corteis

See also: cortéis

Galician

Verb

corteis

(reintegrationist norm) second-person plural present subjunctive of cortar

Middle English

Adjective

corteis

Alternative form of curteis

Old French

Alternative forms

cortois (Later Old French)

Etymology

cort (“court of a monarch”) +‎ -eis.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kuɾˈtei̯s/

Adjective

corteis m (oblique and nominative feminine singular corteise)

(attributive) court
noble, upper-class
polite, well-mannered

Declension

Declension of corteis

Number	Case	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Singular	Subject	corteis	corteise	corteis
Singular	Oblique	corteis	corteise		corteis
Plural	Subject	corteis	corteises		corteis
Plural	Oblique	corteis	corteises		corteis

Derived terms

curtesie (Anglo-Norman)

Descendants

French: courtois
→ Middle English: curteis
- English: courteous (remodelled after -ous)
  - → Scots: courteous
→ Icelandic: kurteis

Portuguese

Verb

corteis

second-person plural present subjunctive of cortar

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