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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024et•i•quette /ˈɛtɪkɪt, -ˌkɛt/USA pronunciation n. [uncountable]- the rules of proper social or professional behavior;
manners.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024et•i•quette (et′i kit, -ket′),USA pronunciation n. - conventional requirements as to social behavior;
proprieties of conduct as established in any class or community or for any occasion. - a prescribed or accepted code of usage in matters of ceremony, as at a court or in official or other formal observances.
- the code of ethical behavior regarding professional practice or action among the members of a profession in their dealings with each other:medical etiquette.
- Gmc. See stick2, -ette
- French étiquette, Middle French estiquette ticket, memorandum, derivative of estiqu(i)er to attach, stick
- 1740–50
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged Etiquette, decorum, propriety imply observance of the formal requirements governing behavior in polite society. Etiquette refers to conventional forms and usages:the rules of etiquette.Decorum suggests dignity and a sense of what is becoming or appropriate for a person of good breeding:a fine sense of decorum.Propriety (usually plural) implies established conventions of morals and good taste:She never fails to observe the proprieties.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: etiquette /ˈɛtɪˌkɛt; ˌɛtɪˈkɛt/ n - the customs or rules governing behaviour regarded as correct or acceptable in social or official life
- a conventional but unwritten code of practice followed by members of any of certain professions or groups: medical etiquette
Etymology: 18th Century: from French, from Old French estiquette label, from estiquier to attach; see stick² |