catin
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French[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Diminutive form of Catherine.
Noun[edit]
catin f (plural catins)
- (dated or literary) harlot, slattern
- 1857, Charles Baudelaire, “Au lecteur”, in Les Fleurs du mal [The Flowers of Evil], Paris: Poulet-Malassis et De Broise:
- Ainsi qu’un débauché pauvre qui baise et mange / Le sein martyrisé d’une antique catin,
- Like a poor lecher who kisses and bites / The tortured breast of an ancient whore
- (North America) doll; mannequin, dummy
Etymology 2[edit]
Borrowed from Latin catīnus (“vessel”) or catīnum.
Noun[edit]
catin m (plural catins)
- (obsolete, metallurgy) vessel for molten metal
Further reading[edit]
- “catin” in Émile Littré, Dictionnaire de la langue française, 1872–1877.
- “catin”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Occitan[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
catin f (Limousin)
References[edit]
- Yves Lavalade, Dictionnaire d'usage occitan/français - Limousin, Marche, Périgord, Institut d'Estudis Occitans dau Lemosin, 2010, →ISBN, page 147.
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