comme il faut

Etymology
Borrowed from.

Adjective

 * 1) Proper; in keeping with etiquette or social standards.
 * 2) * 2007: Talking during performances is perfectly comme il faut in Wharton – why else go to a show if not to talk to one’s friends? – so while Miss Shaw, up to her bosom in dirt, went on about existence, I asked my female companion for advice. — Deborah Friedell, ‘Short Cuts’, London Review of Books 29:5
 * 1) * 2007: Talking during performances is perfectly comme il faut in Wharton – why else go to a show if not to talk to one’s friends? – so while Miss Shaw, up to her bosom in dirt, went on about existence, I asked my female companion for advice. — Deborah Friedell, ‘Short Cuts’, London Review of Books 29:5

Translations

 * Dutch: ,
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German: wie es sich gehört
 * Italian: come si deve
 * Latin: ut decet
 * Polish: jak trzeba
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:

Etymology
Literally, “as it behoves, as it must be”.

Adverb

 * 1) properly the way it should be done
 * 2) properly, really intensifier

Adjective

 * 1) proper, decent

Usage notes

 * Sometimes carries a negative connotation of blandness and overconventionality.
 * Not to be confused with.

Conjugation
See. Only conjugated in the third person singular.