courtoisie
See also: Courtoisie
French
Etymology
From Old French cortoisie, from cortois (“courteous”). By surface analysis, courtois + -ie.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kuʁ.twa.zi/
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Noun
courtoisie f (plural courtoisies)
- courtesy
Derived terms
- Votre Courtoisie
Descendants
- → German: Courtoisie
See also
- politesse
- galanterie
Further reading
- “courtoisie”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.