"hetaera" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /hɪˈtɪəɹə/, /hɪˈtaɪɹə/ Forms: hetaerae [plural], hetaeras [plural]
Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἑταῖρα (hetaîra), feminine of ἑταῖρος (hetaîros, “companion”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|grc|ἑταῖρα|}} Ancient Greek ἑταῖρα (hetaîra), {{m|grc|ἑταῖρος||companion}} ἑταῖρος (hetaîros, “companion”) Head templates: {{en-noun|hetaerae|s}} hetaera (plural hetaerae or hetaeras)
  1. (historical, Ancient Greece) A highly cultivated hired female companion who would entertain upper-class male clients and might perform sex acts for them. Tags: historical Categories (topical): Ancient Greece, Prostitution Translations (hired female companion): hetéra [feminine] (Czech), hetære [common-gender] (Danish), hetajro (Esperanto), hetaira (Finnish), hétaïre [feminine] (French), Hetäre [feminine] (German), εταίρα (etaíra) [feminine] (Greek), etera [feminine] (Italian), ヘタイラ (hetaira) (Japanese), hetera [feminine] (Polish), hetera [feminine] (Portuguese), hetaira [feminine] (Portuguese), гете́ра (getéra) [feminine] (Russian), hetera [feminine] (Spanish), hetaira [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-hetaera-en-noun-~8D6QEix Disambiguation of Prostitution: 94 6 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 98 2 Disambiguation of 'hired female companion': 100 0
  2. A mistress.
    Sense id: en-hetaera-en-noun-Y68JusnM
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: hetaira, hetæra Derived forms: hetaeric Related terms: etaerio, hetaerism, hetaerist

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