"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) 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), hetär [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-hetaera-en-noun-~8D6QEix Disambiguation of Prostitution: 96 4 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 98 2 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 95 5 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 97 3 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 97 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 96 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 98 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 96 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 95 5 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 96 4 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 95 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 95 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 96 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 96 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 96 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 96 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 96 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 98 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 97 3 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

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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