meretrix

Betekenis (Engels)

a female prostitute or courtesan

Sinonieme

lupa

scortum

prostituta

pallaca

lupānāria

prostibula

nonaria

meretrix meretricis

concubina

Vertalings

prostituta

عاهرة

prostituta

prostitute

whore

Hure

hoer

prostituée

prostituta

Prostituierte

puttana

πόρνη

Nutte

harlot

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

[ˈmɛ.rɛ.triːks]

Etimologie (Engels)

From mereō, meritum (“to earn (a living)”, verb) + -trīx f (“-ess”, feminine agentive suffix), literally “the earner”.