cortés

cortés (feminine cortesa, masculine plural cortesos, feminine plural corteses)

1. (Valencia) Alternative spelling of cortès

From Latin cohors.

• IPA^(key): /kuɾˈtes/

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cortés m (feminine singular cortesa, masculine plural corteses, feminine plural cortesas)

1. (Languedoc, Vivaro-alpine, Provençal, Gascony, Limousin) polite, courteous

• gallant
• graciós
• borgau
• poli
• onèst

From corte. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term. Suffix and semantics need explanation.

• IPA^(key): /koɾˈtes/ [koɾˈt̪es]
• Rhymes: -es
• Syllabification: cor‧tés

cortés m or f (masculine and feminine plural corteses)

1. polite, courteous

   Synonyms: atento, comedido, educado, gentil

   Antonym: descortés

cortés

1. second-person singular voseo present subjunctive of cortar

• “cortés”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014