From respect + -ful.
- IPA(key): /ɹɪˈspɛktfəl/
- Hyphenation: re‧spect‧ful
respectful (comparative more respectful, superlative most respectful)
- Marked or characterized by respect
- 1907, Marshall Broomhall (Editor), The Chinese Empire. A General & Missionary Survey/The Province of Kansu
- On the whole, indifference rather than open hostility has been the attitude of the people towards the Gospel, but since 1900 there has been a more eager and respectful attention to the things taught.
It is of great importance that you act in a respectful manner towards the duke and duchess.
They used highly respectful language when conversing with the elders.
characterized by respect
- Belarusian: паважлівы (pavažlivy), пачцівы (pačcivy)
- Bulgarian: почтителен (bg) (počtitelen), вежлив (bg) (vežliv)
- Catalan: respectuós (ca)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 恭敬 (zh) (gōngjìng)
- Dutch: eerbiedig (nl), respectvol (nl)
- Esperanto: respekta, respektema, altestima
- Finnish: kunnioittava (fi)
- French: respectueux (fr)
- Galician: respectuoso
- German: respektvoll (de)
- Ido: respektoza (io), respektema (io)
- Irish: measúil, ómósach
- Italian: rispettoso (it)
- Japanese: 恭しい (ja) (うやうやしい, uyauyashii)
- Khmer: មានគារវៈ (miən kiərĕəʼvĕəʼ)
- Korean: 공손한 (gongson-han)
- Latin: reverens
- Lithuanian: pagarbus
- Maori: ngākau whakaute
- Norman: respectueux
- Occitan: respectuós (oc)
- Persian: محترمانه (fa) (mohtaramâne) (of behavior)
- Plautdietsch: heeflich
- Polish: atencjonalny (dated)
- Portuguese: respeitoso (pt)
- Romanian: respectuos (ro)
- Russian: уважи́тельный (ru) (uvažítelʹnyj), почти́тельный (ru) (počtítelʹnyj)
- Slovene: spoštljiv
- Spanish: respetuoso (es)
- Thai: please add this translation if you can
- Turkish: saygılı (tr)
- Ukrainian: шанобли́вий (šanoblývyj)
- Vietnamese: lễ phép (vi), kính cẩn (vi)
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