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