manners

See also: Manners

English

Pronunciation

(US) IPA^(key): /ˈmæn.ɚz/
Audio (US) (file)
Homophone: manors

Noun

manners

plural of manner

Noun

manners pl (plural only)

Etiquette.
- 1609, William Shakespeare, Sonnet 39:
  O, how thy worth with manners may I sing,
  
  When thou art all the better part of me?
Political correctness is tyranny with manners. ― Charlton Heston

Derived terms

Translations

etiquette

Chinese:
Mandarin: 規矩 (zh), 规矩 (zh) (guījǔ), 禮貌 (zh), 礼貌 (zh) (lǐmào), 禮儀 (zh), 礼仪 (zh) (lǐyí)
Danish: manerer c pl
Dutch: omgangsvormen (nl) pl
Finnish: käytöstavat pl
French: mœurs (fr) f pl, manières (fr) f pl
German: Manieren (de) f pl
Hebrew: הוי‎ (he) (havai)
Ido: mori (io)
Irish: béasa m pl

Italian: comportamento (it) m, maniera (it) f, modi (it) m pl, educazione (it) f, etichetta (it) f
Japanese: 礼儀 (ja) (れいぎ, reigi), 礼儀作法 (れいぎさほう, reigi sahō)
Portuguese: etiqueta (pt), maneiras (pt) f pl
Russian: мане́ры (ru) f pl (manéry)
Scottish Gaelic: modh m or f
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: манири m pl (maniri)

Roman: maniri (sh) m pl
Spanish: modales (es) m pl
Telugu: మర్యాదలు (te) (maryādalu)

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