savoir-vivre

Borrowed from French savoir-vivre.

savoir-vivre (uncountable)

1. Familiarity with the customs of polite society.
   • 2018 June 28, Phil Daoust, “Never mind the Brexiteurs: why it’s time to learn French”, in The Guardian‎:

     Like it or not, we are more invested in France, which has come to epitomise culture, good taste, style and savoir-vivre – even though that reverence is the product of ignorance as much as familiarity.

• IPA^(key): /sa.vwaʁ.vivʁ/

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savoir-vivre m (uncountable)

1. politesse, courtesy

   Il manque de savoir-vivre

   He lacks politesse.

• “savoir-vivre”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Unadapted borrowing from French savoir-vivre.

• IPA^(key): /saˌvwarˈvivr/[1]
• Rhymes: -ivr

savoir-vivre m (uncountable)

1. savoir-vivre

• savoir-faire

• savoir-vivre in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Unadapted borrowing from French savoir-vivre.

• IPA^(key): /saˈvuar ˈvivr/
• Rhymes: -arvivr
• Syllabification: sa‧vo‧ir‧-vivre

savoir-vivre m inan

1. savoir-vivre

   Synonym: bon ton

or

Indeclinable.

• savoir-vivre in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• savoir-vivre in Polish dictionaries at PWN

savoir-vivre

1. savoir-vivre

• savoir-vivre in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• savoir-vivre in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)