putain
French
Etymology
From Old French putain, originally the oblique case of pute (“dirty woman”) formed with the suffix -ain, from Vulgar Latin putta, from Latin puta (“girl”). Compare with salope, Italian puttana.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /py.tɛ̃/
audio (file) - Homophone: putains
Noun
putain f (plural putains)
Derived terms
- putain de (adjective)
- putain de bordel de merde
- putain de merde
Further reading
- “putain” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Norman
Etymology
From Old French putain.
Old French
Etymology
From pute with the suffix -ain, -aine, or from Vulgar Latin putta/*puttāna, from Latin puta (“girl”)[1]. Compare Old Occitan putan(a). Latin putta (“prostitute”) is attested in the sixth century (Gregory of Tours). The change of meaning from "girl" to "prostitute" is due to euphemism, a process that is well known to other periods and languages.[2]
Noun
putain f (oblique plural putains, nominative singular pute, nominative plural putains)
- (vulgar) whore, prostitute, bitch
References
- Pianigiani, Ottorino (1907), “puttana”, in Vocabolario etimologico della lingua italiana (in Italian), Rome: Albrighi & Segati
- “puttana” in: Alberto Nocentini, Alessandro Parenti, “l'Etimologico — Vocabolario della lingua italiana”, Le Monnier, 2010, →ISBN
Scottish Gaelic
Mutation
| Scottish Gaelic mutation | |
|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition |
| putain | phutain |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |
Welsh
Pronunciation
- (North Wales) (standard) (colloquial) IPA(key): /ˈpɨ̞tai̯n/
- (North Wales) (colloquial) IPA(key): /ˈpɨ̞tɛn/
- (South Wales) (standard) IPA(key): /ˈpɪtai̯n/
- (South Wales) (colloquial) IPA(key): /ˈpɪtɛn/
Audio (file)
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