polite
adjectifverbecourant dans les dialogues
- //pəˈlaɪt//
Well-mannered, civilized.
adjectif
- 1
Well-mannered, civilized.
It's not polite to use a mobile phone in a restaurant.
Try and be polite to Auntie Maria for once.
He marries, bows at court, and grows polite.
I told him about everything I could think of; and what I couldn't think of he did. He asked about six questions during my yarn, but every question had a point to it. At the end he bowed and thanked me once more. As a thanker he was main-truck high; I never see anybody so polite.
- 2
obsolèteSmooth, polished, burnished.
rays of light […]falling on […]a polite surface
Étymologie
From Latin polītus (“polished”), past participle of poliō (“to polish, smooth”); see polish.
verbe
- 1
obsolèteTo polish; to refine; to render polite.
those exercises plied, which polite men's spirits
Formes
- comparatif
- politer, more polite
- superlatif
- politest, most polite
- passé
- polited
- participe passé
- polited
- participe présent
- politing
- 3ᵉ personne du singulier
- polites
polite · Well-mannered, civilized.
Polite · A surname.politely · in a polite mannerpolitical · Concerning or relating to politics, the art and process of…