geisha

See also: Geisha

English

A geisha at work

Alternative forms

• geisya

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 芸者(げいしゃ) (geisha, “artisan”), from Middle Chinese 藝 (MC ŋiᴇi^H, “art, craft”) + 者 (MC t͡ɕia^X, “-er”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡeɪ.ʃə/
• Rhymes: -eɪʃə

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

a Japanese entertainer

• Albanian: geishë f
• Arabic: غَيْشَا‎ f (ḡayšā)
• Armenian: գեյշա (geyša)
• Azerbaijani: geyşa (az)
• Belarusian: ге́йша f (hjéjša)
• Bengali: গিশা (giśa)
• Bulgarian: ге́йша f (géjša)
• Burmese: ဂေးရှား (ge:hra:)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 藝妓 (zh), 艺妓 (zh) (yìjì), 藝伎 (zh), 艺伎 (zh) (yìjì)

• Czech: gejša (cs) f
• Danish: geisha c
• Dutch: geisha (nl) f
• Esperanto: gejŝo
• Estonian: geiša (et)
• Finnish: geisha (fi), geiša (fi)
• French: geisha (fr) f
• Georgian: გეიშა (ka) (geiša)
• German: Geisha (de) f
• Greek: γκέισα (el) f (gkéisa)
• Hebrew: גֵּיְשָׁה‎ (he) f (géysha)
• Hindi: गीशा f (gīśā)
• Hungarian: gésa (hu)
• Icelandic: geisja f
• Interlingua: geisha
• Italian: geisha (it) f
• Japanese: 芸者 (ja) (げいしゃ, geisha), 芸妓 (ja) (げいぎ, geigi), 芸子 (げいこ, geiko) (young)
• Kazakh: гейша (geyşa)
• Korean: 게이샤 (geisya), 게이기 (geigi)
• Kyrgyz: гейша (geyşa)

• Latvian: geiša f
• Lithuanian: geiša f
• Macedonian: гејша f (gejša)
• Malay: geisya

  Jawi: ݢيئيشا‎

• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: гейша (geisha)

• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: geisha m

  Nynorsk: geisha f

• Persian: گیشا‎ (fa) (geyšâ)
• Polish: gejsza (pl) f
• Portuguese: gueixa (pt) f
• Romanian: gheișă (ro) f
• Russian: ге́йша (ru) f (géjša)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: ге̑јша f

  Roman: gȇjša (sh) f

• Slovak: gejša (sk) f
• Slovene: gejša f
• Swedish: geisha (sv) c
• Tajik: гейша (geyša)
• Thai: เกอิชา (th) (gee-ì-chaa)
• Turkish: geyşa (tr)
• Ukrainian: ге́йша f (héjša), ґе́йша f (géjša)
• Urdu: گیشا‎ f (gīśā)
• Uzbek: geysha (uz)
• Vietnamese: geisha (vi), nghệ giả (藝者)

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Finnish

Alternative forms

• geiša

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡei̯ʃɑ/, [ˈɡe̞i̯ʃɑ]
• IPA^(key): /ˈɡei̯sɑ/, [ˈɡe̞i̯s̠ɑ]

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

Inflection of geisha (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative		geisha	geishat
genitive		geishan	geishojen
partitive		geishaa	geishoja
illative		geishaan	geishoihin
		singular	plural
nominative		geisha	geishat
accusative	nom.	geisha	geishat
	gen.	geishan
genitive		geishan	geishojen geishainrare
partitive		geishaa	geishoja
inessive		geishassa	geishoissa
elative		geishasta	geishoista
illative		geishaan	geishoihin
adessive		geishalla	geishoilla
ablative		geishalta	geishoilta
allative		geishalle	geishoille
essive		geishana	geishoina
translative		geishaksi	geishoiksi
instructive		—	geishoin
abessive		geishatta	geishoitta
comitative		—	geishoineen

Possessive forms of geisha (type kala)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	geishani	geishamme
2nd person	geishasi	geishanne
3rd person	geishansa

Compounds

• geishakuula
• geishapallo
• geishakuula

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French

Etymology

From Japanese 芸者.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡɛ.ʃa/, /ɡe.ʃa/, /ɡɛj.ʃa/

Noun

geisha f (plural geishas)

1. geisha

Derived terms

• boule de geisha

Further reading

• “geisha”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Italian

Alternative forms

• gheiscia

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡɛjʃ.ʃa/
• Rhymes: -ɛjʃʃa

Noun

geisha f (plural geishe)

1. geisha

Anagrams

• saighe

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Japanese

Romanization

geisha

1. Rōmaji transcription of げいしゃ

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Sicilian

Alternative forms

• geiscia

Noun

geisha f (plural geisha)

1. geisha

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Spanish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Japanese 芸者.

Noun

geisha f (plural geishas)

1. geisha

Further reading

• “geisha”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 芸者 (geisha, “artisan”).

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya)

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Noun

geisha (n class, plural geisha)

1. geisha

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Swedish

Noun

geisha c

1. geisha

Declension

Declension of geisha
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	geisha	geishan	geishor	geishorna
Genitive	geishas	geishans	geishors	geishornas

Derived terms

• geishaskola