pute

See also: Pute, putè, pūte, putė, and putë

French

Etymology

From Old French pute (nominative singular of putain) – either from Vulgar Latin putta, from Latin puta (“girl”), or from Latin pūtida (“putid, stinking”). Cognate with puta in many other Romance languages.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pyt/

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Noun

pute f (plural putes)

1. (vulgar) whore, slut (prostitute)

   Aller aux putes.

   To get oneself a whore

2. (vulgar, colloquial) bitch, slut (promiscuous woman)
3. (vulgar, slang) fucking (used for emphasis)

   pute de con

   fucking asshole

See also

• garce
• fils de pute
• putain
• tchoin

Further reading

• “pute” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
• “pute” in the Dictionnaires d’autrefois

Anagrams

• peut

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Latin

Verb

pūtē

1. second-person singular present active imperative of pūteō

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Danish pude (“something that puffs up”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pʉːtə/

Noun

pute f or m (definite singular puta or puten, indefinite plural puter, definite plural putene)

1. a pillow
2. a cushion

Derived terms

• hvilepute
• kollisjonspute
• putetrekk
• putevar
• sy puter under armene

 

References

• “pute” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Danish pude (“something that puffs up”).

Noun

pute f (definite singular puta, indefinite plural puter, definite plural putene)

1. a pillow
2. a cushion

Derived terms

• kollisjonspute
• putetrekk
• putevar
• sy puter under armane

References

• “pute” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Old French

Noun

pute f

1. nominative singular of putain

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Serbo-Croatian

Noun

pute m

1. vocative singular of put

Noun

pute (Cyrillic spelling путе)

1. inflection of puta:
   1. genitive singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative plural