etiquette
The manners or decent behaviour to be observed in social or professional lifeThe manners or decent behaviour to be observed in social or professional life; conventional decorum; the ceremonial code of polite society.
» It's a matter of etiquette.
Das ist eine Frage der Etikette.
Это касается этикета.
Это вопрос этикета.
Meaning
3 senses(countable, uncountable)The manners or decent behaviour to be observed in social or professional life; conventional decorum; the ceremonial code of polite society.
Etikette
этике́тetikét, протоко́лprotokól
етике́тetykét
(countable, uncountable)The customary behavior of members of a profession, business, law, or sports team towards each other.
Etikette
обы́чайobýčaj
(countable, uncountable)A label used to indicate that a letter is to be sent by airmail.
- rules governing socially acceptable behavior
Examples
25 sentencesIt's a matter of etiquette.
ruЭто касается этикета.
deDas ist eine Frage der Etikette.
My parents instilled etiquette in me.
It is not etiquette to do so.
Practice good digital etiquette in online interactions.
Practice proper weightlifting etiquette at the gym.
Translations
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Origin
1740, from French étiquette (“property, a little piece of paper, or a mark or title, affix1740, from French étiquette (“property, a little piece of paper, or a mark or title, affixed to a bag or bundle, expressing its contents, a label, ticket”), from Middle French estiquette (“ticket, memorandum”), from the Old French verb estechier, estichier, estequier (“to attach, stick”), (compare Picard estiquier (“to stick, pierce”)), from Frankish *stekan, *stikkjan (“to stick, pierce, sting”), from Proto-Germanic *stikaną, *stikōną, *staikijaną (“to be sharp, pierce, prick”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)teyg- (“to be sharp, to stab”).
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Forms
plural: etiquettes| Singular | etiquette |
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Word family
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