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Politeness

Definition: Politeness

Politeness

Noun

1. A courteous manner that respects accepted social usage.

2. The act of showing regard for others.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "politeness" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1258. (references)


Specialty Definitions: Politeness

DomainDefinitions

Satire

POLITENESS, n. The most acceptable hypocrisy. Source: Devil's Dictionary.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Specialty Definition: Politeness

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

Politeness is best expressed as the practical application of good manners or etiquette. It is a culturally defined phenomenon, and what is considered polite in one culture can often be quite rude in another.

While the goal of politeness is to make all of the parties relaxed and comfortable with one another, these culturally defined standards at times may be manipulated to inflict shame on a designated party.

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Politeness."

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Synonyms: Politeness

Synonyms: civility (n), niceness (n). (additional references)
Antonym: impoliteness (n). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Politeness

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Courtesy

Noun: courtesy; respect; good manners, good behavior, good breeding; manners; politeness; Adjective: bienseance, urbanity, comity, gentility, breeding, polish, presence; civility, civilization; amenity, suavity; good temper, good humor; amiability, easy temper, complacency, soft tongue, mansuetude; condescension; (humility); affability, complaisance, pr_venance, amability, gallantry; pink of politeness, pink of courtesy.

Fashion

Manners, breeding; (politeness); air, demeanor; (appearance); savoir faire; gentlemanliness, gentility, decorum, propriety, biens_ance; conventions of society; Mrs. Grundy; punctilio; form, formality; etiquette, point of etiquette; dress.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Politeness

English words defined with "politeness": civility, Civillty, courteous, Courteousness, Courtesy titlediscourtesygraciousniceoffence, offense, offensive activitywith politeness. (references)
Specialty definitions using "politeness": netiquettePoliteness. (references)

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Modern Usage: Politeness

DomainUsage

Screenplays

I'm allergic to politeness. (Written on the Wind; writing credit: Robert Wilder; George Zuckerman)

Clever

The best way to beat your enemy is to beat him at politeness. (references; author: unknown)

Treat everyone with politeness, even those who are rude to you; not because they are nice, but because you are. (references; author: unknown)

Movie/TV Titles

Politeness Pays (1914)

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Commercial Usage: Politeness

DomainTitle

Books

  • A Critique of Politeness Theories (Encounters (Manchester, England).) (reference)

  • Expressions of Politeness & Gratitude: Towards a General Theory (reference)

  • Gender, Politeness and Pragmatic Particles in French (Pragmatics and Beyond. New Series, 104) (reference)

  • Linguistic Politeness Across Boundaries (Pragmatics and Beyond New Series) (reference)

  • Politeness : Some Universals in Language Usage (reference)

    (more book examples)

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Photo Album: Politeness

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Politeness pays. Credit: Library of Congress.

Lessons in politeness. Credit: Library of Congress.

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Familiar Quotations: Politeness

AuthorQuotation

Alexander Pope

True politeness consists in being easy one's self, and in making every one about one as easy as one can.

Arthur Schopenhauer

Politeness is to human nature what warmth is to wax.

Honore de Balzac

Virtue, perhaps, is nothing more than politeness of soul.

Jean De La Bruyere

Politeness makes one appear outwardly as they should be within.

Joseph Joubert

Politeness is the flower of humanity.

Lord Chesterfield

Politeness is as much concerned in answering letters within a reasonable time, as it is in returning a bow, immediately.

Louis XVIII

Punctuality is the politeness of kings.

Marguerite Gardiner Blessington

The chief prerequisite for a escort is to have a flexible conscience and an inflexible politeness.

Oliver Goldsmith

Ceremonies are different in every country, but true politeness is everywhere the same.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Use in Literature: Politeness

TitleAuthorQuote

Emma

Austen, Jane

Wrapt up in a cloak of politeness, she seemed determined to hazard nothing.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Politeness

SubjectTopicQuote

Travel

Singapore

For the sake of politeness and respect, it is wise to address a business person by the last name rather than the first name - unless an immediate rapport is developed. (references)

Saudi Arabia

One to three cups of Saudi coffee should be taken for politeness, after which the cup should be wiggled between thumb and forefinger when returning it to the server to indicate that you have finished. (references)

Saudi Arabia

For the most part travelers can rely on the usual Western manners and standards of politeness to see them through, with a few additional rules that may be observed. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: Politeness

"Politeness" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 98.25% of the time. "Politeness" is used about 229 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (singular)98.25%22520,080
Noun (plural)1.31%3202,518
Noun (proper)0.44%1339,140
                    Total100.00%229N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expressions: Politeness

Expressions using "politeness": pink of politeness with politeness. Additional references.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Politeness

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

politeness

11

politeness pragmatics principle

3
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Modern Translation: Politeness

Language Translations for "politeness"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Afrikaans

  

beleefdheid (courtesy). (various references)

   

Albanian

  

xhentilesë (courtesy, kindness), njerëzi (civility, comity, courtesy, courtliness, decency, humanity, Lord, mankind, people, public, world), mirësjellje (civility, complaisance, courtesy, decency, mannerliness, suavity, urbanity), edukatë. (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏كياسة (civility, comity, complaisance, complaisant, courtesy, delicacy, elegance, grace, refinement, urbanity), ‏لطف (affableness, allay, alleviate, amenity, amiability, appease, assuage, attemper, attenuate, benignity, civility, courtesy, ease, extenuate, friendliness, geniality, gentleness, kindness, lighten, mildness, mitigate, moderate, modify, mollify, palliate, qualify, quell, relax, relieve, smooth, soften, softness, soothe, suavity, sweeten, temper, tone down, urbanity), ‏تهذيب (breeding, cultivation, culture, discipline, edification, expurgation, polish, precept, pruning, purgation, refinement, reformation, retouch, revision, sublimation, urbanity), ‏أدب أخلاق (civility, letter). (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

учтивост (civility, courtesy, gentility), вежливост (affability, amenity, comity, complaisance, courtliness, delicacy, urbanity), любезност (affability, amenity, amiability, civility, decency, douceur, fairness, goodness, kindness, mellowness, pleasantness), изтънченост (courtliness, daintiness, delicacy, discrimination, nicety, polish, refinement, sophistication, subtlety, urbanity), изисканост (accomplishments, class, daintiness, elegance, elegancy, neatness, polish, refinement, stylishness, suavity, subtlety, urbanity). (various references)

   

Chinese 

  

礼貌 (Courtesies, Courtesy, Polite), 有禮貌 (courteous, polite). (various references)

   

Czech

  

zdvořilost (civility, comity, courtesy, mannerliness, respectfulness, urbanity), uhlazenost (polish, refinement), slušnost (decency, decorum, equitation, propriety), kultivovanost (graciousness, sophistication). (various references)

   

Danish

  

høflighed. (various references)

   

Dutch

  

beleefdheid (courtesy). (various references)

   

Esperanto

  

ĝentileco. (various references)

   

Finnish

  

kohteliaisuus (compliment, courtesy). (various references)

   

French

  

politesse. (various references)

   

German

  

höflichkeit (amenity, blandness, civility, comity, compliment, cordiality, courteousness, courtesy, courtliness, pleasantry, suavity, urbanity). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

ευγένεια (chivalry, civility, comity, complaisance, consideration for, courtesy, cousteousness, delicacy, gallantry, gentility, gentleness, graciousness, humaneness, ladyship, loftiness, nobility, nobleness, refinement, respectfulness, tactfulness, urbanity, urbanness). (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

א"יבות (affability, courtesy, courtliness, kindness, mannerliness), "רך ארץ (courtesy), ימוסיות (courtesy, mannerliness), ימוס (courtesy, etiquette, observance, tact, usage). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

udvariasság (affability, attention, chivalry, civility, comity, complacency, complaisance, courtesy, courtliness, gallantry, mannerliness, neighborliness, neighbourliness, obsequiousness, urbanity). (various references)

   

Indonesian

  

tata adab (good manners), sopan-santun (civility, courteousness, courtesy), kesopanan (courtesy, culture, decency, propriety), basa-basi (courtesy, fashion). (various references)

   

Italian

  

cortesia (civility, comity, complaisance, courteousness, courtesy, courtliness, Favor, favour, friendliness, gentleness, goodness, goodwill, kindness, urbanity). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

礼節 (decorum, propriety), 切々 (feeling of loneliness), 切切 (feeling of loneliness). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

せつせつ (feeling of loneliness), れいせつ (decorum, propriety). (various references)

   

Manx

  

cooyrtoilid (courtesy). (various references)

   

Papiamen

  

gentilesa. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

olitenesspay

   

Polish

  

grzeczność. (various references)

   

Portuguese

  

cortesia (amenity, attention, civility, comity, courtesy, gallantry, mannerliness, suavity, urbanity). (various references)

   

Romanian

  

politeţe (civility, comity, complaisance, courtesy, courtliness, decency, form, mannerliness), bunã creştere (accomplishment, breeding, mannerliness), amabilitate (affability, amability, amiability, amiableness, blandness, civility, courteousness, courtesy, Favor, favour, gentleness, kindness, obligingness, willingness). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

учтивость (courtesy, suaveness, suavity), вежливость (affability, civility, comity, courtesy, courtliness, mannerliness, urbanity). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

uglađenost (nicety, polish, refinement, smoothness, suavity), učtivost (civility, comity, complaisance, courtesy, mannerliness, obligingness). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

cortesía (affability, candidness, chivalry, civility, comity, courtesy, curtsey, curtsy, decency, gallantry, suavity, urbanity), atenciones (affairs, civility). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

artighet (courtesy, mannerliness), hövlighet (civility, comity). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

terbiye (breeding, cultivation, decency, dressage, dressing, education, liaison, manners, nurture, sauce, schooling, seasoning), nezaket (affability, civility, comity, complaisance, courtesy, daintiness, decency, decorum, delicacy, devoirs, gallantry, gentleness, grace, gracefulness, graciousness, keenness, kindliness, kindness, mildness, polish, suavity, sweetness, urbaneness, urbanity), naziklik (affability, discretion, sweetness), incelik (civility, courtesy, daintiness, delicacy, discretion, elaborateness, fineness, finesse, fragility, grace, gracefulness, keenness, niceness, nicety, point, polish, refinement, slenderness, slightness, slimness, subtility, subtlety, tact, thinness, touch), edep (decency, decorum, manners). (various references)

   

Turkmen 

  

sypaязylyk (courtesy), edeplilik, edep (breeding). (various references)

   

Ukrainian

  

ввічливість (affability, civility, comity, complaisance, courtesy, courtliness, decency, mannerliness, suavity, urbanity). (various references)

   

Vietnamese 

  

sự lễ phép, sự lễ độ (civility, good breeding), sự lịch thiệp (comity), sự lịch sự (affability, affableness, chic, comity, courteousness, courtesy, courtliness, refinement). (various references)

