geisha
pronunciation
How to pronounce geisha in British English:
UK [ˈgeɪʃə]
How to pronounce geisha in American English:
US [ˈɡeʃə, ˈɡi-]
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- Noun:
- a Japanese woman trained to entertain men with conversation and singing and dancing
Word Origin
- geisha (n.)
- 1887, "Japanese girl whose profession is to sing and dance to entertain men;" hence, loosely, "prostitute," from Japanese, literally "person accomplished in the social arts," from gei "art, performance" + sha "person." Compare almah, and Athenian auletrides "flute-girls," female musicians who entertained guests at a symposium with music at the start of the party and sex at the end of it.
Example
- 1. The is causing the geisha population to slowly decline .
- 2. I often get emails from girls telling me they want to become a geisha .
- 3. The first geisha were all male .
- 4. In the geisha society , women run everything .
- 5. They are usually the older geisha women .