cortés

See also: cortes, Cortes, cortès, and cortês

Catalan

Adjective

cortés (feminine cortesa, masculine plural cortesos, feminine plural corteses)

1. (Valencia) Alternative spelling of cortès

Occitan

Etymology

From Latin cohors.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kuɾˈtes/

• Audio:

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Adjective

cortés m (feminine singular cortesa, masculine plural corteses, feminine plural cortesas)

1. (Languedoc, Vivaro-alpine, Provençal, Gascony, Limousin) polite, courteous

Synonyms

• gallant
• graciós
• borgau
• poli
• onèst

Spanish

Etymology

From corte. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term. Suffix and semantics need explanation.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /koɾˈtes/ [koɾˈt̪es]
• Rhymes: -es
• Syllabification: cor‧tés

Adjective

cortés m or f (masculine and feminine plural corteses)

1. polite, courteous

   Synonyms: atento, comedido, educado, gentil

   Antonym: descortés

Derived terms

• cortesía
• cortésmente
• descortés
• lo cortés no quita lo valiente

Verb

cortés

1. second-person singular voseo present subjunctive of cortar

Further reading

• “cortés”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10