mignotta

Meaning

whore, hooker, slut

Concepts

whore

slut

harlot

bitch

streetwalker

strumpet

prostitute

hooker

hustler

tart

trollop

woman

👩

lady of pleasure

sporting lady

woman of the street

working girl

prosty

fornicatrix

stem siren

puta

oiran

lady of the night

bawd

comfort girl

cocotte

cyprian

fancy woman

girl

👧

ho

hoe

Synonyms

puttana

troia

baldracca

sgualdrina

prostituta

zoccola

meretrice

peripatetica

bagascia

battona

passeggiatrice

scrofa

squillo

💍

zambracca

sciaquetta

paracula

stronza

zambraccola

donnina

sciacquetta

Translations

puta

Hure

puta

putain

Nutte

hoer

zorra

golfa

puta

ramera

vadia

prostituta

pute

Schlampe

Hyphenated as

mi‧gnòt‧ta

Etymology

Uncertain. Perhaps a borrowing or parallel formation of French mignotte f (“favourite/favorite”), which is a different spelling of French mignonne f (“gentle, kind, cute”). Compare also Catalan minyona (“maid, menial”).
Traditionally thought to be derived as a spelling pronunciation of m. ignotae (Latin matris ignotae (“of unknown mother”)), used in name registers for foundlings. The shift from “unknown mother” to “whore” would allegedly have happened through the phrase figlio di una mignotta (“son of an unknown mother; foundling”), which merged semantically with similar formations like figlio di puttana, figlio di buona madre, etc. all meaning “son of a whore”.