Some people say that English politeness is, at bottom, really fear.
Source: tatoeba (26138)
Politeness
//pəˈlaɪtnəs//
Synonyms for "politeness" (63 found)
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Closest matches (13)
Strong matches (19)
Related words (31)
Related word relations
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2 entriesSynonyms
1 entriesderived
1 entriesderived from
1 entriesis a
2 entriesrelated to
1 entriesTranslations
90 translations across 56 languages.
Albanian
1 entries- mirësjellje noun (act of being polite)
Arabic
1 entries- أَدَب noun (act of being polite)
Armenian
1 entries- քաղաքավարություն noun (act of being polite)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- nəzakət noun (act of being polite)
Belarusian
2 entries- ве́тласць noun (act of being polite)
- ве́тлівасць noun (act of being polite)
Bulgarian
2 entries- ве́жливост noun (act of being polite)
- учти́вост noun (act of being polite)
Burmese
1 entries- ယဉ်ကျေးမှု noun (act of being polite)
Catalan
1 entries- educació cortesia noun (act of being polite)
Chinese Cantonese
1 entries- 禮貌 /礼貌 noun (act of being polite)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 客氣 /客气 noun (act of being polite)
- 禮貌 /礼貌 noun (act of being polite)
Czech
1 entries- zdvořilost noun (act of being polite)
Danish
1 entries- høflighed noun (act of being polite)
Dutch
2 entries- beleefdheid noun (act of being polite)
- hoffelijkheid noun (act of being polite)
Esperanto
1 entries- ĝentilaĵo noun (act of being polite)
Estonian
1 entries- viisakus noun (act of being polite)
Finnish
1 entries- kohteliaisuus noun (act of being polite)
French
1 entries- politesse noun (act of being polite)
Georgian
1 entries- ზრდილობა noun (act of being polite)
German
1 entries- Höflichkeit noun (act of being polite)
Greek
1 entries- ευγένεια noun (act of being polite)
Hebrew
2 entries- אֲדִיבוּת noun (act of being polite)
- נִימוּס noun (act of being polite)
Hindi
4 entries- अदब noun (act of being polite)
- नज़ाकत noun (act of being polite)
- शिष्टता noun (act of being polite)
- सभ्यता noun (act of being polite)
Hungarian
1 entries- udvariasság noun (act of being polite)
Icelandic
1 entries- kurteisi noun (act of being polite)
Italian
1 entries- cortesia noun (act of being polite)
Japanese
2 entries- 丁寧さ noun (act of being polite)
- 礼儀正しさ noun (act of being polite)
Kazakh
2 entries- сыпайылық noun (act of being polite)
- әдептілік noun (act of being polite)
Korean
4 entries- 공손 noun (act of being polite)
- 공손함 noun (act of being polite)
- 례의 noun (act of being polite)
- 예의 noun (act of being polite)
Kyrgyz
2 entries- адептүүлүк noun (act of being polite)
- сылыктык noun (act of being polite)
Latin
1 entries- cōmitās noun (act of being polite)
Latvian
1 entries- pieklājība noun (act of being polite)
Lithuanian
1 entries- mandagumas noun (act of being polite)
Luxembourgish
1 entries- Héiflechkeet noun (act of being polite)
Macedonian
1 entries- учтивост noun (act of being polite)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- høflighet noun (act of being polite)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- نازكلك noun (act of being polite)
Persian
2 entries- ادب noun (act of being polite)
- نزاکت noun (act of being polite)
Polish
3 entries- grzeczność noun (act of being polite)
- kurtuazja noun (act of being polite)
- uprzejmość noun (act of being polite)
Portuguese
2 entries- educação noun (act of being polite)
- polidez noun (act of being polite)
Romanian
3 entries- amabilitate noun (act of being polite)
- civilitate noun (act of being polite)
- politețe noun (act of being polite)
Russian
2 entries- ве́жливость noun (act of being polite)
- учти́вость noun (act of being polite)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- modh noun (act of being polite)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- ùljudnōst noun (act of being polite)
- ùčtivōst noun (act of being polite)
- у̀чтиво̄ст noun (act of being polite)
- у̀људно̄ст noun (act of being polite)
Slovak
1 entries- zdvorilosť noun (act of being polite)
Slovene
1 entries- vljudnost noun (act of being polite)
Spanish
2 entries- cortesía noun (act of being polite)
- educación noun (act of being polite)
Swedish
2 entries- artighet noun (act of being polite)
- hövlighet noun (act of being polite)
Tajik
2 entries- назокат noun (act of being polite)
- одоб noun (act of being polite)
Telugu
1 entries- సభ్యత noun (act of being polite)
Thai
1 entries- ความสุภาพ noun (act of being polite)
Turkish
3 entries- incelik noun (act of being polite)
- kibarlık noun (act of being polite)
- nezaket noun (act of being polite)
Turkmen
1 entries- sypaýçylyk noun (act of being polite)
Ukrainian
3 entries- вві́чливість noun (act of being polite)
- че́мність noun (act of being polite)
- ґре́чність noun (act of being polite)
Urdu
2 entries- ادب noun (act of being polite)
- نزاکت noun (act of being polite)
Uzbek
3 entries- adab noun (act of being polite)
- nazokat noun (act of being polite)
- xushmuomalalik noun (act of being polite)
Vietnamese
1 entries- sự lịch sự noun (act of being polite)
Sample sentences
11 total sentences available.
This is because of the difference between Japanese politeness and American politeness.
Source: tatoeba (55472)
Therefore it is important for us to be aware of other forms of politeness.
Source: tatoeba (247213)
We should remember that politeness doesn't function at the conscious level.
Source: tatoeba (249498)
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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.