respectful

English

Alternative forms

• respec'ful

Etymology

Fromrespect+‎-ful.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/ɹɪˈspɛktfəl/

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• Hyphenation:re‧spect‧ful

Adjective

respectful(comparativemorerespectful,superlativemostrespectful)

1. Marked or characterized byrespect
   • 1907,Marshall Broomhall (Editor),The Chinese Empire. A General & Missionary Survey/The Province of Kansu

     On the whole, indifference rather than open hostility has been the attitude of the people towards the Gospel, but since 1900 there has been a more eager andrespectfulattention to the things taught.

   It is of great importance that you act in arespectfulmanner towards the duke and duchess.

   They used highlyrespectfullanguage when conversing with the elders.

Antonyms

• contemptuous
• disdainful
• disrespectful

Related terms

• respectfully
• respectfulness

Translations

characterized by respect

• Belarusian:паважлівы(pavažlivy),пачцівы(pačcivy)
• Bulgarian:почтителен(bg)(počtitelen),вежлив(bg)(vežliv)
• Catalan:respectuós(ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin:Cung kính(zh)(gōngjìng)

• Dutch:eerbiedig(nl),respectvol(nl)
• Esperanto:respekta,respektema,altestima
• Finnish:kunnioittava(fi)
• French:respectueux(fr)
• Galician:respectuoso
• German:respektvoll(de)
• Ido:respektoza(io),respektema(io)
• Irish:measúil,ómósach
• Italian:rispettoso(it)
• Japanese:Cung しい(ja)(うやうやしい, uyauyashii)
• Khmer:មានគារវៈ(miən kiərĕəʼvĕəʼ)
• Korean:공손한(gongson-han)
• Latin:reverens
• Lithuanian:pagarbus
• Maori:ngākau whakaute
• Norman:respectueux
• Occitan:respectuós(oc)
• Persian:محترمانه(fa)(mohtaramâne)(of behavior)
• Plautdietsch:heeflich
• Polish:atencjonalny(dated)
• Portuguese:respeitoso(pt)
• Romanian:respectuos(ro)
• Russian:уважи́тельный(ru)(uvažítelʹnyj),почти́тельный(ru)(počtítelʹnyj)
• Slovene:spoštljiv
• Spanish:respetuoso(es)
• Thai:please add this translation if you can
• Turkish:saygılı(tr)
• Ukrainian:шанобли́вий(šanoblývyj)
• Vietnamese:lễ phép(vi),kính cẩn(vi)

See also

• respective
• respectable