etiquette

== English == === Alternative forms === étiquette === Etymology === 1740, 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”). Akin to Old High German stehhan (“to stick, attach, nail”) (German stechen (“to stick”)), Old English stician (“to pierce, stab, be fastened”). The French Court of Louis XIV at Versailles used étiquettes (literally “little cards”) to remind courtiers to keep off of the grass and similar rules. More at stick (verb) and stitch. Doublet of ticket. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɛt.ɪˌkɛt/, /ˈɛt.ɪ.kɪt/ IPA(key): (obsolete) /ˌɛt.ɪˈkɛt/ === Noun === etiquette (countable and uncountable, plural etiquettes) The manners or decent behaviour to be observed in social or professional life; conventional decorum; the ceremonial code of polite society. 20 May 2018, Hadley Freeman in The Guardian, Is Meghan Markle the American the royals have needed all along? Much shock was expressed in the British press about the Palace’s utter failure to control the Markles and the Markles’ lack of etiquette. The customary behavior of members of a profession, business, law, or sports team towards each other. A label used to indicate that a letter is to be sent by airmail. ==== Quotations ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === See also === ethics === References === “etiquette”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. “etiquette”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. == Dutch == === Etymology === Borrowed from French étiquette (“property, label, ticket”), from Middle French estiquette. Doublet of etiket. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˌeː.tiˈkɛ.tə/ Hyphenation: eti‧quet‧te Rhymes: -ɛtə === Noun === etiquette f (uncountable, no diminutive) etiquette ==== Synonyms ==== decorum