Definitions of propriety [əˈpraɪ ɪ ti]

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Definition of 'propriety'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) propriety
conformity to established standards of good or proper behavior or manners.

2.  propriety
appropriateness to the purpose or circumstances; suitability.

3.  propriety
rightness or justness.

4.  propriety
the proprieties, the conventional standards of proper behavior; manners.

5.  propriety
Obs. a property.

6.  propriety
Obs. a peculiarity or characteristic of something.

Etymology: (1425–75; late ME propriete ownership, something owned, one's own nature (cf. var. propreteproperty ) < MF propriété < L proprietās peculiarity, ownership =propri(us)proper+-etās, var., after vowels, of -itās -ity)

Definition of 'propriety'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) propriety, properness, correctitude
correct or appropriate behavior

Definition of 'propriety'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) propriety
individual right to hold property; ownership by personal title; property

2. (noun) propriety
that which is proper or peculiar; an inherent property or quality; peculiarity

3. (noun) propriety
the quality or state of being proper; suitableness to an acknowledged or correct standard or rule; consonance with established principles, rules, or customs; fitness; appropriateness; as, propriety of behavior, language, manners, etc

Translation of 'propriety'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: correctness of behaviour; decency; rightness.
Afrikaans: fatsoenlikheid	Arabic: لياقَه، إحْتِشام، آداب ال	Bulgarian: правилност
Brazilian: propriedade	Czech: správnost, slušnost	German: die Schicklichkeit
Danish: anstændighed; sømmelighed	Greek: ευπρέπεια, καλή συμπεριφο	Spanish: decoro, decencia, correcc
Estonian: sündsus, kombekus	Farsi: شایستگی	Finnish: sopivaisuus
French: bienséance	Hebrew: התנַהָגוּת נְאוֹתָה	Hindi: मालिकाना
Hungarian: korrektség, illendőség	Indonesian: kesopanan	Icelandic: velsæmi
Italian: correttezza	Japanese: 礼儀正しさ	Korean: 예의 바름, 단정
Lithuanian: padorumas, teisingumas, e	Latvian: pieklājība; uzvedības nor	Malay: kesopanan
Dutch: fatsoen	Norwegian: sømmelighet, anstendighet	Polish: przyzwoitość
Persian: شایستگی	Pashto: ښايستګى ، لياقت	Portuguese: propriedade
Romanian: (bună-)cuviinţă; decenţă	Russian: правила приличия	Slovak: slušnosť
Slovenian: spodobnost	Serbian: pristojnost	Swedish: anständighet, konvenans
Thai: กิริยามารยาทดี	Turkish: toplumsal ve ahlâksal dav	Taiwanese: 適當，得體
Ukrainian: доречність; пристойність	Urdu: درستگئ اخلاق، شائستگي	Vietnamese: tính đúng đắn
Chinese: 适当，得体
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