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Italian
Etymology
From corte (“court”) + -igiano.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kor.tiˈd͡ʒa.no/
- Rhymes: -ano
- Hyphenation: cor‧ti‧già‧no
Adjective
cortigiano (feminine cortigiana, masculine plural cortigiani, feminine plural cortigiane)
- courtly (befitting a royal court)
- courtly (of or relating to a royal court)
Derived terms
Noun
cortigiano m (plural cortigiani, feminine cortigiana)
- courtier
Derived terms
Descendants
Further reading
- cortigiano in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana