courtisanerie
French, noun/kuʁ.ti.zan.ʁi/
courtisanerie is spelled C-O-U-R-T-I-S-A-N-E-R-I-E (13 letters) and appears about once in every 35 million words in written French, the 187,990th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Courtisanerie is a French feminine noun meaning “any action taken by a group of courtiers” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Caractère de basse adulation dans les actes ou dans les paroles”.
What does courtisanerie mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineany action taken by a group of courtiers
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Caractère de basse adulation dans les actes ou dans les paroles. 2. Pratique de courtisane, de femme du demi-monde.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of courtisanerie
- courtisaneries plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce courtisanerie?
- /kuʁ.ti.zan.ʁi/
- \kuʁ.ti.zan.ʁi\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is courtisanerie in French?
courtisanerie appears about once in every 35 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).