered)
Irish
2 entries- béasach adj (well-mannered)
- sibhialta adj (well-mannered)
Italian
2 entries- cortese adj (well-mannered)
- educato adj (well-mannered)
Japanese
2 entries- 丁寧 adj (well-mannered)
- 礼儀正しい adj (well-mannered)
Kazakh
2 entries- биязы adj (well-mannered)
- әдепті adj (well-mannered)
Khmer
2 entries- គួរសម adj (well-mannered)
- ចេះគួរសម adj (well-mannered)
Korean
1 entries- 공손하다 adj (well-mannered)
Kyrgyz
2 entries- адептүү adj (well-mannered)
- сылык adj (well-mannered)
Lao
1 entries- ສຸພາບ adj (well-mannered)
Latin
1 entries- cōmis adj (well-mannered)
Latvian
1 entries- pieklājīgs adj (well-mannered)
Lithuanian
1 entries- mandagus adj (well-mannered)
Macedonian
1 entries- учтив adj (well-mannered)
Malay
1 entries- sopan adj (well-mannered)
Malayalam
1 entries- മര്യാദയുള്ള adj (well-mannered)
Mongolian
1 entries- эелдэг adj (well-mannered)
Norman
1 entries- poli adj (well-mannered)
Norwegian
1 entries- høflig adj (well-mannered)
Ottoman Turkish
3 entries- تربیهلو adj (well-mannered)
- كبار adj (well-mannered)
- نازك adj (well-mannered)
Persian
1 entries- مؤدب adj (well-mannered)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- heeflich adj (well-mannered)
Polish
2 entries- grzeczny adj (well-mannered)
- uprzejmy adj (well-mannered)
Portuguese
3 entries- cortês adj (well-mannered)
- educado adj (well-mannered)
- polido adj (well-mannered)
Romanian
1 entries- politicos adj (well-mannered)
Russian
2 entries- ве́жливый adj (well-mannered)
- учти́вый adj (well-mannered)
Scottish Gaelic
3 entries- cùirteil adj (well-mannered)
- modhail adj (well-mannered)
- suairc adj (well-mannered)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- odgojen adj (well-mannered)
- uljudan adj (well-mannered)
- ùčtiv adj (well-mannered)
- одгојен adj (well-mannered)
Slovak
2 entries- slušný adj (well-mannered)
- zdvorilý adj (well-mannered)
Slovene
1 entries- vljuden adj (well-mannered)
Spanish
3 entries- cortés adj (well-mannered)
- de buena educación adj (well-mannered)
- educado adj (well-mannered)
Swedish
2 entries- artig adj (well-mannered)
- hövlig adj (well-mannered)
Tajik
4 entries- боадаб adj (well-mannered)
- боназокат adj (well-mannered)
- муаддаб adj (well-mannered)
- мулоим adj (well-mannered)
Thai
1 entries- สุภาพ adj (well-mannered)
Turkish
2 entries- kibar adj (well-mannered)
- nazik adj (well-mannered)
Turkmen
3 entries- edepli adj (well-mannered)
- hoşamaý adj (well-mannered)
- näzik adj (well-mannered)
Ukrainian
3 entries- вві́чливий adj (well-mannered)
- че́мний adj (well-mannered)
- ґре́чний adj (well-mannered)
Uzbek
4 entries- adabli adj (well-mannered)
- boadab adj (well-mannered)
- muyolim adj (well-mannered)
- nazokatli adj (well-mannered)
Vietnamese
2 entries- lễ phép adj (well-mannered)
- lịch sự adj (well-mannered)
Walloon
2 entries- oniesse adj (well-mannered)
- poli adj (well-mannered)
Sample sentences
16 total sentences available.
It was just polite applause.
Source: tatoeba (20028)
You cannot be too polite when you meet the president.
Source: tatoeba (22348)
You must be more polite.
Source: tatoeba (30359)
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