prostituée

See also: prostituee

French

Etymology

Nominalized passive past participle of prostituer.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pʁɔs.ti.tɥe/

• Audio:

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Noun

prostituée f (plural prostituées, masculine prostitué)

1. prostitute (woman who has sexual intercourse or engages in other sexual activity for payment, especially as a means of livelihood)

   Synonyms: travailleuse du sexe, (humorous and/or euphemistic) fille de joie, (literary) mérétrice, (derogatory, vulgar) putain, (derogatory, vulgar) pute

Further reading

• “prostituée”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• pirouettes

Norman

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Noun

prostituée f (plural prostituées)

1. (Jersey) prostitute