courtesan

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French courtisane, from Italian cortigiana, feminine of cortigiano (“courtier”), from corte (“court”), itself from Latin cohors. More at English court.

Pronunciation

(UK)(non-rhotic) IPA^(key): /kɔːtɪˈzæn/, /ˈkɔːtɪzæn/, /ˈkɔːtɪzən/
(UK)(rhotic) IPA^(key): /kɔɹtɪˈzæn/, /ˈkɔɹtɪzæn/, /ˈkɔɹtɪzən/
(US) IPA^(key): /ˈkɔɹtɪzən/, /ˈkɔɹtɪzæn/

Noun

courtesan (plural courtesans)

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

Translations

woman of court

Finnish: hovinainen (fi)
Galician: cortesá f
German: Hofdame f
Italian: cortigiana (it) f

Japanese: 宮廷の女 (きゅうていのおんな, kyūtei no onna)
Portuguese: cortesã (pt) f
Russian: куртиза́нка (ru) f (kurtizánka), придво́рная f (pridvórnaja)
Swedish: hovdam c

mistress

Finnish: kurtisaani (fi)
Polish: kurtyzana (pl) f

Swedish: kurtisan (sv) c

high-status prostitute

Arabic: مَحْظِيّة‎ f (maḥẓiyya)
Catalan: cortesana (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 妓女 (zh) (jìnǚ) (prostitute), 高級妓女, 高级妓女 (gāojí jìnǚ)
Czech: kurtizána (cs) f
Dutch: courtisane (nl) f
Finnish: seurapiirihuora, kurtisaani (fi)
French: courtisane (fr) f
Galician: cortesá f
German: Kurtisane (de) f
Greek: κοκότα (el) f (kokóta)
Ancient: ἑταίρα f (hetaíra)

Hungarian: kurtizán (hu), kéjnő (hu)
Italian: prostituta (it) f
Japanese: 娼婦 (ja) (しょうふ, shōfu) (prostitute), 高級娼婦 (こうきゅうしょうふ, kōkyū shōfu)
Korean: 창녀 (ko) (changnyeo) (prostitute), 고급 창녀 (gogeup changnyeo)
Manx: streebagh
Nahuatl: āhuiyani
Polish: kurtyzana (pl) f
Portuguese: cortesã (pt) f
Russian: куртиза́нка (ru) f (kurtizánka)
Spanish: cortesana
Swedish: kurtisan (sv) c
Vietnamese: đĩ quý phái, đĩ hạng sang

References

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

Anagrams

acentrous, ancestour, auncestor, courantes, nectarous, outrances

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