prostitute

Betekenis (Engels)

Verb

1. (reflexive, transitive) To offer (oneself or someone else) for sexual activity in exchange for money.
2. (derogatory, transitive) To sacrifice (oneself, one's talents etc.) in return for profit or other advantage; to exploit for base purposes.

Adj

1. (obsolete) Debased, corrupt; seeking personal gain by dishonourable means.
2. Taking part in promiscuous sexual activity, licentious; (later, chiefly as attributive use of noun) that is a prostitute.
3. (obsolete) Exposed, subjected (to something shameful).

Noun

1. Any person (especially a woman) who has sexual intercourse or engages in other sexual activity for payment, especially as a means of livelihood.
2. A woman who has sexual intercourse or engages in other sexual activity for payment, especially as a means of livelihood.
3. A person who does, or offers to do, a demeaning or dishonourable activity for money or personal gain; someone who acts in a dishonourable way for personal advantage.

Sinonieme

whore

harlot

hooker

streetwalker

courtesan

call girl

strumpet

slut

trollop

escort

adulteress

bitch

courtezan

bawd

tart

concubine

woman of the street

working girl

sporting lady

cocotte

adulterer

beauty

chippy

cyprian

fancy woman

hustler

lover

❤️

mistress

quean

siren

street-walker

trull

wench

lady of pleasure

night-walker

promiscuous woman

dancing girl

prostitution

public woman

prosty

sex worker

fornicatrix

fast woman

street girl

drab

openly lewd

doxy

dishonour

teaser

street walker

Vertalings

prostituée

prostituta

Prostituierte

prostituta

Hure

puttana

putain

prostituee

prostituta

Dirne

πόρνη

puta

prostituta

hoer

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ˈpɹɒstɪtjuːt/

Etimologie (Engels)

From Latin prōstitūtus, past participle of prōstituō, from prō̆ (“for, before”) + statuō (“to set up, to erect”).