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.
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
- 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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