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. — kobylkin
deDas ist eine Frage der Etikette. — Miyako
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
13 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable