courtisan

== French == === Etymology === Borrowed from Italian cortigiano. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kuʁ.ti.zɑ̃/ === Noun === courtisan m (plural courtisans, feminine courtisane) courtier sycophant ==== 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