"putain" meaning in French

See putain in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Interjection

IPA: /py.tɛ̃/ Audio: Fr-putain.ogg [France, Paris], LL-Q150 (fra)-Lepticed7-putain.wav [France, Toulouse], LL-Q150 (fra)-LoquaxFR-putain.wav [France, Vosges]
Etymology: 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. Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|fr|fro|putain|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Old French putain, {{inh+|fr|fro|putain}} Inherited from Old French putain, {{m|fro|pute|t=dirty woman}} pute (“dirty woman”), {{m|fr|-ain}} -ain, {{der|fr|VL.|pūtta}} Vulgar Latin pūtta, {{der|fr|la|pūta|t=girl}} Latin pūta (“girl”), {{m|fr|salope}} salope, {{cog|it|puttana}} Italian puttana, {{cog|es|puta}} Spanish puta
  1. (vulgar) fuck, fucking hell, bloody hell Tags: vulgar Synonyms: punaise, purée [euphemistic] Derived forms: fils de putain, ptn, putain de bordel de merde, putain de merde, putain de [noun]
    Sense id: en-putain-fr-intj-H9xHQfIK
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: p*tain (english: censored)

Noun

IPA: /py.tɛ̃/ Audio: Fr-putain.ogg [France, Paris], LL-Q150 (fra)-Lepticed7-putain.wav [France, Toulouse], LL-Q150 (fra)-LoquaxFR-putain.wav [France, Vosges] Forms: putains [plural]
Etymology: 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. Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|fr|fro|putain|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Old French putain, {{inh+|fr|fro|putain}} Inherited from Old French putain, {{m|fro|pute|t=dirty woman}} pute (“dirty woman”), {{m|fr|-ain}} -ain, {{der|fr|VL.|pūtta}} Vulgar Latin pūtta, {{der|fr|la|pūta|t=girl}} Latin pūta (“girl”), {{m|fr|salope}} salope, {{cog|it|puttana}} Italian puttana, {{cog|es|puta}} Spanish puta Head templates: {{fr-noun|f}} putain f (plural putains)
  1. (vulgar) whore, hooker Tags: feminine, vulgar Categories (topical): Female people, Occupations, Prostitution Synonyms: pute
    Sense id: en-putain-fr-noun-ruxgU7q4 Disambiguation of Female people: 2 89 9 Disambiguation of Occupations: 2 90 8 Disambiguation of Prostitution: 4 91 6 Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 9 41 50
  2. (derogatory, vulgar, slang) bitch, cow (an unpleasant woman) Tags: derogatory, feminine, slang, vulgar Synonyms: pute
    Sense id: en-putain-fr-noun-KQ8DpJ7w Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 9 41 50
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: p*tain (english: censored)

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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        "Toulouse"
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    }
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}

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    "French countable nouns",
    "French entries with incorrect language header",
    "French feminine nouns",
    "French interjections",
    "French lemmas",
    "French nouns",
    "French terms derived from Latin",
    "French terms derived from Old French",
    "French terms derived from Vulgar Latin",
    "French terms inherited from Old French",
    "French terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "French terms with audio links",
    "French terms with homophones",
    "fr:Female people",
    "fr:Occupations",
    "fr:Prostitution"
  ],
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    {
      "word": "fils de putain"
    },
    {
      "word": "ptn"
    },
    {
      "word": "putain de bordel de merde"
    },
    {
      "word": "putain de merde"
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      ],
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        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "g": "",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "id": "",
        "lit": "",
        "nocat": "",
        "pos": "",
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        "sort": "",
        "tr": "",
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        "2": "pute",
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      "name": "der"
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        "2": "la",
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        "t": "girl"
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "es",
        "2": "puta"
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      "expansion": "Spanish puta",
      "name": "cog"
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  "lang_code": "fr",
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      "categories": [
        "French vulgarities"
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        "fuck, fucking hell, bloody hell"
      ],
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          "fuck"
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          "word": "punaise"
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          "word": "purée"
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      "ipa": "/py.tɛ̃/"
    },
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      "word": "p*tain"
    }
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}

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