cortesão

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from French courtisan, from Italian cortigiano.[1][2] Plural was influenced by Spanish cortesanos.

Pronunciation
 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /koʁ.teˈzɐ̃w̃/ [koh.teˈzɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /koɾ.teˈzɐ̃w̃/ [koɾ.teˈzɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /koʁ.teˈzɐ̃w̃/ [koχ.teˈzɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /koɻ.teˈzɐ̃w̃/ [koɻ.teˈzɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /kuɾ.tɨˈzɐ̃w̃/

  • Rhymes: -ɐ̃w̃
  • Hyphenation: cor‧te‧são

Noun

cortesão m (plural cortesãos, feminine cortesã, feminine plural cortesãs)

  1. courtier (attendant at a royal court)

References
  1. “cortesão” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
  2. “cortesão” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
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