courtesan

English

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Etymology

From French courtisane, from Italian cortigiana, feminine of cortigiano ‘courtier’, from corte ‘court’.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈkɔːtɪzæn/

Noun

courtesan (plural courtesans)

1. (archaic) A woman of a royal or noble court.
2. (dated) The mistress of a royal or noble.
3. A prostitute, especially one with high-status or wealthy clients

Translations

woman of court

• Finnish: hovinainen (fi)
• German: Hofdame (de) f
• Italian: cortigiana (it) f

• Portuguese: cortesã (pt) f
• Russian: куртизанка (ru) (kurtizánka) f
• Swedish: hovdam (sv) c

mistress

• Finnish: kurtisaani (fi)

• Swedish: kurtisan (sv) c

high-status prostitute

• Arabic: please add this translation if you can
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 妓女 (cmn) (jìnǚ) (prostitute), 高級妓女 (cmn), 高级妓女 (cmn) (gāojí jìnǚ)

• Czech: kurtizána (cs) f
• Dutch: courtisane (nl) f
• Finnish: seurapiirihuora (fi), kurtisaani (fi)
• French: courtisane (fr) f
• German: Kurtisane (de) f
• Hungarian: kurtizán (hu), kéjnő (hu)
• Italian: prostituta (it) f

• Japanese: 娼婦 (ja) (しょうふ, shōfu) (prostitute), 高級娼婦 (ja) (こうきゅうしょうふ, kōkyū shōfu)
• Korean: please add this translation if you can
• Manx: streebagh (gv)
• Nahuatl: āhuiyani (nah)
• Portuguese: cortesã (pt) f
• Russian: куртизанка (ru) (kurtizánka) f
• Spanish: cortesana (es)
• Swedish: please add this translation if you can
• Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can

References

• courtesan in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913 (etymology)

Anagrams

• acentrous
• ancestour
• auncestor
• courantes
• nectarous