courtisan
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian cortigiano.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kuʁ.ti.zɑ̃/
Audio (file)
Noun
courtisan m (plural courtisans, feminine courtisane)
- courtier
Related terms
- cour
- courtiser
Descendants
- → English: courtesan
- → Portuguese: cortesão
- → Romanian: curtezan
Further reading
- “courtisan”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.