politesse

英 [,p?l?'tes] 美
  • n. 優(yōu)雅;禮貌;(法)客氣

中文詞源


politesse 禮貌,禮節(jié)

來(lái)自法語(yǔ)politesse,禮貌,禮節(jié),來(lái)自polite,有禮貌的,-esse,名詞后綴。

英文詞源


politesse (n.)
"civility," 1717, from French politesse (17c.), from Italian politezza, properly "the quality of being polite," from polito "polite," from Latin politus (see polite).