gracieuseté
French, noun/ɡʁa.sjøz.te/
gracieuseté is spelled G-R-A-C-I-E-U-S-E-T-É (11 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written French, the 72,190th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Gracieuseté is a French feminine noun meaning “courtesy” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Manière aimable d’agir envers quelqu’un”.
What does gracieuseté 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 aimable d’agir envers quelqu’un. 2. Façon de se tenir ou de se mouvoir avec grâce. 3. Ce que, par bonne grâce on donne à quelqu’un au-delà de ce qu’on lui doit. 4. Présent offert pour corrompre.
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 gracieuseté
- gracieusetés plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce gracieuseté?
- /ɡʁa.sjøz.te/
- \ɡʁa.sjøz.te\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is gracieuseté in French?
gracieuseté appears about once in every 5 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).