cortesão

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Portuguese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /koʁ.teˈzɐ̃w̃/
- (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /koɾ.teˈzɐ̃w̃/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /koʁ.teˈzɐ̃w̃/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /koɻ.teˈzɐ̃w̃/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /kuɾ.tɨˈzɐ̃w̃/

Rhymes: -ɐ̃w̃
Hyphenation: cor‧te‧são

Noun

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

courtier (attendant at a royal court)

References

^ “cortesão”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
^ “cortesão”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

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