etiquette
noun/ˈetɪkət/, /ˈetɪket/
/ˈetɪkət/, /ˈetɪket/
[uncountable]- the formal rules of correct or polite behaviour in society, among members of a particular profession or in a particular area of activity
- advice on etiquette
- medical/legal/professional etiquette
- Students need to be aware of cell phone etiquette.
- We have put together a tweeting etiquette guide.
Extra ExamplesTopics Permission and obligationb2- Etiquette requires that the bride's father makes a speech.
- She had breached etiquette by not informing her superiors of her decision.
- He showed his contempt for social etiquette by not wearing a tie.
- How good is your email etiquette?
- I don't know the etiquette required here.
- She considered it poor etiquette to invite people over and then cancel just the day before.
- He knew how to address bishops according to the rules of etiquette.
- She's a real stickler for etiquette, so you'd better ask her advice.
- What's the correct etiquette when addressing a judge?
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- professional
- social
- correct
- …
- know
- demand something
- dictate something
- require something
- …
- a breach of etiquette
- matters of etiquette
- questions of etiquette
- …
Word Originmid 18th cent.: from French étiquette ‘list of ceremonial observances of a court’, also ‘label, etiquette’, from Old French estiquette, from estiquier ‘to fix’, from Middle Dutch steken.Definitions on the go
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