courtship

English

Etymology

From court +‎ -ship.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɔː(ɹ)tʃɪp/

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Noun

courtship (countable and uncountable, plural courtships)

1. The act of paying court, with the intent to solicit a favor.
2. The act of wooing in love; solicitation of woman to marriage.
   • 1968, w:John Updike, Couples, Penguin, 10:

     Their courtship passed as something instantly forgotten, like an enchantment, or a mistake.

3. Courtliness; elegance of manners; courtesy.
4. Court policy; the character of a courtier; artifice of a court; court-craft; finesse.

Synonyms

• wooing
• See also Thesaurus:courtship

Translations

act of wooing in love

• Armenian: please add this translation if you can
• Basque: please add this translation if you can
• Bulgarian: уха́жване n (uhážvane)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 求愛／求爱 (zh) (qiú'ài), 求爱 (zh) (qiú'ài)

• Czech: dvoření n, námluvy f pl, namlouvání n
• Erzya: той (toj)
• Esperanto: amindumo, amindumado
• Finnish: kosiskelu (fi), riiuu (fi)
• French: cour (fr) f
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• German: Brautwerbung (de) f, Freien, Liebeswerben n
• Greek:

  Ancient: μνηστεία f (mnēsteía)

• Hungarian: udvarlás (hu)
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• Irish: suirí f
• Italian: corteggiamento (it)
• Japanese: 求愛 (ja) (きゅうあい, kyūai)
• Khmer: please add this translation if you can
• Korean: 구애 (ko) (guae)
• Maori: mātorohanga
• Polish: zaloty (pl) pl
• Portuguese: cortejo (pt) m, corte (pt) m
• Romanian: curte (ro)
• Russian: уха́живание (ru) n (uxáživanije)
• Scottish Gaelic: leannanachd f
• Spanish: cortejo (es)
• Swedish: frieri (sv) n
• Tagalog: panliligaw
• Thai: please add this translation if you can
• Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can