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発音

• (英国発音) IPA: /pɒlɪˈtɛs/
• (米国発音) IPA: /pɑləˈtɛs/

名詞

politesse (countable and uncountable, plural politesses)

1. Civility, politeness, courtesy or gallantry; genteel politeness or an instance of this.
   • 1968, Keith Richards, Mick Jagger, “Sympathy for the Devil”, in Beggars Banquet, performed by Rolling Stones:

     So if you meet me, have some courtesy / Have some sympathy, and some taste / Use all your well-learned politesse / Or I'll lay your soul to waste

   • 1978, Iris Murdoch, The Sea, The Sea, Vintage, published 1999, pages 56–57:

     The reference in his letter to ‘having a drink’ is of course just an empty politesse.

   • 2011, Thomas Penn, Winter King, Penguin, published 2012, page 7:

     The soft politesse concealed a sharp observer, a gleaner of information, cool under pressure and used to having to think several steps ahead […]