putain

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French

Etymology

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”). Compare with salope, Italian puttana.

Pronunciation

Noun

putain f (plural putains)

  1. (vulgar) whore, hooker
    Synonym: pute
  2. (derogatory, vulgar, slang) bitch, cow (an unpleasant woman)
    Synonym: pute

Interjection

putain

  1. (vulgar) fuck, fucking hell, bloody hell
    Synonyms: punaise, (euphemistic) purée

Derived terms

Further reading

Norman

Etymology

From Old French putain.

Noun

putain f (plural putains)

  1. (Jersey) whore
    Synonym: chèrch'rêsse

Old French

Etymology

From pute with the suffix -ain, -aine, or from Vulgar Latin putta/*puttāna, from Latin puta (“girl”)[1]. Compare Old Occitan putan(a). Latin putta (“prostitute”) is attested in the sixth century (Gregory of Tours). The change of meaning from "girl" to "prostitute" is due to euphemism, a process that is well known to other periods and languages.[2]

Noun

putain oblique singular, f (oblique plural putains, nominative singular pute, nominative plural putains)

  1. (vulgar) whore, prostitute, bitch

Descendants

  • French: pute, putain
  • → Italian: puttana

References

  1. ^ Pianigiani, Ottorino (1907) “puttana”, in Vocabolario etimologico della lingua italiana (in Italian), Rome: Albrighi & Segati
  2. ^ “puttana” in: Alberto Nocentini, Alessandro Parenti, “l'Etimologico — Vocabolario della lingua italiana”, Le Monnier, 2010, →ISBN

Scottish Gaelic

Noun

putain m

  1. genitive singular of putan (“button, key”)

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Lenition
putain phutain
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Welsh

Etymology

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Pronunciation

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Noun

putain f (plural puteiniaid)

  1. prostitute, harlot, whore

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
putain butain mhutain phutain
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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