respectful

respectful

English

Alternative forms

• respec'ful

Etymology

respect +‎ -ful

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɹɪˈspɛktfəl/

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• Hyphenation: re‧spect‧ful

Adjective

respectful (comparative more respectful, superlative most respectful)

1. Marked or characterized by respect
   • 1907, Marshall Broomhall (Editor), The Chinese Empire. A General & Missionary Survey/The Province of Kansu

     On the whole, indifference rather than open hostility has been the attitude of the people towards the Gospel, but since 1900 there has been a more eager and respectful attention to the things taught.

   It is of great importance that you act in a respectful manner towards the duke and duchess.

   They used highly respectful language when conversing with the elders.

Antonyms

• contemptuous
• disdainful
• disrespectful

Related terms

• respectfully
• respectfulness

Translations

characterized by respect

Belarusian: паважлівы (pavažlivy), пачцівы (pačcivy) Bulgarian: почтителен (bg) (počtitelen), вежлив (bg) (vežliv) Catalan: respectuós (ca) Chinese: Mandarin: 恭敬 (zh) (gōngjìng) Dutch: eerbiedig (nl), respectvol (nl) Esperanto: respekta, respektema, altestima Finnish: kunnioittava (fi) French: respectueux (fr) Galician: respectuoso m German: respektvoll (de) Ido: respektoza (io), respektema (io) Irish: measúil, ómósach Italian: rispettoso (it) Japanese: 恭しい (ja) (うやうやしい, uyauyashii) Khmer: មានគារវៈ (miən kiərĕəʼvĕəʼ) Korean: 공손한 (gongson-han) Latin: reverens Lithuanian: pagarbus Maori: ngākau whakaute Norman: respectueux Occitan: respectuós (oc) Persian: محترمانه‎ (fa) (mohtaramâne) (of behavior) Plautdietsch: heeflich Polish: atencjonalny (dated) Portuguese: respeitoso (pt) Romanian: respectuos (ro) Russian: уважи́тельный (ru) (uvažítelʹnyj), почти́тельный (ru) (počtítelʹnyj) Slovene: spoštljiv Spanish: respetuoso (es) Thai: please add this translation if you can Turkish: saygılı (tr) Ukrainian: шанобли́вий (šanoblývyj) Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can

See also

• respective
• respectable