impolite

English

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin impolītus. Equivalent to im- +‎ polite.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪmpəˈlaɪt/

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• Rhymes: -aɪt

Adjective

impolite (comparative impoliter or more impolite, superlative impolitest or most impolite)

1. Not polite; not of polished manners; wanting in good manners.

   Synonyms: discourteous, uncivil, rude, unpolite; see also Thesaurus:impolite

Derived terms

• impolitely
• impoliteness

Translations

not polite

• Arabic: وَقِح‎ (waqiḥ)
• Azerbaijani: kobud (az), köntöy
• Bulgarian: неучтив (bg) (neučtiv)
• Catalan: groller (ca) m, descortès
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 不禮貌, 不礼貌 (bù lǐmào)

• Czech: nezdvořilý (cs) m
• Finnish: epäkohtelias (fi)
• French: impoli (fr), malpoli (fr)
• German: unhöflich (de)
• Greek: αγενής (el) m (agenís)
• Hungarian: udvariatlan (hu)
• Italian: scortese (it) m, maleducato (it) m, rude (it) m
• Japanese: 失礼な (ja) (しつれいな, shitsurei na), 無礼な (ja) (ぶれいな, burei na)

• Malayalam: മര്യാദയില്ലാത്ത (maryādayillātta)
• Manx: meechooyrtoil, neuellynagh, neuveasagh
• Maori: āhuaatua
• Norman: malpoli
• Norwegian: uhøflig (no)
• Pashto: شډل‎ (ps) m (šaḍal), بدمخی‎ (ps) m (badmëxay)
• Plautdietsch: onheeflich
• Polish: nieuprzejmy (pl), grubiański (pl), chamski (pl)
• Portuguese: indelicado (pt), impolido m
• Russian: неве́жливый (ru) (nevéžlivyj)
• Spanish: maleducado (es), descortés (es)
• Swedish: oartig (sv)
• Ukrainian: нече́мний (nečémnyj), неґре́чний (negréčnyj), невві́чливий (nevvíčlyvyj), гру́бий (hrúbyj)
• Walloon: måpoli (wa) m, måhonteus (wa) m, ossu poli k' ene casrole di scroufier (wa) m

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Latin

Adjective

impolīte

1. vocative masculine singular of impolītus

References

• “impolite”, in Charlton T[homas] Lewis; Charles [Lancaster] Short (1879) […] A New Latin Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.; Cincinnati, Ohio; Chicago, Ill.: American Book Company; Oxford: Clarendon Press.
• “impolite”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• impolite in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette