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etiquette

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English

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Etymology

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1740, fromFrenchétiquette(“property, a little piece of paper, or a mark or title, affixed to a bag or bundle, expressing its contents, a label, ticket”), fromMiddle Frenchestiquette(“ticket, memorandum”), from theOld French verbestechier, estichier, estequier(“to attach, stick”), (comparePicardestiquier(“to stick, pierce”)), fromFrankish*stekan,*stikkjan(“to stick, pierce, sting”), fromProto-Germanic*stikaną,*stikōną,*staikijaną(“to be sharp, pierce, prick”), fromProto-Indo-European*(s)teyg-(“to be sharp, to stab”).

Akin toOld High Germanstehhan(“to stick, attach, nail”) (Germanstechen(“to stick”)),Old Englishstician(“to pierce, stab, be fastened”).

The French Court ofLouis XIV atVersailles usedétiquettes(literally“little cards”) to remind courtiers to keep off of the grass and similar rules. More atstick (verb) andstitch.Doublet ofticket.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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AThaiairmailetiquette

etiquette (countable anduncountable,pluraletiquettes)

  1. Themanners or decentbehaviour to beobserved in social or professional life; conventionaldecorum; theceremonial code of polite society.
    • 20 May 2018, Hadley Freeman inThe Guardian,Is Meghan Markle the American the royals have needed all along?
      Much shock was expressed in the British press about the Palace’s utter failure to control the Markles and the Markles’ lack ofetiquette.
    • 2003, Yoko Ogawa,The Housekeeper and the Professor:
      Whenever Root would put his elbows on the table or clatter his dishes or commit any other breach ofetiquette, the Professor would gently correct him.
  2. Thecustomarybehavior of members of a profession, business, law, or sports team towards each other.
    • 2012 July 15, Richard Williams,Tour de France 2012: Carpet tacks cannot force Bradley Wiggins off track‎[1], Guardian Unlimited:
      Cycling's complexetiquette contains an unwritten rule that riders in contention for a race win should not be penalised for sheer misfortune.
  3. Alabel used to indicate that a letter is to be sent byairmail.

Quotations

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  • 1885,W[illiam] S[chwenck] Gilbert;Arthur Sullivan, composer, […] The Mikado; or, The Town of Titipu, London:Chappel & Co., […],→OCLC:
    If you think we are worked by strings, / Like a Japanese marionette, / You don't understand these things / It is simply Courtetiquette.
  • 2001, Eric R. Wolf, Sydel Silverman, Aram A. Yengoyan,Pathways of Power: Building an Anthropology of the Modern World, page182:
    These then influence other groups, who recut and reshape their patterns of interpersonaletiquettes to fit those utilized by the tone-setting group.

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Translations

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forms to be observed in social or official life
customary behavior

See also

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References

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  1. ^Walker, John (1791), “Etiquette”, inA Critical Pronouncing Dictionary […] ,London: G. G. J. andJ. Robinſon […] and T.Cadell,→OCLC,page226.

Dutch

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Etymology

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Borrowed fromFrenchétiquette(“property, label, ticket”), fromMiddle French[Term?].

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˌeː.tiˈkɛ.tə/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation:eti‧quet‧te
  • Rhymes:-ɛtə

Noun

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etiquette f (uncountable,nodiminutive)

  1. etiquette

Synonyms

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