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