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: 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: please add this translation if you can Korean: please add this translation if you can Manx: streebagh (gv) Nahuatl: āhuiyani (nah) Portuguese: please add this translation if you can 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
• courantes