Meanings
plural geishas · alternative geisya
- A Japanese female entertainer skilled in various arts such as tea ceremony, dancing, singing and calligraphy.
Synonyms: geisha girl, geiko, maiko
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA Japanese female entertainer skilled in various arts such as tea ceremony, dancing, singing and calligraphy.
More synonyms by meaning
nouna Japanese woman trained to entertain men with conversation and singing and dancing
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Borrowed from Japanese 芸者(げいしゃ) (geisha, “artisan”), from Middle Chinese 藝 (MC ngjiejH, “art, craft”) + 者 (MC tsyaeX, “-er”).
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic غَيْشَا
- غَيْشَا (ḡayšā)a Japanese entertainer
Bengali গিশা
- গিশা (giśa)a Japanese entertainer
Bulgarian ге́йша
- ге́йша (géjša)a Japanese entertainer
Chinese Mandarin 藝妓 /艺妓, 藝伎 /艺伎
- 藝妓 /艺妓 (yìjì)a Japanese entertainer
- 藝伎 /艺伎 (yìjì)a Japanese entertainer
Czech gejša
- gejšaa Japanese entertainer
Danish geisha
- geishaa Japanese entertainer
Dutch geisha
- geishaa Japanese entertainer
Esperanto gejŝo
- gejŝoa Japanese entertainer
Estonian geiša
- geišaa Japanese entertainer
Finnish geisha, geiša
- geishaa Japanese entertainer
- geišaa Japanese entertainer
French geisha
- geishaa Japanese entertainer
German Geisha
- Geishaa Japanese entertainer
Greek γκέισα
- γκέισα (gkéisa)a Japanese entertainer
Hebrew גיישה, גֶּיְשָׁה
- גיישהa Japanese entertainer
- גֶּיְשָׁה (géysha)a Japanese entertainer
Hindi गीशा
- गीशा (gīśā)a Japanese entertainer
Hungarian gésa
- gésaa Japanese entertainer
Icelandic geisja
- geisjaa Japanese entertainer
Italian geisha
- geishaa Japanese entertainer
Japanese 芸者, 芸妓
- 芸者 (geisha)a Japanese entertainer
- 芸妓 (geigi)a Japanese entertainer
- 芸子 (geiko)a Japanese entertainer
Korean 게이샤, 게이기
- 게이샤 (geisya)a Japanese entertainer
- 게이기 (geigi)a Japanese entertainer
Latvian geiša
- geišaa Japanese entertainer
Lithuanian geiša
- geišaa Japanese entertainer
Malay geisya, ݢيئيشا
- geisyaa Japanese entertainer
- ݢيئيشاa Japanese entertainer
Norwegian Bokmål geisha
- geishaa Japanese entertainer
Persian گیشا
- گیشا (geyšâ)a Japanese entertainer
Polish gejsza
- gejszaa Japanese entertainer
Portuguese gueixa
- gueixaa Japanese entertainer
Romanian gheișă
- gheișăa Japanese entertainer
Russian ге́йша
- ге́йша (géjša)a Japanese entertainer
Slovak gejša
- gejšaa Japanese entertainer
Swedish geisha
- geishaa Japanese entertainer
Thai เกอิชา
- เกอิชา (gee-ì-chaa)a Japanese entertainer
Turkish geyşa
- geyşaa Japanese entertainer
Ukrainian ге́йша, ґе́йша
- ге́йша (héjša)a Japanese entertainer
- ґе́йша (géjša)a Japanese entertainer
Urdu گیشا
- گیشا (gīśā)a Japanese entertainer
Vietnamese geisha, nghệ giả
- geishaa Japanese entertainer
- nghệ giảa Japanese entertainer
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with geisha
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geisha. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/geisha
“geisha.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/geisha. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “geisha,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/geisha.
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