doxy

Betekenis (Engels)

A sweetheart; a prostitute or a mistress.

Concepten

bijzit

concubine

theorie

courtisane

maîtresse

Synoniemen

paramour

concubine

courtesan

beggar-woman

odalisque

beggar woman

mistress

wench

female slave

kept woman

bondmaid

secondary wife

fancy woman

floozy

inamorata

opinion

prostitute

rogue

Vertalingen

Konkubine

metres

odalisque

concubina

odalisca

cariye

doktrin

courtisane

Mätresse

Kurtisane

concubina

cortesã

Dirne

concubine

cortigiana

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/ˈdɒksi/

Etymologie (Engels)

Verwant aan Nedersaksisch: dokke

Verwant aan Saterfries: dok

Verwant aan Zweeds: docka

In summary

Perhaps from Middle Dutch *doketje, diminutive of Middle Dutch docke (“a doll”), from Proto-Germanic *dokko (“something round”), related to *dukkǭ (“muscle, strength”). Cognate with Low German dokke (“doll”), Saterland Frisian dok, dokke (“a doll”), Swedish docka (“doll, puppet”).