putain

Meaning

Frequency

A1
Pronounced as (IPA)
/py.tɛ̃/
Etymology

In summary

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.

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