   

Welsh

  

moesgarwch. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Politeness

Derivations

Words beginning with "politeness": politenesses. (additional references)

Words ending with "politeness": impoliteness. (additional references)

Words containing "politeness": impolitenesses. (additional references)


Misspellings

"Politeness" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Pointiness, polishness, polyene, polygenes. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Politeness"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "politeness" (pronounced pulī"tnus)
6-l ī" t n u slightness.
5-ī" t n u sbrightness, forthrightness, rightness, tightness, whiteness.
4-t n u sabruptness, absoluteness, acuteness, alertness, appropriateness, astuteness, bluntness, compactness, completeness, correctness, cuteness, directness, earnestness, eyewitness, faintness, fastness, fitness, flatness, gauntness, greatness, ineptness, inertness, lateness, lightfastness, neatness, quietness, remoteness, robustness, separateness, shortness, softness, steadfastness, stoutness, sweetness, swiftness, tartness, unpleasantness, vastness, wetness, witness.
3-n u saggressiveness, agribusiness, airworthiness, aloofness, alumnus, Anas, androgynous, anise, arbitrariness, assertiveness, asynchronous, attentiveness, attractiveness, awareness, awfulness, awkwardness, backwardness, badness, bagginess, baldness, bearishness, bigness, bitterness, bituminous, blackness, blandness, bleakness, blindness, boldness, bonus, boorishness, brashness, bullishness, business, callousness, calmness, carelessness, casualness, cautiousness, cavernous, cheapness, chitinous, cleanliness, cleanness, cleverness, closeness, cloudiness, clumsiness, cockiness, cohesiveness, coldness, Colonus, combativeness, competitiveness, consciousness, contagiousness, contentiousness, contrariness, Conus, coolness, coziness, craziness, creativeness, creditworthiness, creepiness, crispness, crookedness, dampness, darkness, Deaconess, deadliness, deafness, decisiveness, defensiveness, destructiveness, disingenuousness, distinctiveness, divisiveness, dizziness, dreariness, drowsiness, drunkenness, dryness, dullness, eagerness, edginess, effectiveness, elusiveness, emptiness, evenness, exogenous, fairness, farsightedness, fickleness, firmness, fondness, foolishness, forcefulness, forgiveness, foulness, fractiousness, frankness, freshness, friendliness, frothiness, fullness, funniness, furnace, gayness, gelatinous, gentleness, genuineness, genus, ghastliness, gluttonous, goodness, governess, graciousness, greenness, grimness, hairiness, handedness, happiness, hardness, harmfulness, harness, harshness, heinous, helplessness, highness, hoarseness, holiness, homelessness, homesickness, homogenous, hopefulness, hopelessness, humanness, idleness, illness, inclusiveness, indebtedness, indecisiveness, indigenous, ineffectiveness, intravenous, intrusiveness, inventiveness, joblessness, Johannes, kindness, larcenous, largeness, lawlessness, laziness, lenis, likeness, liveliness, loneliness, lousiness, luminous, madness, Manus, meanness, membranous, menace, Minas, mindedness, minus, monotonous, mountainous, mutinous, narrowness, nastiness, nearsightedness, nervousness, newness, niceness, niggardliness, nitrogenous, nonbusiness, nonpoisonous, nosiness, nothingness, numbness, ominous, oneness, onus, openness, orderliness, otherness, outrageousness, outspokenness, pandanus, peacefulness, penis, permissiveness, persuasiveness, pervasiveness, pettiness, playfulness, poisonous, polygynous, pompousness, possessiveness, powerlessness, preparedness, queasiness, quickness, raciness, randomness, rareness, ravenous, rawness, readiness, reasonableness, rebelliousness, recklessness, redness, resistiveness, resourcefulness, responsiveness, restiveness, restlessness, restrictiveness, richness, righteousness, riskiness, roominess, roughness, rowdiness, rudeness, ruinous, ruthlessness, sacredness, sadness, Salinas, sameness, scantiness, secretiveness, selfishness, selflessness, sensitiveness, seriousness, shakiness, shallowness, sharpness, shortsightedness, shrewdness, shyness, sickness, silliness, sinus, skittishness, slackness, sleepiness, sloppiness, slovenliness, slowness, sluggishness, slyness, smallness, smoothness, smugness, solitariness, soundness, spiritedness, squeamishness, starkness, steadiness, steepness, sternness, stiffness, stillness, stinginess, strangeness, stubbornness, sturdiness, suddenness, suggestiveness, tardiness, tastiness, tenderness, tetanus, thickness, thinness, thoroughness, thoughtfulness, timeliness, tiredness, togetherness, toughness, trustworthiness, truthfulness, ugliness, unconsciousness, uneasiness, unfairness, unhappiness, uniqueness, unwieldiness, unwillingness, usefulness, vagueness, venous, viciousness, villainous, vindictiveness, vividness, voluminous, wariness, wastefulness, waterishness, weakness, weariness, weightlessness, weirdness, wellness, wholeness, wholesomeness, wickedness, wilderness, wildness, willingness, wimpiness, wistfulness, wonderfulness, worldliness, worthiness, wryness.

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Anagrams: Politeness

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "e-e-i-l-n-o-p-s-s-t"

-1 letter: pointless, politesse.

-2 letters: epistles, epsilons, essonite, noteless, penlites, pentoses, petioles, pistoles, plenists, plenties, poetises, poetless, posteens, potlines, setlines, toneless, toplines.

-3 letters: enisles, enlists, ensiles, entoils, eosines, epistle, epsilon, etoiles, insoles, insteps, leptons, lesions, lioness, lisente, listees, listens, nestles, netless, nosiest, oleines, openest, pelisse, pelites, penises, penlite, pensile, pensils, pentose, peonies, pestles, petiole, pinoles.

 Words containing the letters "e-e-i-l-n-o-p-s-s-t"
 

+2 letters: despoilments, impoliteness, personalties, poeticalness, politenesses, portlinesses, siphonostele, telephonists.

 

+3 letters: personalities, pointlessness, preselections, siphonosteles, splenectomies.

 

+4 letters: compatibleness, conceptualises, encyclopedists, impolitenesses, incompleteness, isoproterenols, misemployments, phenomenalists, poeticalnesses, polyneuritises, pretensionless, profitableness, scleroproteins, splenectomizes, teleprocessing, toploftinesses.

 

+5 letters: complicatedness, exceptionalisms, exceptionalness, impersonalities, paleomagnetisms, paleomagnetists, pictorialnesses, pointlessnesses, proletarianises, serendipitously, superelevations, teleprocessings.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Politeness


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

50 6F 6C 69 74 65 6E 65 73 73

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

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Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010000 01101111 01101100 01101001 01110100 01100101 01101110 01100101 01110011 01110011

HTML Code (1990) (references)

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ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0050 006F 006C 0069 0074 0065 006E 0065 0073 0073

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

50817875867180718585

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Non-English Dictionaries with "Politeness"

LanguageCoverageLanguage Translations

Afrikaans

woordeboek, definisie, vertalingAfrikaans, бурски език, африканс, 南非荷兰语, afrikánština, Zuidafrikaans, afrikansa lingvo, afrikansa, d'Afrikanders, afrikanisch, Afrikander, Afrikaander, dél-afrikai holland nyelv, アフリカーンス語 , アフタ性口内炎 , アフリカーンス", アフリカーンス , африкаанс, afrikans, africaans, güney afrika hollanda lehçesi, бурська мова, người Nam phi, người H lan ở Kếp

Albanian

fjalor, qartësi, përcaktim, saktësi, transmetim, transferimAlbaans, Albanies, Albaniese taal, shqip, ‏الألبانية, ‏الألباني, албанец, албански език, албански, 阿"巴尼亚语, 阿爾巴尼亞人 , albánský, Albanees, albanialainen, Albanais, albaner, αλβανικόσ, Αλβανός, αλβανόσ, albán, albanese, Albaneagh, albanês, arnãut, albanez, arnãuţesc, албанский, albanski, albanac, albanés, alban, Arnavut, албанський, албанка, албанець

Arabic

‏معجم, ‏قاموس, ‏الوضوحية في الشيء, ‏حد, ‏تحديد, ‏تعريف, ‏التحديد, ‏الإيضاحية, ‏ترجمة من لغة أجنبية للغة الأم, ‏ترجمة, ‏إفتتانArabies, arabishte, ‏العربية, ‏عربي, ‏اللغة العربية, арабски език, арабски, 阿拉伯 , arabský, arabština, arabialainen, arabe, arabisch, αραβικόσ, ערבית, ערבי, arab, arabo, Arabish, arabir, arabic, арабский, arapski, árabe, arabisk, arapça, arap, araplara özgü, арабська мова, арабський, tiếng A-rập, thuộc A-rập

Bulgarian

речник, яснота, сила, очертания, дефиниция, транслация, превеждане, предаване, поддаване, тълкуване, огъване, преводBulgaars, Bulgaar, bulgr, ‏البلغارية, ‏بلغاري, български, български език, българин, 保 利亚, bulharský, bulgarer, bulgarialainen, bulgare, 'ούλγαρος, bolgár, bulgaro, Bulgeyragh, Bulgeyrish, Bułgar, болгарский, болгарин, bugarski jezik, bugarski, bugarka, bugarin, búlgaro, bulgar, bulgaristan ile ilgili, болгарський, người Bun-ga-ri tiếng Bun-ga-ri

Chinese

字典 , 定義 , 定义, 翻译Sjinees, Chinees, kinez, ‏الصينية, ‏لغة الصين, ‏صيني, ‏الصيني أحد أبناء الصين, китайски, 汉语, 中 , 漢 , 中國 , èínský, èínština, èíòan, kineser, kiinalainen, Chinois, Chinesisch, Κινέζος, κινέζικα, κινέζικοσ, κινέζοσ, σινικόσ, kínai, cinese, チフス菌 , チャイニーズ , Sheenish, Sheenagh, chines, Chińczyk, chinês, chinezesc, chinezeşte, chinezã, chinez, китайский, китаец, kineski jezik, kineski, chino, kinesisk, çinli, çince, çin ile ilgili, çin, китаянка, китайська мова, китайський, кита"ць

Czech

slovník, definice, překladTsjeggies, Tsjeg, çek, ‏تشيكي, ‏اللغة التشيكوسلوفاكية, ‏التشيكي أحد أبناء تشيكوسلوفاكيا, чешки, 捷克語 , 捷克语, 捷克 , èesky, èeské, èech, èeština, èeský, èeška, tjekker, tjekke, Tsjech, Tsjechisch, t?ekkiläinen, tchèque, Tscheche, tschechisch, Tschechin, Τσέχος, cseh, ceco, Sheckagh, Sheckish, Czech, ceh, чешский, češki jezik, čeh, češki, checo, tjeck, Çek, çekoslovakyalı kimse, çekoslovakyalı, çek dili, чех, чеська мова, чеський, чешка, người Séc tiếng Séc

Danish

ordbog, deskriptordefinition, oversættelseDeens, danisht, danishte, ‏لغة الدانمركية, ‏نوع كعك, ‏دانماركي, датски език, датски, 丹麦语, dánský, dánština, tanskalainen, danois, dänisch, δανικόσ, δανόσ, עו'ת שמרים, " י, dán, danese, Danvargish, Danvargagh, danes, dinamarquês, danez, датский, danski, danski jezik, danés, dansk, danimarkalı, danimarka dili, датський, датська мова, tiếng Đan-mạch

Dutch

woordenboek, definitie, translatieNederlands, Hollands, holandez, ‏هولندي, ‏اللغة الهولندية, холандски, немски език, холандски език, холандците, немски, 菏蘭語 , 荷兰语, holandský, nizozemský, hollandsk, hollantilainen, néerlandais, holländisch, ολλανδικόσ, ολλανδόσ, "ול "י, holland, olandese, Ollanish, Germaanish, ulandes, hulandes, holandês, olandez, nemţesc, limba olandezã, german, голландский, holanđanin, u škripcu, holandski, holandés, holländsk, alman, eş, flemenkçe, holandaca, hollanda, karı, hollandalı, hollandalılara özgü olan, Hollandali, hollanda'ya ait, голландська мова, голландський, ngôn ngữ khó hiểu, "b xã"

Esperanto

vortaro, difino, traduko‏الاسبرانتو لغة دولية, есперанто, 世界语, esperanton, espéranto, εσπεράντο, אספר טו, eszperanto, eszperantó, エスキモー犬 , エスペラント , эсперанто, esperanto, esperanto dili, tiếng etperantô

Finnish

määritelmä, translaatio, taajuusmuutosFins, finlandez, finlandishte, finlandisht, ‏اللغة الفنلندية, ‏فنلندية, ‏فنلندي, фински език, фински, 芬蘭語 , 芬兰语, finský, suomi, suomalainen, finnois, Finlandaise, finlandais, finnisch, φινλανδικόσ, פי י, finn, finlandese, Fynlannish, Fynlannagh, finlandês, finês, finlandezã, финский, finski jezik, finski, finlandés, finés, finsk, fince, finlandiya'ya özgü, фінська мова, фінський, tiếng Phần-lan

French

dictionnaire, définition, traductionFrans, Franse taal, frëngjishte, frëng, franceze, ‏اللغة الفرنسية, ‏فرنسي, ‏الشعب الفرنسي, френски език, френски, 法國 , 法文 , 法語 , 法语, francouzský, francouzština, ranskalainen, français, französisch, γαλλικόσ, γαλλική γλώσσα, γαλλίδα, γάλλοσ, צרפתית, צרפתי, francia, francese, フレコン化 , 仏文 , フランス" , 仏 , ふつぶ", ふつ, フレンチ , フランセ , Ny Frangee, Mooinjey ny Frank, franses, frances, francês, francezii, franţuzesc, francezã, francez, franţuzeşte, французский, francuski jezik, francuski, francuzi, francés, fransk, franska, fransızca, fransız, Fransiz, fransızca ile ilgili, fransa ile ilgili, французька мова, французький, Ffrengig

German

Übersetzung, Wörterbuch, DefinitionDuits, Duitser, Duitse taal, Germaan, gjerman, ‏ضرب من الرقص, ‏جرماني, ‏الماني, ‏اللغة الألمانية, ‏المانية, германски, немски език, немски, немец, роден, готически, германец, 德语, 德國 , 德文 , 德語 , nìmec, nìmecký, tysker, Duitse, saksalainen, allemand, "ερμανός, 'רמ ית, 'רמ י, német, tedesco, ジプシー音楽 , ジャーマン , Germaanish, Germaanagh, Garmane, Carmane, Niemiec, niemiecki, alemão, neamţ, немецкий, germanski, alemán, tysk, alman, німкеня, німецький, німець, $sisters german$ chị em ruột, $cousin german$ anh chị em con chú bác ruột, sister, Almaenwr

Greek

λεξικό, ορισμός, μετάφρασηGrieks, Griek, ‏يوناني, ‏اللغة اليونانية, ‏الإغريقي, гръцки език, гръцки, грък, 希腊语, 希臘語 , řek, řecký, řeètina, græker, kreikkalainen, grec, grieche, ελληνικόσ, 'Ελληνας, יו ית, יו י, görög, greco, ギリシア語 , ギリシア", Greagish, Greagagh, grego, greacã, греческий, грек, grčki, grk, grčki jezik, griego, grek, yunanistan'a ait, yunanca, yunan, Yunanli, yunanlı, Rumca, rum, грецький, гречанка, грецька мова, quân bạc bịp tôi không thể hiểu được điều đó thật l kỳ phùng địch thủ, kẻ lừa đảo, kẻ cắp b gi gặp nhau, người Hy-lạp tiếng Hy-lạp kẻ bịp bợm, Groegwr

Hebrew

אוצר מילים, "'"ר", "'בל", תור'מ ות, תר'ום, "עתק", "עתקHebreeus, Israeliet, Jood, hebraishte, ‏اليهودية, ‏اللغة العبرية, ‏يهودي, ‏عبري, ‏العبرية, иврит, староеврейски език, древен жител на юдея, юдейски, израилтянин, евреин, староеврейски, юдей, 西伯来, 希伯來語 , hebrejský, hebrejec, hebrejka, hebrejština, joods, Hebreeuws, juutalainen, hébreu, hebräisch, Hebräer, εβραϊκόσ, εβραϊκά, εβραίοσ, עברי, עברית, zsidó, héber, izraelita, ebreo, ebraico, ヘブライ語 , ヘブライ", Ewagh, Ewnish, Ew, hudiu, hebreu, hebraico, limba ebraicã, izraelit, evreu, evreiesc, ebraic, еврей, древнееврейский язык, древнееврейский, еврейский, hibru, hebreo, jude, hebreiska, hebreisk, musevi, ibranice, ibrani, іудей, іврит, старо"врейська мова, старо"врейський, "врейський, "врей, người Hê-brơ, Hebreaidd, Hebraeg

Hungarian

szótár, meghatározás, definíció, fordításHongaar, Hongaars, ‏مجري, ‏المجري, ‏الهنغاري, ‏هنغاري, ‏اللغة الهنغارية, унгарски език, унгарски, унгарец, 匈牙利语, 匈牙利語 , maïarský, maïarština, maïar, ungarer, Hongaarse, unkarilainen, hongrois, Ungar, Ούγγρος, "ו 'רי, magyar, ungherese, Ungaarish, Ungaaragh, Węgier, unguresc, limba ungarã, limba maghiarã, ungureşte, ungur, maghiar, венгр, венгерский, mađarski jezik, mađarski, mađar, húngaro, ungrare, macarca, macar, угорська мова, угорський, угорка, угорець, người Hung-ga-ri tiếng Hung-ga-ri

Indonesian

Indonesies, indonezian, ‏الماليزي أحد أبناء ماليزيا, ‏اللغة الأندونيسية, индонезийски език, индонезийски, 印度尼西亞語 , 印度尼西亚语, indonéština, indonéský, indonésan, indoneser, Indonesisch, Indisch, Indonesiër, indonesialainen, indonésien, Indonesier, Ινδονήσιος, indonéz, indonesiano, インドネシア語 , インドネシア", Indoneesagh, indones, indonésio, indonésia, индонезийский, индонезиец, indonezijski, indonežanin, indonesio, endonezya'ya ait, endonezyalı, endonezya dili, endonezya, індонезі"ць, індонезійська мова, індонезійський, індонезійка, người In-ddô-nê-xi-a tiếng In-ddô-nê-xi-a

Italian

dizionario, definizione, traduzioneItaliaans, Italiaan, Italianer, ‏الإيطالي, ‏اللغة الإيطالية, ‏إيطالي, ‏شخص إيطالي, италиански език, италиански, италианец, 意大利 , 意大利語 , 意大利语, italský, italština, ital, italiener, italialainen, italien, italienisch, Ιταλός, איטלקית, איטלקי, olasz, italiano, Iddaalish, Włoch, italienesc, italieneşte, italian, italianã, итальянский язык, итальянец, итальянский, italijan, italijanski jezik, italijanski, italiensk, italienska, italienare, italyanca, italyan, італі"ць, італійська мова, італійський, італійка

Japanese Kanji

辭典 , 辞典 , 字引 , 辞林 , 字書 , ディーゼル電気車 , 言海 , 辞彙 , 辞書 , 確定 , ディーゼル電気車 , デ'ドロ酢酸 , 翻訳 japonez, ‏يابانية, ‏ياباني, ‏اليابانية, ‏اللغة اليابانية, японски език, японци, японски, 日語 , 日语, 日本 , 日文 , 倭 , japonský, japanilainen, Japonais, japaner, japanisch, ιαπωνικόσ, Ιάπωνας· "ιαπωνέζος, ιάπωνεσ, ιάπων, ιαπωνικά, יפ י, japán, giapponese, 邦語 , 邦人 , ジャスミン茶 , ほう", ジャパニーズ , ほうじ", Shapaanagh, Shapaanish, hapones, Japończyk, japonês, japonezã, японский, японец, japanski, japanski jezik, japanac, japonés, japansk, Japonca, японська мова, японський, японка, японець, người Nhật bản tiếng Nhật bản, Japanner, Japannees, Japans

Japanese Katakana

じい, じびき, じて", ディクショナリー , じり", じしょ, '"かい, ディクショナリ , デフィニション , ディフィニション , ていぎ, かくてい, へい"ういどう, やくじゅつ, トランスレーション , やくしょ, やくしゅつ, "うどく, ほ"やく, ほ"やくしょjaponez, ‏يابانية, ‏ياباني, ‏اليابانية, ‏اللغة اليابانية, японски език, японци, японски, 日語 , 日语, 日本 , 日文 , 倭 , japonský, japanilainen, Japonais, japaner, japanisch, ιαπωνικόσ, Ιάπωνας· "ιαπωνέζος, ιάπωνεσ, ιάπων, ιαπωνικά, יפ י, japán, giapponese, 邦語 , 邦人 , ジャスミン茶 , ほう", ジャパニーズ , ほうじ", Shapaanagh, Shapaanish, hapones, Japończyk, japonês, japonezã, японский, японец, japanski, japanski jezik, japanac, japonés, japansk, Japonca, японська мова, японський, японка, японець, người Nhật bản tiếng Nhật bản, Japanner, Japannees, Japans

Manx

fockleyr, geyrid, meenaghey, keeayllaght, baghtgjuha e popullsisë së ishullit men, manština, manský, manx, mann-szigeti nyelv, Manninish, Manninagh, Gaelgagh, Yn Ghaelg, язык жителей о-ва мэн, с о-ва мэн, s ostrva mana, los habitantes de la isla de man, lengua de la isla de man, de la isla de man, från ön man, man adası, man dili, менський, менський діалект

Papiamen

dikshonario, definishon, tradukshon

Polish

słownikPools, polonisht, përmirësoj, polak, ‏نظف بشدة, ‏ورنشة, ‏بولندي, ‏جلا, ‏جود, ‏أنهاه بسرعة, ‏رقة, ‏صقل, ‏هذب, ‏لمع الجلد, ‏لمع, ‏حك, ‏مادة ملمعة, ‏تهذيب, ‏مسح, ‏جلو, ‏اللغة البولندية, ‏دهان الأحذية, ‏حسن, полски, изисканост, гланц, елегантност, лъскам се, лъскам, лакирам, лак, полиране, полирам, политура, поправям, подобрявам, изтънченост, изглаждам, блясък, лъскавина, лустро, шлифовам, полски език, шлифовка, излъскване, излъскам, 劖 , 波蘭語 , "亮剂, 磨光 , 琢磨 , polský, polština, pudsemiddel til fodtoej, polermiddel, polere, politur, schoensmeer, kiillottaa, polir, polieren, στίλβωση, στιλβώνω, λουστράρω, פול ית, לצחצח, ל"ב"יק, לשפשף, לשוף, לתמרט, למרק, צחצוח, למרוק, פול י, לטוש, ל"בריק, ללטש, למרוט, lengyel, lucentezza, 光沢 , たくま, すい"う, ポーランド", せ"れ", "うたく, みがき, とぎ, cur sollyssid er, follid, gloasaghey, Polynnish, gloas, gloasey, scooirey, sollyssid, polako, pòlshi, pòlesh, polski, polon, polonez, полировать, полировка, польский, польский язык, лоск, обделать, отделка, глянец, вычистить, pasta za cipele, poljski jezik, poljski, politirati, polirati, politura, limpiar, polaco, polera, polsk, parlaklık, parlatma, perdah, polonyalı, parlatmak, perdahlamak, polonya dili, Polonyali, polonya, політура, поліровка, полірувати, польський, обтісувати, робити вишуканим, полірування, польська мова, лиск, шліфувати, тонкість, nước láng nước đánh bóng, vẻ thanh nhã, vẻ tao nhã, nước bóng, llathru, gloywi, caboli

Portuguese

dicionário, definição, traduçãoPortugees, portugez, portugalisht, ‏اللغة البرتغالية, ‏البرتغالية, ‏البرتغالي, португалски, португалски език, португалец, 葡萄牙語 , 葡萄牙人 , 葡萄牙语, portugalský, portugiser, portugalilainen, portugais, portugiesisch, πορτογάλοσ, ορτογάλος, portugál, portoghese, ポルトガル語 , ポルトガル", Portiugish, Portiugagh, portugues, Portugalczyk, português, portughez, португальский, portugalski jezik, portugalac, portugalski, portugués, portugis, portekizce, portekiz, Portekízlí, portekizli, португальський, португальська мова, португалець, người B"-đ o-nha tiếng B"-đ o-nha

Romanian

dicţionar, definiţie, determinare, definire, translaţie, traducere, tãlmãcireRoemeen, rumun, румънски език, румънски, румънец, 罗马尼亚语, rumunský, rumunština, rumæner, Roemeens, romanialainen, Roumain, rumäne, ρουμανόσ, Ρουμάνος, román, rumeno, Roomainagh, romeno, român, румынский, румын, rumunski jezik, rumunski, rumano, rumänsk, румунський, румунка, румунська мова, румун

Russian

словарь, определение, трансляция, сдвиг, перевод, перемещениеRussies, Rus, ‏روسي, ‏اللغة الروسية, ‏الروسية, руски език, руски, руснак, 俄語 , 俄文 , 俄语, ruština, ruský, russer, venäläinen, Russe, russisch, Ρώσος, רוסי, orosz, russo, ロシア語 , ロシア", Rooshish, Rooshagh, Rosjanin, русский, ruski jezik, ruski, ruso, ryss, Rusça, росіянка, росіянин, російська мова, російський, người Nga tiếng Nga

Serbo-Croatian

leksikon, rečnik, definicija, tumačenje塞"维亚-克罗地亚语, 塞爾維亞克羅地亞語 , serbokroatisch, servo-croata, sârbo-croat, srpsko-hrvatski jezik, srpsko-hrvatski, serbokroatiska, serbokroatisk

Spanish

diccionario, definición, traducciónSpaanse taal, spanjoll, ‏اللغة الأسبانية, ‏الأسبانية, ‏أسباني, испански език, испански, 西班牙語 , 西班牙文 , 西班牙语, španìlský, španìlština, Spaans, espanjalainen, espagnol, spanisch, ισπανικά, ισπανικόσ, ισπανοί, ספר"ית, ספר"י, spanyol, spagnolo, スペイン語 , スパイ罪 , スペイン", スパニッシュ , Spaainish, Spaainagh, spañó, espanhol, spaniol, spaniolesc, spanioleşte, испанский, španski, španski jezik, español, spanska språk, spansk, ispanyollar, ispanyol, ispanyolca, іспанський, іспанська мова

