courtoisie
French, noun/kuʁ.twa.zi/
courtoisie is spelled C-O-U-R-T-O-I-S-I-E (10 letters) and appears 3.7 times per million words in written French, the 13,759th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Courtoisie is a French feminine noun meaning “courtesy” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Manière de parler et d’agir de celui qui est courtois”.
What does courtoisie mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininecourtesy
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Manière de parler et d’agir de celui qui est courtois.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of courtoisie
- courtoisies plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce courtoisie?
- /kuʁ.twa.zi/
- \kuʁ.twa.zi\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to courtoisie
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is courtoisie in French?
courtoisie appears 3.7 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).