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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈkɔːt.ʃɪp/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈkɔɹt.ʃɪp/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Mélange a trois-courtship.wav Forms: courtships [plural]
Etymology: From court (“demonstration of such respect as is traditionally given at court; attention directed to a person in power; behaviour designed to gain favour; politeness of manner; civility towards someone”) + -ship (suffix forming nouns indicating a property or state of being). Etymology templates: {{glossary|suffix}} suffix, {{glossary|noun}} noun, {{suffix|en|court|ship|pos2=suffix forming nouns indicating a property or state of being|t1=demonstration of such respect as is traditionally given at court; attention directed to a person in power; behaviour designed to gain favour; politeness of manner; civility towards someone}} court (“demonstration of such respect as is traditionally given at court; attention directed to a person in power; behaviour designed to gain favour; politeness of manner; civility towards someone”) + -ship (suffix forming nouns indicating a property or state of being) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} courtship (countable and uncountable, plural courtships)
  1. (countable, uncountable) The act of paying court, that is, demonstrating such politeness and respect as is traditionally given at a court (“a formal assembly of a sovereign's retinue”).
    (obsolete) The ceremonial performance of acts of courtesy to a dignitary, etc.
    Tags: countable, obsolete, uncountable
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  2. (countable, uncountable) The act of paying court, that is, demonstrating such politeness and respect as is traditionally given at a court (“a formal assembly of a sovereign's retinue”).
    The act of wooing a person to enter into a romantic relationship or marriage; hence, the period during which a couple fall in love before their marriage.
    Tags: countable, uncountable Synonyms: courtship Translations (act of wooing a person to enter into a romantic relationship or marriage): μνηστεία (mnēsteía) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), заляца́нне (zaljacánnje) [neuter] (Belarusian), жаніха́нне (žanixánnje) [neuter] (Belarusian), уха́жване (uhážvane) [neuter] (Bulgarian), 求愛 (Chinese Mandarin), 求爱 (qiú'ài) (Chinese Mandarin), dvoření [neuter] (Czech), namlouvání [neuter] (Czech), námluvy [feminine, plural] (Czech), той (toj) (Erzya), amindumado (Esperanto), amindumo (Esperanto), kosiskelu (Finnish), riiuu (Finnish), cour [feminine] (French), Brautwerbung [feminine] (German), Freien (German), Liebeswerben [neuter] (German), udvarlás (Hungarian), cúirtéireacht [feminine] (Irish), suirí [feminine] (Irish), corteggiamento [masculine] (Italian), corteggio [masculine] (Italian), 求愛 (kyūai) (alt: きゅうあい) (Japanese), құдалық (qūdalyq) (Kazakh), 구애 (guae) (alt: 求愛) (Korean), додвору́вање (dodvorúvanje) [neuter] (Macedonian), mātorohanga (Maori), konkury [nonvirile] (Polish), zaloty [nonvirile] (Polish), corte [masculine] (Portuguese), cortejo [masculine] (Portuguese), curte (Romanian), уха́живание (uxáživanije) [neuter] (Russian), leannanachd [feminine] (Scottish Gaelic), удва́ра̄ње [Cyrillic, neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), udvárānje [Roman, neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), scummàttiri [masculine] (Sicilian), nzurtari [masculine] (Sicilian), dvorenie [neuter] (Slovak), dvorjenje [neuter] (Slovene), cortejo (Spanish), frieri [neuter] (Swedish), panliligaw (Tagalog), залиця́ння (zalycjánnja) [neuter] (Ukrainian), жениха́ння (ženyxánnja) [neuter] (Ukrainian), зальо́ти (zalʹóty) [plural] (Ukrainian), sự tán tỉnh (Vietnamese), sự ve vãn (Vietnamese) Translations (period during which a couple fall in love before their marriage): whakai (Maori), whakaipotanga (Maori), удва́ра̄ње [Cyrillic, neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), хофирање [Cyrillic, neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), udvárānje [Roman, neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), hofiranje [Roman, neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), thời gian tìm hiểu (Vietnamese)
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  3. (countable, uncountable) The act of paying court, that is, demonstrating such politeness and respect as is traditionally given at a court (“a formal assembly of a sovereign's retinue”).
    (by extension) The behaviour exhibited by an animal to attract a mate.
    Tags: broadly, countable, uncountable Translations (behaviour exhibited by a male animal to attract a mate): удва́ра̄ње [Cyrillic, neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), udvárānje [Roman, neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), hành vi ve vãn (Vietnamese), hành vi tán tỉnh (Vietnamese)
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  4. (countable, uncountable) The act of paying court, that is, demonstrating such politeness and respect as is traditionally given at a court (“a formal assembly of a sovereign's retinue”).
    (figuratively) The act of trying to solicit a favour or support from someone.
