geisha

English

A geisha at work

Wikipedia

Alternative forms

• geisya

Etymology

From Japanese 芸者 (geisha, “artisan”).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eɪʃə

Noun

geisha (plural geisha or geishas)

1. A Japanese female entertainer skilled in various arts such as tea ceremony, dancing, singing and calligraphy.

Synonyms

• geisha girl
• geiko
• maiko

Translations

a Japanese entertainer

• Arabic: غيشا (ar) (ġayšā, gayšā) f
• Armenian: գեյշա (hy) (geyša)
• Azeri: geyşa (az)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 藝妓 (cmn), 艺妓 (cmn) (yìjì), 藝伎 (cmn), 艺伎 (cmn) (yìjì)

• Czech: gejša (cs) f
• Esperanto: gejŝo (eo)
• Finnish: geisha (fi), geiša (fi)
• French: geisha (fr) f
• German: Geisha (de) f
• Hungarian: gésa (hu)
• Icelandic: geisja f
• Interlingua: geisha

• Japanese: 芸者 (ja) (げいしゃ, geisha), 芸妓 (ja) (げいぎ, geigi), 芸子 (ja) (げいこ, geiko) (young)
• Korean: 게이샤 (ko) (geisya), 게이기 (ko) (geigi)
• Malay:

  Rumi: geisya (ms)

  Jawi: ݢيئيشا (ms)

• Polish: gejsza (pl) f
• Russian: гейша (ru) (géjša) f
• Slovene: gejša (sl) f
• Swedish: geisha (sv) c
• Turkish: geyşa (tr)
• Ukrainian: гейша (uk) (héjša) f
• Vietnamese: geisha (vi), nghệ giả (vi) (藝者 (vi))

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Finnish

Alternative forms

• geiša

Noun

geisha

1. A geisha.
2. When used as modifier in compound terms, may also refer to "Geisha" chocolate brand, e.g. geishakakku, geishajäädyke.

Declension

Declension of geisha (type kala) singular plural nominative geisha geishat genitive geishan geishojen geishain1 partitive geishaa geishoja accusative geisha geishan geishat inessive geishassa geishoissa elative geishasta geishoista illative geishaan geishoihin adessive geishalla geishoilla ablative geishalta geishoilta allative geishalle geishoille essive geishana geishoina translative geishaksi geishoiksi instructive – geishoin abessive geishatta geishoitta comitative – geishoineen 1) Rare.

Compounds

• geishakuula
• geishapallo
• geishakuula

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French

Etymology

From Japanese 芸者.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɡɛʃa/, /ɡɛjʃa/

Noun

geisha f (plural geishas)

1. geisha

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Italian

Alternative forms

• gheiscia

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈɡɛiʃʃa/

Noun

geisha f (plural geishe)

1. geisha

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Japanese

Romanization

geisha

1. See げいしゃ

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Sicilian

Alternative forms

• geiscia

Etymology

From Japanese 芸者, (hiragana げいしゃ, romaji geisha or geisya) artist, from 芸, art + 者, person.

Noun

geisha f (plural geisha)

1. geisha