different between oiran vs geisha

English

Etymology

From Japanese ??, literally ‘flower-leader’.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?????n/

Noun

oiran (plural oiran or oirans)

1. A high-status courtesan in Japan.
   • 2002, Donald Richie, The Inland Sea (Stone Bridge Press 2002, p. 192)

     The oiran of Mitarai was not like the geisha. Like the great eighteenth-century courtesans of Europe, she knew who and what she was and turned wanton provocation into an art.

Anagrams

• Arion, Irano-, Riano, noria, on air, on-air, raion

Catalan

Verb

oiran

1. third-person plural future indicative form of oir

Japanese

Romanization

oiran

1. R?maji transcription of ????

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