putain
Pronunciation: /py.tɛ̃/
“putain” is a French word. Its 4 meanings in English:
noun
- whore, hooker
- bitch, cow (an unpleasant woman)
interjection
- fuck, fucking hell, bloody hell
- used as an intensifier
In French
- Prostituée.
- Femme de vie dissolue, de mauvaise vie.. Souvent renforcé par « sale » ou « grosse » pour renforcer le caractère injurieux.
- Juron traduisant la colère, la joie, la peur, l’indignation ou l’étonnement.
Etymology
Inherited from Old French putain, originally the oblique case of pute (“dirty woman”) formed with the suffix -ain, from Vulgar Latin pūtta, from Latin pūta (“girl”). Compare with salope, Italian puttana, Spanish puta.
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