courtoise
French, adjective/kuʁ.twaz/
courtoise is spelled C-O-U-R-T-O-I-S-E (9 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 44,377th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Courtoise is a French feminine adjective meaning “feminine singular of courtois” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does courtoise mean in English?
adjective
- 1
femininefeminine singular of courtois
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Habitante de Cour-et-Buis, commune française située dans le département de l’Isère.
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 courtoise
- Courtoises plural
- Courtois masculine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce courtoise?
- /kuʁ.twaz/
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is courtoise in French?
courtoise appears about once in every 2 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).