Swedish

ordbok, lexikon, översättningSweeds, suedez, ‏اللغة السويدية, шведски, шведски език, швед, 瑞典語 , 瑞典语, švédský, švédština, Zweeds, ruotsalainen, suédois, schwedisch, σουηδικόσ, σουηδικά, svéd, svedese, スウェーデン語 , スウェーデン", Soolynish, Soolynagh, шведский, švedski jezik, švedski, sueco, svensk, isveççe, isveç dili, isveç, Ísveçlí, шведська мова, шведський, người Thuỵ điển tiếng Thuỵ điển

Turkish

sözlük, ansiklopedik sözlük, açıklama, belirleme, belirtme, kesinleştirme, tanım, tarif, seçiklik, tanımlama, tercümeTurks, turk, ‏تركي أحد أبناء تركيا, ‏اللغة التركية, турски език, турски, 土耳其語 , 土耳其, turecký, tureètina, turkkilainen, turque, türkisch, τούρκικοσ, טורקי, török, Yn Turkish, Turkagh, turcesc, turc, турецкий, turski jezik, turski, turco, turkisk, türkçe, türk, турецький, турецька мова, tiếng Thổ nhĩ kỳ

Turkmen

Тюркменски Език, turkmener, Turkmeense, Turkmeen, turkmenistanilainen, Turkmène, Turkmenin, Turkmene, Τουρκομάνος, turkmeno, turcomano, turquemeno, turquemene, turkmenistanier

Ukrainian

словник, довідник, чіткість, тлумачення, виразність, визначення, дефініція, ясність, чітка чутність, процес перекладу, переклад, пояснення, переміщенняOekrains, Oekrainer, ukrainisht, ukrainas, ‏أوكراني أحد أبناء أوكرانيا, ‏الأوكراني, украинец, украински език, 乌克兰, ukrajinec, ukrajinština, ukrajinský, ukrajinka, Oekraïens, ukraino, ukraina, ukrainalainen, ukrainien, ukrainisch, ukrainerin, Ukrainer, ουκρανικόσ, Ουκρανός, ουκρανόσ, ukrán, ucraino, Ookraanagh, Ookraanish, ucraniano, ucrainean, украинский язык, украинский, украинец украинский, ukrajinski, ukrajina, ucranio, ukrainare, ukraynalı, ukrayna, ukraynaca, український, українець, người U-kren tiếng U-kren

Vietnamese

có tính chất sách vở, sự định rõ, sự định nghĩa, lời định nghĩa sự định, sự dịch, sự biến th nh sự giải thíchVietnamees, vietnamisht, vietnamez, виетнамски език, виетнамски, 越南語 , 越南语, 越南 , vietnamec, vietnamský, vietnamka, vietnamština, vietnameser, vietnamilainen, vietnamien, vietnamesin, vietnamesisch, vietnamese, 'ιετναμέζος, vietnami, vietnámi, ベトナ 人 , ベトナ じ", vietnamita, вьетнамский, vijetnamski jezik, vijetnamski, vijetnamac, vietnames, vietnamlı, vietnam dili, vietnam, в'"тнамець, в'"тнамський, người Việt nam tiếng Việt

Welsh

geirlyfr, geiriadur, diffiniad, darnodiad, trosiadWallies, shkel premtimin, populli i uellsit, ik pa paguar, i uellsit, gjuha e uellsit, ‏تهرب من دفع الرهان, ‏الولزية لغة إقليم ويلز, ‏ويلزي, уелски, уелски език, не си плащам дълга, измъквам се от задължение, 威"士, 威爾士語 , waleský, waleština, Wels, gallois, walisisch, ουάλλοσ, ουαλλικόσ, δεν πληρώνω τα οφειλόμενα, walesi, gallese, Bretnagh, galês, limba velşã, velş, din ţara galilor, уэльский, velšanin, podvaliti, velški jezik, velški, galés, walesisk, galler ile ilgili, gal dili, bahisleri ödemeden kaçmak, ödemeden kaçmak, sözünü tutmamak, şartları yerine getirmemek, у"льський, не віддати гроші, валлійська мова, валлійський, валлійці, Cymreig

English

Dictionary, Definition, TranslationEngels, anglezët, anglez, gjuhë zngleze, anglishte, anglisht, ‏الإنجليزية, ‏الأنكليزي, ‏إنكليزي, ‏ترجمة إنكليزية, ‏اللغة الإنكليزية, английски език, английски, англичаните, 英语, 英國 , 英文 , 英 , 英語 , anglicky, anglan, englantia, englantilainen, anglais, englisch, εγγλέζοσ, αγγλικόσ, א 'לית, angol, inglese, Sostynagh, Sostnagh, Baarlagh, inglês, englezesc, английский, engleski, englez, engleski jezik, inglés, engelsk, ingiltere, ingiliz, Íngílízce, ingilizce, Íngílíz, ýngilizce, англійський, англійці, англійська мова, Saesneg
 


INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Modern
5. Usage: Commercial
6. Images: Photo Album
7. Quotations: Familiar
8. Quotations: Fiction
9. Quotations: Non-fiction
10. Usage Frequency
11. Expressions
12. Expressions: Internet
13. Translations: Modern
14. Derivations
15. Rhymes
16. Anagrams
17. Orthography
18. Bibliography


  

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