corteis
See also: cortéis
Galician
editVerb
editcorteis
- (reintegrationist norm) second-person plural present subjunctive of cortar
Middle English
editAdjective
editcorteis
- Alternative form of curteis
Old French
editAlternative forms
edit- cortois (Later Old French)
Etymology
editcort (“court of a monarch”) + -eis.
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editcorteis m (oblique and nominative feminine singular corteise)
- (attributive) court
- noble, upper-class
- polite, well-mannered
Declension
editDeclension of corteis
Derived terms
edit- curtesie (Anglo-Norman)
Descendants
editPortuguese
editVerb
editcorteis