polite

• adj.丁寧な、礼儀正しい；都会的な；上流階級の；エレガントな

ラテン語のpolitus「磨く」、polire「飾る」、polish「磨く」と語源は同じ。

polite

polite: [15] Someone who is polite is etymologically ‘polished’ – indeed that is what the word originally meant in English (‘The arch within and without was hiled [covered] with gold polite’, Mirror of man’s salvation 1450). This had passed metaphorically into ‘refined’ by the 16th century, but not until the 17th century did the modern sense ‘having refined manners’ emerge. It was borrowed from polītus, the past participle of Latin polīre ‘polish’ (source of English polish).
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polite (adj.)

late 14c., "polished, burnished" (mid-13c. as a surname), from Latin politus "refined, elegant, accomplished," literally "polished," past participle of polire "to polish, to make smooth" (see polish (v.)). Used literally at first in English; sense of "elegant, cultured" is first recorded c. 1500, that of "behaving courteously" is 1748 (implied in politely). Related: Politeness.

1. He 's a man of few words，very polite and unassuming.

彼は言葉が多くなくて、礼儀正しくて、人に謙虚です。

2.He 's generous and，you know，very nice，very polite .

彼は気前がよくて、あなたは知っていて、とてもフレンドリーで、礼儀正しいです。

3.I think English men are very polite and very correct.

イギリス人は礼儀正しく、振る舞いがとても上手だと思います。

4.Cross cleared his throat and spoke in low， polite tones.

クロースは声を澄まし、丁寧に低い声で話し始めた。

5.Well-dressed clients were talking in polite undertones as they ate.

艶やかな服装をした顧客たちは、食べながら上品に低い声で話していた。