How do you pronounce curtsy?

The recorded pronunciation is /kˈɝtsi/.

curtsy

/kˈɝtsi/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.05 in modern English

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"A Signora Rossinuola, with the face of a goddess, and the voice of an angel, made her first curtsy that evening to the Neapolitans. She was received with the most rapturous applause."
"He made a salutation, or, to speak nearer the truth, an ill-defined, abortive attempt at curtsy."

curtsies (plural) curtsies (present, singular) curtsying (participle, present) curtsied (participle, past) curtsied (past)

curtsey bob

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