English-Swedish translations for curtsey

• niga
  Var snäll och nig för damen!
  Bussen neg till på grund av den gropiga körbanan
• nigning
• knix

Definition of curtsey

• A small bow, generally performed by a woman or a girl, where she crosses one calf of her leg behind the other and briefly bends her knees and lowers her body in deference
• To make a curtsey

Examples

• I refused to make so much as a curtsey for the passing nobles, as I am a staunch egalitarian.
• The hotels staff variously curtsied, nodded, and bowed to the owner as she passed.

Related words

• curt
• curtain
• curtly
• curtail
• curtains
• curtailing
• curtailed
• curtsy
• curtal