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Meaning of Curtsey | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1
ˈkɝtsɪ

Definitions

A small bow, generally performed by a woman or a girl, where she crosses the shin of one leg behind the calf of her other leg and briefly bends her knees to lower her body in deference.

Equivalents

العربية الأدب
Bosanski něje
Čeština pukrle
Dansk nej neje
Deutsch Knicks knicksen
Ελληνικά τεμενάς υπόκλιση
Suomi niiata niiaus
Gaeilge umhlú
Hrvatski něje
日本語 おじぎ
한국어 인사
Kurdî nîga
Nederlands nijgen nijging
Polski dyg dygać dygnięcie rewerans
Română reverență
Српски něje
Svenska knix niga nigning
Türkçe reverans

Examples

“I refused to make so much as a curtsey for the passing nobles, as I am a staunch egalitarian.”
“Wid. I take my leaue with many thouſand thankes. / Rich. The Match is made, ſhee ſeales it with a Curſie.”
“[I]t was her favorite amusement to array herself in the faded brocades, and parade up and down before the long mirror, making stately courtesies, and sweeping her train about, with a rustle which delighted her ears.”
“No caps were touched, no curtseys bobbed.”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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