    Tags: countable, figuratively, uncountable Translations (act of trying to solicit a favour or support from someone): sự nịnh nọt (Vietnamese)
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  5. (countable, uncountable, obsolete) Elegance or propriety of manners fitting for a court; courtliness; (by extension) courteous or polite behaviour; courtesy. Tags: countable, obsolete, uncountable
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  6. (uncountable, obsolete) The pursuit of being a courtier, such as exercising diplomacy, finesse, etc.; also, the artifices and intrigues of a court; courtcraft. Tags: obsolete, uncountable
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: courtship, dating, loveship, suit, wooing Hyponyms: coquetry, flattery, flirtation, gallantry, serenading Derived forms: courtship display, precourtship Translations (act of paying court, that is, demonstrating such respect as is traditionally given at a court): удво́рно̄ст [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), udvórnōst [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian)
Related terms: court, courting, courtliness, courtly, billet-doux, love letter, serenade, aroused, date, flirt, sexy, woo Disambiguation of 'act of paying court, that is, demonstrating such respect as is traditionally given at a court': 24 24 24 24 2 2

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          "ref": "[1611?], Homer, “Book XV”, in Geo[rge] Chapman, transl., The Iliads of Homer Prince of Poets. […], London: […] Nathaniell Butter, →OCLC; republished as The Iliads of Homer, Prince of Poets, […], new edition, volume I, London: Charles Knight and Co., […], 1843, →OCLC, page 51:",
          "text": "So reverend Juno headlong flew, and 'gainst her stomach striv'd. / For (being amongst th' immortal gods, in high heaven, soon arriv'd, / All rising, welcoming with cups her little absence then) / She all their courtships overpast with solemn negligence, / Save that which fair-cheek'd Themis show'd, and her kind cup she took: [...]",
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          "ref": "c. 1591–1595 (date written), [William Shakespeare], […] Romeo and Juliet. […] (First Quarto), London: […] Iohn Danter, published 1597, →OCLC, [Act II, scene ii]:",
          "text": "More validitie, / More honourable ſtate, more courtſhip liues / In carrion flyes, than Romeo: they may ſeaze / On the white wonder of faire Iuliets skinne, / And ſteale immortall kiſſes from her lips; / But Romeo may not, he is baniſhed.",
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          "text": "Our ſelfe and Buſhie, / Obſerued his courtſhip to the common people, / How he did ſeeme to diue into their harts, / With humble and familiar courteſie, / What reuerence he did throw away on ſlaues, [...]",
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          "text": "So reverend Juno headlong flew, and 'gainst her stomach striv'd. / For (being amongst th' immortal gods, in high heaven, soon arriv'd, / All rising, welcoming with cups her little absence then) / She all their courtships overpast with solemn negligence, / Save that which fair-cheek'd Themis show'd, and her kind cup she took: [...]",
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          "text": "The Magistrate whose Charge is to see to our Persons, and Estates, is to bee honour'd with a more elaborate and personall Courtship, with large Salaries and Stipends, that hee himselfe may abound in those things whereof his legall justice and watchfull care gives us the quiet enjoyment.",
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          "ref": "1838 March – 1839 October, Charles Dickens, “Of Miss Squeers, Mrs. Squeers, Master Squeers, and Mr. Squeers; and Various Matters and Persons Connected No Less with the Squeerses than with Nicholas Nickleby”, in The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby, London: Chapman and Hall, […], published 1839, →OCLC, page 79:",
          "text": "[T]he friend's father and mother were quite agreeable to her being married, and the whole courtship was in consequence as flat and common-place as it was possible to imagine.",
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      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "act of paying court, that is, demonstrating such respect as is traditionally given at a court",
      "tags": [
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        "feminine"
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        "feminine"
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      "tags": [
        "neuter"
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      "word": "заляца́нне"
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      "tags": [
        "neuter"
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      "word": "жаніха́нне"
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      "code": "bg",
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      "roman": "uhážvane",
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      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "уха́жване"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "act of wooing a person to enter into a romantic relationship or marriage",
      "word": "求愛"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "qiú'ài",
      "sense": "act of wooing a person to enter into a romantic relationship or marriage",
      "word": "求爱"
    },
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      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "act of wooing a person to enter into a romantic relationship or marriage",
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      "word": "dvoření"
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      "sense": "act of wooing a person to enter into a romantic relationship or marriage",
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        "plural"
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      "word": "námluvy"
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      "code": "myv",
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      "roman": "toj",
      "sense": "act of wooing a person to enter into a romantic relationship or marriage",
      "word": "той"
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      "sense": "act of wooing a person to enter into a romantic relationship or marriage",
      "word": "amindumado"
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      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "act of wooing a person to enter into a romantic relationship or marriage",
      "word": "amindumo"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "act of wooing a person to enter into a romantic relationship or marriage",
      "word": "kosiskelu"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "act of wooing a person to enter into a romantic relationship or marriage",
      "word": "riiuu"
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      "code": "fr",
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      "sense": "act of wooing a person to enter into a romantic relationship or marriage",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "cour"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "act of wooing a person to enter into a romantic relationship or marriage",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "Brautwerbung"
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    {
      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "act of wooing a person to enter into a romantic relationship or marriage",
      "word": "Freien"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "act of wooing a person to enter into a romantic relationship or marriage",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "grc",
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "μνηστεία"
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      "code": "hu",
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      "sense": "act of wooing a person to enter into a romantic relationship or marriage",
      "word": "udvarlás"
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      "code": "ga",
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      "sense": "act of wooing a person to enter into a romantic relationship or marriage",
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      "word": "cúirtéireacht"
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      "code": "ga",
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      "sense": "act of wooing a person to enter into a romantic relationship or marriage",
