cortês

See also: cortes, Cortes, cortés, and cortès

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Portuguese cortes (“courtly”), from corte (“court”) + -es.

Pronunciation

(Paulista) IPA^(key): /koɹ.ˈte(j)s/
(South Brazil) IPA^(key): /koɻ.ˈte(j)s/
Hyphenation: cor‧tês

Adjective

cortês m (feminine singular cortesa, masculine plural corteses, feminine plural cortesas, comparable)

polite; well-mannered
courtly (suitable for a royal court)

Synonyms

(polite): see Thesaurus:cortês

Antonyms

(polite): see Thesaurus:cortês

Related terms

corte

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