courteous

English

From Old French curteis (French courtois), from cort (“court”), displaced native Old English hende (“courteous, gracious, friendly”).

courteous (comparative more courteous, superlative most courteous)

Showing regard or thought for others; especially, displaying good manners or etiquette.
a courteous gentleman

a courteous gesture

showing regard for others

Arabic: مُهَذَّب‎ (muhaḏḏab), مُؤَدَّب‎ (muʾaddab)
Belarusian: ветлівы (vétlivy)
Bulgarian: учтив (bg) (učtív), внимателен (bg) (vnimátelen), вежлив (bg) (véžliv)
Catalan: cortès (ca)
Chinese:
Cantonese: 有禮貌, 有礼貌 (jau⁵ lai⁵ maau⁶), 斯文 (si¹ man⁴)

Mandarin: 有禮貌 (zh), 有礼貌 (zh) (yǒulǐmào), 客氣 (zh), 客气 (zh) (kèqi)
Czech: zdvořilý (cs), slušný (cs)
Dutch: hoffelijk (nl)
Esperanto: ĝentila (eo)
Faroese: ærutur
Finnish: kohtelias (fi)
French: courtois (fr), poli (fr)
German: höflich (de)
Hebrew: אדיב‎ (he) m (adyv), אדיבה‎ f (adiva)
Ido: jentila (io)
Irish: lách, sibhialta
Italian: cortese (it)

Japanese: 丁寧 (ja) (ていねい, teinei), 礼儀正しい (ja) (rēgitadashii), 思いやりのある (omoiyarinoaru)
Latin: cōmis (la)
Macedonian: учтив m (účtiv)
Maori: hūmārika
Norwegian:
Bokmål: høflig

Nynorsk: høfleg
Persian: مؤدب‎ (fa) (mo'addab)
Polish: uprzejmy (pl), grzeczny (pl)
Portuguese: cortês (pt)
Russian: любе́зный (ru) (ljubéznyj), ве́жливый (ru) (véžlivyj), обходи́тельный (ru) (obxodítelʹnyj), учти́вый (ru) (učtívyj), внима́тельный (ru) (vnimátelʹnyj), куртуа́зный (ru) (kurtuáznyj) (archaic)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: учтив

Roman: učtiv (sh)
Slovak: zdvorilý, slušný
Slovene: vljuden (sl)
Spanish: cordial (es), cortés (es)
Swedish: artig (sv), hövlig (sv)
Ukrainian: ввічливий (uk) (vvíčlyvyj)

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