cortés

== Catalan == === Adjective === cortés (feminine cortesa, masculine plural cortesos, feminine plural corteses) (Valencia) alternative spelling of cortès == Occitan == === Etymology === From Latin cohors. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kuɾˈtes/ === Adjective === cortés m (feminine singular cortesa, masculine plural corteses, feminine plural cortesas) (Languedoc, Vivaro-alpine, Provençal, Gascony, Limousin) polite, courteous ==== Synonyms ==== gallant graciós borgau poli onèst == Spanish == === Etymology === From corte. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term. Particularly: “Suffix and semantics need explanation.” === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /koɾˈtes/ [koɾˈt̪es] Rhymes: -es Syllabification: cor‧tés === Adjective === cortés m or f (masculine and feminine plural corteses) polite, courteous Synonyms: atento, comedido, educado, gentil Antonym: descortés ==== Derived terms ==== === Verb === cortés second-person singular voseo present subjunctive of cortar === Further reading === “cortés”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025