"putain" meaning in French

See putain in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Interjection

IPA: /py.tɛ̃/ Audio: Fr-putain.ogg , LL-Q150 (fra)-Lepticed7-putain.wav , LL-Q150 (fra)-LoquaxFR-putain.wav , LL-Q150 (fra)-Jérémy-Günther-Heinz Jähnick-putain.wav Forms: p*tain [alternative], putaing [alternative]
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: {{yesno||i|I}} I, {{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, {{der|fr|la-vul|pūtta}} Vulgar Latin pūtta, {{der|fr|la|pūta|t=girl}} Latin pūta (“girl”), {{cog|it|puttana}} Italian puttana, {{cog|es|puta}} Spanish puta
  1. (vulgar) fuck, fucking hell, bloody hell Tags: vulgar Synonyms: bordel, punaise, purée
    Sense id: en-putain-fr-intj-H9xHQfIK Categories (other): French swear words Disambiguation of French swear words: 28 33 39 0
  2. (vulgar) used as an intensifier Tags: vulgar
    Sense id: en-putain-fr-intj-5NKB00dZ Categories (other): French swear words Disambiguation of French swear words: 28 33 39 0
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: fils de putain, ptn, putain de [noun], putain de bordel de merde, putain de merde

Noun

IPA: /py.tɛ̃/ Audio: Fr-putain.ogg , LL-Q150 (fra)-Lepticed7-putain.wav , LL-Q150 (fra)-LoquaxFR-putain.wav , LL-Q150 (fra)-Jérémy-Günther-Heinz Jähnick-putain.wav Forms: putains [plural], p*tain [alternative], putaing [alternative]
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: {{yesno||i|I}} I, {{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, {{der|fr|la-vul|pūtta}} Vulgar Latin pūtta, {{der|fr|la|pūta|t=girl}} Latin pūta (“girl”), {{cog|it|puttana}} Italian puttana, {{cog|es|puta}} Spanish puta Head templates: {{fr-noun|f}} putain f (plural putains)
  1. (vulgar, dated) whore, hooker Tags: dated, feminine, vulgar Synonyms: pute
    Sense id: en-putain-fr-noun-ruxgU7q4 Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header, French swear words, Pages with 5 entries, