see|étiquette
English

Etymology
From F. étiquette, property, a little piece of paper, or a mark or title, affixed to a bag or bundle, expressing its contents, a label, ticket.

Pronunciation
Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-�t|-�t

Noun
etiquette

1. The forms required by good breeding, or prescribed by authority, to be observed in social or official life; observance of the proprieties of rank and occasion; conventional decorum; ceremonial code of polite society.
2. The customary behavior of members of a profession, business, law, or sports team towards each other.

Quotations

1885 � w:Gilbert and Sullivan|Gilbert & Sullivan, s:The_Mikado|The Mikado
:If you think we are worked by strings,
:Like a Japanese marionette,
:You don't understand these things:
:It is simply Court etiquette.

Translations
trans-top|forms to be observed in social or official life
Croatian: t-|hr|etiketa|f
Czech: t+|cs|etiketa|f
German: t-|de|Etikette|f
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trans-top|customary behavior
Croatian: t-|hr|etiketa|f
Czech: t+|cs|etiketa|f
Danish: etikette f
German: t-|de|Etikette|f
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webster

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• 2007-11-28 10:17 - Tbot - updated t/t-/t+ templates, added t for cs, de

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