Noun
good manners pl (plural only)
- The treatment of other people with courtesy and politeness, and showing correct public behaviour.
- Synonym: etiquette
- Antonym: bad manners
In most countries, it is considered good manners to offer your seat to an elderly person on crowded public transport.
Translations
treatment of other people with courtesy and politeness
- Azerbaijani: tərbiyə (az)
- Estonian: head kombed
- Finnish: hyvät tavat pl, hyvät käytöstavat pl, hyvä käytös
- French: bonnes manières (fr) f pl
- Galician: boas maneiras f pl
- Italian: buone maniere f pl, galateo (it) m, comportamento (it) m, educazione (it) f, etichetta (it) f, modi (it) m pl
- Polish: dobre maniery (pl) f pl, dobre wychowanie (pl) n, kultura (pl) f, ułożenie (pl) n
- Romanian: bunele moravuri (ro) f pl
- Russian: хоро́шие мане́ры f pl (xoróšije manéry)
- Scottish Gaelic: modh m or f
- Spanish: cortesía (es) f, buenos modales (es) m pl
- Swahili: adabu (sw)
- Swedish: gott uppförande, god sed, hyfs (sv), hut (sv) c
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