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      "word": "suirí"
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      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "act of wooing a person to enter into a romantic relationship or marriage",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "corteggiamento"
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      "sense": "act of wooing a person to enter into a romantic relationship or marriage",
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      "alt": "きゅうあい",
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      "roman": "kyūai",
      "sense": "act of wooing a person to enter into a romantic relationship or marriage",
      "word": "求愛"
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      "code": "kk",
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      "roman": "qūdalyq",
      "sense": "act of wooing a person to enter into a romantic relationship or marriage",
      "word": "құдалық"
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      "alt": "求愛",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "guae",
      "sense": "act of wooing a person to enter into a romantic relationship or marriage",
      "word": "구애"
    },
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      "code": "mk",
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      "roman": "dodvorúvanje",
      "sense": "act of wooing a person to enter into a romantic relationship or marriage",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "додвору́вање"
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      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "act of wooing a person to enter into a romantic relationship or marriage",
      "word": "mātorohanga"
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "act of wooing a person to enter into a romantic relationship or marriage",
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      "word": "konkury"
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      "code": "pl",
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      "sense": "act of wooing a person to enter into a romantic relationship or marriage",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "zaloty"
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      "code": "pt",
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      "sense": "act of wooing a person to enter into a romantic relationship or marriage",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "corte"
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      "code": "pt",
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      "sense": "act of wooing a person to enter into a romantic relationship or marriage",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "cortejo"
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      "code": "ro",
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      "sense": "act of wooing a person to enter into a romantic relationship or marriage",
      "word": "curte"
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "uxáživanije",
      "sense": "act of wooing a person to enter into a romantic relationship or marriage",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
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      "word": "уха́живание"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "act of wooing a person to enter into a romantic relationship or marriage",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "leannanachd"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "act of wooing a person to enter into a romantic relationship or marriage",
      "tags": [
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        "neuter"
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      "word": "удва́ра̄ње"
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      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "act of wooing a person to enter into a romantic relationship or marriage",
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      "word": "udvárānje"
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    {
      "code": "scn",
      "lang": "Sicilian",
      "sense": "act of wooing a person to enter into a romantic relationship or marriage",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "scummàttiri"
    },
    {
      "code": "scn",
      "lang": "Sicilian",
      "sense": "act of wooing a person to enter into a romantic relationship or marriage",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "nzurtari"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "act of wooing a person to enter into a romantic relationship or marriage",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "dvorenie"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "act of wooing a person to enter into a romantic relationship or marriage",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
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      "word": "dvorjenje"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "act of wooing a person to enter into a romantic relationship or marriage",
      "word": "cortejo"
    },
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "act of wooing a person to enter into a romantic relationship or marriage",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
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      "word": "frieri"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "act of wooing a person to enter into a romantic relationship or marriage",
      "word": "panliligaw"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "zalycjánnja",
      "sense": "act of wooing a person to enter into a romantic relationship or marriage",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "залиця́ння"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "ženyxánnja",
      "sense": "act of wooing a person to enter into a romantic relationship or marriage",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "жениха́ння"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "zalʹóty",
      "sense": "act of wooing a person to enter into a romantic relationship or marriage",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "зальо́ти"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "act of wooing a person to enter into a romantic relationship or marriage",
      "word": "sự tán tỉnh"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "act of wooing a person to enter into a romantic relationship or marriage",
      "word": "sự ve vãn"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "period during which a couple fall in love before their marriage",
      "word": "whakai"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "period during which a couple fall in love before their marriage",
      "word": "whakaipotanga"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "period during which a couple fall in love before their marriage",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "удва́ра̄ње"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "period during which a couple fall in love before their marriage",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "хофирање"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "period during which a couple fall in love before their marriage",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "udvárānje"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "period during which a couple fall in love before their marriage",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "hofiranje"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "period during which a couple fall in love before their marriage",
      "word": "thời gian tìm hiểu"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "behaviour exhibited by a male animal to attract a mate",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "удва́ра̄ње"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "behaviour exhibited by a male animal to attract a mate",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "udvárānje"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "behaviour exhibited by a male animal to attract a mate",
      "word": "hành vi ve vãn"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "behaviour exhibited by a male animal to attract a mate",
      "word": "hành vi tán tỉnh"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "act of trying to solicit a favour or support from someone",
      "word": "sự nịnh nọt"
    }
  ],
  "word": "courtship"
}

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