Impolite

Imˊpo-lite′

,

Adj.

[L.

impolitus

unpolishied, pref.

im-

not +

politus

, p. p. of

polire

to polish, refine. See

Polite

.]

Not polite; not of polished manners; wanting in good manners; discourteous; uncivil; rude.

–

Imˊpo-lite′ly

,

adv.

–

Imˊpo-lite′ness

,

Noun.

Impolite

IMPOLI'TE

,

Adj.

[in and polite.] Not of polished manners; unpolite; uncivil; rude in manners.

impolite

English

Adjective

impolite ‎(comparative more impolite, superlative most impolite)

Not polite; not of polished manners; wanting in good manners.

Synonyms

discourteous, uncivil, rude
See also Wikisaurus:impolite

Derived terms

Translations

not polite

Chinese:
Mandarin: 不禮貌, 不礼貌 ‎(bù lǐmào)
Czech: nezdvořilý (cs) m
Finnish: epäkohtelias (fi)
French: impoli (fr), malpoli (fr)
German: unhöflich (de)
Greek: αγενής (el) m ‎(agenís)
Hungarian: udvariatlan (hu)
Italian: scortese m, maleducato (it) m, rude (it) m

Japanese: 失礼な ‎(しつれいな, shitsurei na), 無礼な (ja) ‎(ぶれいな, burei na)
Norman: malpoli
Maori: āhuaatua
Pashto: شډل (ps) m ‎(šaḍal), بدمخی (ps) m ‎(badmëxay)
Polish: nieuprzejmy (pl)
Portuguese: indelicado (pt), impolido m
Russian: неве́жливый (ru) ‎(nevéžlivyj)
Spanish: maleducado (es), descortés (es)
Swedish: oartig (sv)
Walloon: måpoli (wa) m, måhonteus (wa) m, ossu poli k' ene casrole di scroufier (wa) m

Latin

Adjective

impolīte

vocative masculine singular of impolītus

References

impolite in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
impolite in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
Félix Gaffiot (1934), “impolite”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.

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Impolite

Imˊpo-lite′

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Impolite

IMPOLI'TE

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