garbo

Meaning

Noun

1. (masculine) politeness, gentleness, tact, grace
2. (masculine) graceful form
3. (masculine) curvature of the hull

Verb

first-person singular present indicative of garbare

Concepts

courtesy

politeness

breeding

genteelness

gentility

gentleness

gesture

good manners

grace

gracefully

gracefulness

kindness

pleasing

politely

sour

tact

agreeable

tactfulness

bitter

Synonyms

delicatezza

gentilezza

eleganza

grazia

tatto

bontà

cortesia

cenno

civiltà

compiacenza

contegno

creanza

diplomazia

dolcezza

educazione

finezza

garbatezza

leggiadria

mansuetudine

mossa

buona grazia

distinzione

gesto

raffinatezza

amabilità

aristocrazia

buonagrazia

Translations

gracia

grâce

tact

garbo

tacto

Feingefühl

cortesia

doigté

gentileza

galbe

manières

graça

Anmut

graciositat

airositat

Hyphenated as

gàr‧bo

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈɡar.bo/

Etymology

Borrowed from Old High German garwi (“dress; equipment; preparation”), from Proto-Germanic *garwijaną (“to prepare”). More at garb.
Alternatively, perhaps borrowed from Arabic قَالِب (qālib, “model, outline”), from Persian کالب (kâlob, “form, mold”), from Ancient Greek κᾱλοπόδιον (kālopódion, “shoemaker's block”), from κᾶλον (kâlon, “firewood, joiner's wood”) + πούς (poús, “foot”) in which case possibly cognate with English galoshe.