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courtisanerie

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
cour-tisaner-ie
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The practice or profession of being a courtesan.

Etymology

From French courtisanerie, from Middle French, from courtisane + -erie, from Italian cortigiana, feminine of cortigiano (“courtier”), from corte (“court”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: courtisanerie, -, cortigiana

Inflected Forms

courtisaneries (plural)

Questions

What does courtisanerie mean?
The practice or profession of being a courtesan.
Where does courtisanerie come from?
It is traced to French.

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