court (of a sovereign)
→
polite
12 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
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Comment
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Czech | |
| Lexeme 1 | dvůr | |
| Lexeme 2 | zdvořilý | |
| Meaning 1 | court (of a sovereign) | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | polite | |
| Reference | SSJČ | |
| Comment | ||
| NEW Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Danish | |
| Lexeme 1 | hoff | |
| Lexeme 2 | høflig | |
| Meaning 1 | court (of a sovereign) | hof |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | polite | hilse høfligt to greet politely |
| Reference | DDO | |
| Comment | ||
| NEW Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Danish | |
| Lexeme 1 | hoff | |
| Lexeme 2 | høflig | |
| Meaning 1 | court (of a sovereign) | hof |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | polite | hilse høfligt to greet politely |
| Reference | DDO | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 4 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Dutch | |
| Lexeme 1 | hof | |
| Lexeme 2 | hoffelijk | |
| Meaning 1 | court (of a sovereign) | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | polite | |
| Reference | <personally collected data> | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 5 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | English | |
| Lexeme 1 | court | |
| Lexeme 2 | courteous | |
| Meaning 1 | court (of a sovereign) | the royal courts of Europe |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | polite | a courteous reply |
| Reference | LDOCE | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 6 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | French | |
| Lexeme 1 | cour | |
| Lexeme 2 | courtois | |
| Meaning 1 | court (of a sovereign) | dame de cour court lady |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | polite, courteous | parole courtoise courteous way of speaking |
| Reference | CNRTL | |
| Comment | The Middle French concept of courtoisie is more complicated than that of simple politeness, as it implies following very specific rules and principles of behavior. However, the modern lexeme courtois can be used to express the idea of being extremely polite and having refined manners. | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 7 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | German | |
| Lexeme 1 | Hof | |
| Lexeme 2 | höflich | |
| Meaning 1 | court (of a sovereign) | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | polite | |
| Reference | Duden | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 8 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Hungarian | |
| Lexeme 1 | udvar | |
| Lexeme 2 | udvarias | |
| Meaning 1 | court (of a sovereign) | királyi udvar king's court |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | polite | udvarias ember a polite person |
| Reference | MEK 1978 | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 9 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Italian | |
| Lexeme 1 | corte | |
| Lexeme 2 | cortese | |
| Meaning 1 | court (of a sovereign) | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | polite | È stato molto cortese! He's been very polite! |
| Reference | Vocabolario Treccani | |
| Comment | ||
| NEW Realization 10 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Norwegian | |
| Lexeme 1 | hoff | |
| Lexeme 2 | høflig | |
| Meaning 1 | court (of a sovereign) | kongens hoff the king's court |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | polite | en høflig person a polite person |
| Reference | BO | |
| Comment | The adjective høflig is, unlike the Romance verbs, the basic Norwegian term for politeness. | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 11 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Portuguese | |
| Lexeme 1 | corte | |
| Lexeme 2 | cortês | |
| Meaning 1 | court (of a sovereign) | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | polite | |
| Reference | DPLP | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 12 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Spanish | |
| Lexeme 1 | corte | |
| Lexeme 2 | cortés | |
| Meaning 1 | court (of a sovereign) | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | polite | |
| Reference | DRAE | |
| Comment | ||