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