cortois

Middle Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French cortois.

Adjective

cortois

  1. courteous, well-mannered

Inflection

This adjective needs an inflection-table template.

Noun

cortois m

  1. A dog character in the story of Reynard the fox.

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Further reading
  • “cortois”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
  • “cortois”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, 1929

Old French

Etymology

cort (“court of a monarch”) +‎ -ois.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kɔrˈtojs/

Adjective

cortois m (oblique and nominative feminine singular cortoise)

  1. noble, upper-class
  2. polite, well-mannered

Declension
Declension of cortois
Number Case Masculine Feminine Neuter
Singular Subject cortois cortoise cortois
Oblique cortois cortoise cortois
Plural Subject cortois cortoises cortois
Oblique cortois cortoises cortois

Derived terms

Descendants
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