different between geisha vs concubine

English

Alternative forms

• geisya

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese ??(????) (geisha, “artisan”), from Middle Chinese ? (MC ?i?i^H, “art, craft”) + ? (MC t??ia^X, “-er”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??e?.??/
• Rhymes: -e???

Noun

geisha (plural geisha or geishas)

1. A Japanese female entertainer skilled in various arts such as tea ceremony, dancing, singing and calligraphy.

Synonyms

• geisha girl
• geiko
• maiko

Translations

References

Finnish

Alternative forms

• geiša

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??ei???/, [??e?i???]
• IPA^(key): /??ei?s?/, [??e?i?s??]

Noun

geisha

1. A geisha.
2. When used as modifier in compound terms, may also refer to "Geisha" chocolate brand, e.g. geishakakku, geishajäädyke.

Declension

Compounds

• geishakuula
• geishapallo
• geishakuula

French

Etymology

From Japanese ??.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??.?a/, /??j.?a/

Noun

geisha f (plural geishas)

1. geisha

Derived terms

• boule de geisha

Further reading

• “geisha” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Italian

Alternative forms

• gheiscia

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???j.??a/

Noun

geisha f (plural geishe)

1. geisha

Japanese

Romanization

geisha

1. R?maji transcription of ????

Sicilian

Alternative forms

• geiscia

Noun

geisha f (plural geisha)

1. geisha

Spanish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Japanese ??

Noun

geisha f (plural geishas)

1. geisha

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese ?? (geisha, “artisan”)

Pronunciation

Noun

geisha (n class, plural geisha)

1. geisha

Swedish

Noun

geisha c

1. geisha

Declension

Derived terms

• geishaskola

English

Etymology

From Middle English concubine (first attested 1250–1300), from Anglo-Norman concubine, from Latin concub?na, equivalent to concub- (variant stem of concumb? (“to lie together”)) + feminine suffix -?na.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?k??kj?ba?n/

Noun

concubine (plural concubines)

1. A sexual partner, especially a woman, to whom one is not or cannot be married.

   Synonyms: mistress, sprunk; see also Thesaurus:sexual partner, Thesaurus:mistress

2. A woman who lives with a man, but who is not a wife.

   Synonyms: cohabitor, cohabitant, domestic partner
3. (chiefly historical) A slave-girl or woman, kept for instance in a harem, who is held for sexual service.

   Synonym: odalisque

Derived terms

• concubinage

Translations

See also

• harem
• polygamy
• co-wife
• seraglio

References

• Random House Unabridged Dictionary
• concubine at OneLook Dictionary Search

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch concubine, from Middle French concubine, from Old French [Term?], from Latin concub?na.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k??.ky?bi.n?/
• Hyphenation: con?cu?bi?ne
• Rhymes: -in?

Noun

concubine f (plural concubines or concubinen)

1. concubine

   Synonyms: bijvrouw, bijwijf, bijzit, bijzitster

Derived terms

• concubinaat

French

Etymology

Latin concub?na

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k??.ky.bin/

Noun

concubine f (plural concubines, masculine concubin)

1. cohabitant, female domestic partner
2. concubine

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kon.ku?bi.ne/

Noun

concubine f

1. plural of concubina

Latin

Noun

concub?ne

1. vocative singular of concub?nus

Middle English

Alternative forms

• concubyne, concubyn, concubin

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman concubine, from Latin concub?na.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k?nkiu??bi?n(?)/

Noun

concubine (plural concubines)

1. A concubine; a secondary female partner.
2. (rare) A illegitimate or unacknowledged partner (male or female)

Descendants

• English: concubine

References

• “conc?b?n(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-09-12.