different between courtesy vs incivil

English

Etymology

From Middle English curtesie, from Anglo-Norman curtesie, from Old French curteisie, cortoisie.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?k??t?si/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?k?t?si/
• Hyphenation: cour?te?sy

Noun

courtesy (countable and uncountable, plural courtesies)

1. (uncountable) Polite behavior.

2. (countable) A polite gesture or remark, especially as opposed to an obligation or standard practice.
3. (uncountable) Consent or agreement in spite of fact; indulgence.

4. (uncountable) Willingness or generosity in providing something needed.

   [on a label, caption, etc.] Courtesy the Smith Foundation: [e.g.] use of this image was allowed through the courtesy of the Smith Foundation.

5. A curtsey.
   • 1760, Oliver Goldsmith, The Citizen of the World

     The lady drops a courtesy in token of obedience, and the ceremony proceeds as usual.

6. (law) The life interest that the surviving husband has in the real or heritable estate of his wife.

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

courtesy (third-person singular simple present courtesies, present participle courtesying, simple past and past participle courtesied)

1. Alternative form of curtsey
   • 1740, Samuel Richardson, Pamela; or, Virtue Rewarded

     Well, but Polly attended, as I said; and there were strange simperings, and bowing, and courtesying, between them; the honest gentleman seeming not to know how to let his mistress wait upon him […]

Adjective

courtesy (not comparable) (used only before the noun)

1. Given or done as a polite gesture.

   We paid a courtesy visit to the new neighbors.

2. Supplied free of charge.

   Synonyms: complimentary, free of charge, gratis

   The event planners offered courtesy tickets for the reporters.

Translations

References

Anagrams

• cosurety, courtsey

English

Etymology

in- +? civil

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?n?s?v.?l/

Adjective

incivil (comparative more incivil, superlative most incivil)

1. (rare) Displaying a lack of courtesy; rude, impolite.
   • 2005, Lawrence E. Hazelrigg, Social Science and the Challenge of Relativism - ?ISBN Page 235

     "No matter how rude or incivil the existing habits of behavior, in other words, if the creature was in fact a human being, then he/she was necessarily endowed with a soul and thus with a capacity of understanding at least sufficient to absorb and retain Europe's instruction."

2. (rare) Uncivilized, barbarous.
   • 2001, M. K. Gandhi, Non-Violent Resistance ?ISBN Page 182

     "It will be essentially incivil and criminal."

Related terms

• incivility

Translations

See also

• uncivil

Anagrams

• vicilin

French

Adjective

incivil (feminine singular incivile, masculine plural incivils, feminine plural inciviles)

1. uncivil

Further reading

• “incivil” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Spanish

Etymology

in- +? civil

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /in?i?bil/, [?n?.?i???il]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /insi?bil/, [?n.si???il]

Adjective

incivil (plural inciviles)

1. uncivil; impolite

   Antonym: civil

Related terms

• incivilidad

Further reading

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