cortigiano
Italian
Alternative forms
- cortegiano (archaic)
Etymology
From corte (“court”) + -igiano.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kor.tiˈd͡ʒa.no/
- Rhymes: -ano
- Hyphenation: cor‧ti‧già‧no
Adjective
cortigiano (feminine cortigiana, masculine plural cortigiani, feminine plural cortigiane)
- courtly (befitting a royal court)
- courtly (of or relating to a royal court)
Derived terms
- cortigianamente
Noun
cortigiano m (plural cortigiani, feminine cortigiana)
- courtier
Derived terms
- cortigianeria
- cortigianesco
Descendants
- → Catalan: cortesà
- → French: courtisan
- → English: courtesan
- → Portuguese: cortesão
- → Romanian: curtezan
- → Occitan: cortesan
- → Spanish: cortesano
Further reading
- cortigiano in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana