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putain.

prostitute, harlot, whore

6 characters2 syllables approx.Cymraeg language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈpɨ̞tai̯n/North-Wales, colloquial, standard/ˈpɨ̞tɛn/North-Wales, colloquial/ˈpɪtai̯n/South-Wales, standard/ˈpɪtɛn/South-Wales, colloquial
  1. prostitute, harlot, whore

    feminine
Where this word comes from

From Old French putain, originally the oblique case of pute (“dirty woman”) formed with the suffix -ain, from Vulgar Latin putta, from Latin puta (“girl”). Cognate with French putain, Italian puttana.

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