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has glosseng: A courtesan was a high-class prostitute or mistress, especially one associated with rich, powerful, or noble men who gifted luxuries and status in exchange for her services. In Renaissance Europe, courtesans had an important role in high class society, sometimes taking the place of wives at social roles. Courtesans usually enjoyed more freedoms than was typical of women at the time. For example, they did not have money problems and were more independent. Madame de Pompadour (1721–1764), the famous mistress and favorite of King Louis XV of France, is an example of courtesan. Courtesans also existed in many countries outside Europe, like India and Japan.
has glosseng: A courtesan was originally a woman courtier, which means a person who attends the court of a monarch or other powerful person. In feudal society, the court was the centre of government as well as the residence of the monarch, and social and political life were often completely mixed together. In Renaissance Europe, courtiers played an extremely important role in upper-class society. As it was customary during this time for royal couples to lead separate lives — commonly marrying simply to preserve bloodlines and to secure political alliances — men and women would often seek gratification and companionship from people living at court. In fact, the verb "to court" originally meant "to be or reside at court", and later came to mean "to behave as a courtier" and then "to pay amorous attention to somebody". The most intimate companion of a ruler was called the favourite.
lexicalizationeng: Courtesans
lexicalizationeng: courtesan
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Breton
has glossbre: Ur gourtizanez (eus ar ger gallek courtisane) a veze lavaret e brezhoneg eus ar merched a renk uhel a werzhe o chorf da dud pinvidik ha galloudus .
lexicalizationbre: kourtizanez
Czech
has glossces: Kurtizána (slovní základ fr. cour dvůr, dvořanstvo, palác) je pojem, který pochází z francouzského courtisan / courtisane, česky dvořan / dvořanka respektive z italského cortigiano / cortigiana. Označoval příslušníka nebo příslušnici královského dvora. Už od 16. století však označoval milenku, konkubínu anebo profesionální společnici vysoko postavených mužů. Tím pádem měla silný politický vliv, musela umět zvládat složité diplomatické situace.
lexicalizationces: kurtizána
Danish
has glossdan: En kurtisane er en finere prostitueret, en betalt elskerinde.
lexicalizationdan: Kurtisane
Finnish
has glossfin: Kurtisaani on tarkoittanut alun perin hovinaista (vrt. court, hovi). Sittemmin kurtisaanilla on viitattu yläluokkaisiin prostituoituihin tai rakastajattariin.
lexicalizationfin: kurtisaani
French
has glossfra: Un courtisan est étymologiquement une personne qui demeure à la cour du souverain. Le terme a par la suite pris plusieurs sens, pouvant désigner, au féminin, une prostituée ou simplement une concubine, ou encore, par exemple dans Le discours de la servitude volontaire dÉtienne de La Boétie celui (ou celle) qui sasservit au souverain, devenant ses yeux et ses oreilles, devançant ses désirs (voir citation).
lexicalizationfra: courtisan
Hebrew
has glossheb: קורטיזנות (איטלקית: Cortigiana) הן סוג של אמניות-בדרניות-מארחות וזונות צמרת שהיו נפוצות במהלך המאה ה-16 ואחריה באירופה בקרב החוגים החברתיים הגבוהים של אותה תקופה. הקורטיזנות היו בפועל פילגשותיהן של גברים רבי השפעה וממון שסיפקו להן מותרות וסטטוס חברתי בתמורה לחברתן. בתקופת הרנסאנס, שיחקו הקורטיזנות תפקיד מרכזי בחיי החברה של המעמדות הגבוהים ואף נטלו לעתים את מקומן הפומבי של נשותיהם הרשמיות של הגברים עימם התרועעו. מאחר שזוגות מלכותיים באותה התקופה ניהלו לעתים חיי נישואין פיקטיביים לצורכי המשך השושלת ובריתות פוליטיות, חיפשו גברים רבים בת לוויה לסיפוק צרכיהם המיניים והחברתיים ומצאו אותה בדמותה של הקורטיזנה.
lexicalizationheb: קורטיזנה
Italian
has glossita: Con l'aggettivo cortigiano ci si riferisce a tutto ciò che è relativo a una corte, alla vita di corte (per es.: cerimonia cortigiana, poesia cortigiana), o anche a chi vive presso una corte. Nel Rinascimento il sostantivo indicava il gentiluomo o la gentildonna di corte, ma il suo significato è mutato nei secoli, fino ad indicare un adulatore ipocrita se uomo, una prostituta se donna.
lexicalizationita: cortigiano
Dutch
has glossnld: Courtisane (van het Frans: letterlijk hovelinge) was een hofdame maar de term kreeg al vroeg de bijbetekenis van minnares van een vorst of hooggeplaatst hoveling en bij uitbreiding ook van andere personen uit hogere kringen. In het 17e-eeuwse Frankrijk en tijdens het Second Empire (de regering van Napoleon III) werd de term overgenomen voor een voorname ‘demi-mondaine’: een vrouw van lichte zeden die zich in hogere kringen begaf, en die wegens hun beschaafde omgangsvormen en elegantie aan het hof geaccepteerd werden.
lexicalizationnld: courtisane
Norwegian
has glossnor: En kurtisane (fra fransk courtisane) var opprinnelig en kvinne ved hoffet, hvilket innebar en person som går en monark eller annen mektig person til hånde.
lexicalizationnor: kurtisane
Portuguese
has glosspor: Cortesã, conforme os usos do século XVI, era termo utilizado para referir-se às amantes que se associavam aos ricos e poderosos nobres que as proviam de luxo e bem-estar, assim como status junto à corte, em troca de sua companhia e seus favores. A própria palavra cortesã está indissoluvelmente associada à palavra Corte, como sinônimo dos nobres que podiam ter contato direto com a realeza.
lexicalizationpor: cortesã
Russian
has glossrus: Куртизанка (, , первоначально «придворная») — термин, употреблявшийся по отношению к проститутке, работавшей в высших слоях общества начиная с эпохи Ренессанса до начала XX века.
lexicalizationrus: куртизанка
Slovak
has glossslk: Kurtizána je milenka alebo prostitútka z vyšších spoločenských kruhov. Nielen v európskych, ale aj v ázijských kultúrach (Čína, Japonsko) bola úloha kurtizány nielen sexuálna, respektíve často zahrnovala poskytovanie skoro výlučne nesexuálnej spoločnosti.
lexicalizationslk: Kurtizána
Slovenian
has glossslv: Kurtizána (srednjefrancosko courtisane, severno italijansko narečje cortigiana, iz latinskega cohort-, cohors) je ženska, po navadi iz višjega družbenega sloja, ki je v preteklosti moškim iz višjih družbenih slojev v zameno za denar ali iz družbenih in/ali političnih koristi ponujala različne usluge. Te so zajemale spremstvo, družbo, pogovor in tudi seksualne usluge.
lexicalizationslv: kurtizana
Swedish
has glossswe: Kurtisan (Courtisane) [-san], egentligen hovdam; elegant demimondedam. Ett slags mellanting mellan prostituerad och sällskapsdam, vilket var vanligt i fina kretsar kring 1800-talet.
lexicalizationswe: Kurtisan
Chinese
has glosszho: 藝妓於漢語裡泛指以奉客、表演為主,賣藝不賣身或不輕易賣身的女人。她們一般有很高的藝術素養。世界上很多地方都曾經或一直有藝妓存在。
lexicalizationzho: 藝妓
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