putain

French

Alternative forms

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.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /py.tɛ̃/
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  • Homophone: putains

Noun

putain f (plural putains)

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

Descendants
  • →? English: poontang, pootang

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 pūtta/*pūttāna, from Latin pūta (“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

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
putainphutain
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Welsh

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”). Cognate with French putain, Italian puttana.

Pronunciation

Noun

putain f (plural puteiniaid)

  1. prostitute, harlot, whore

Derived terms
  • puteinaidd (“whorish”, adjective)
  • puteindy m (“whorehouse”)
  • puteinio (“whore”, verb)

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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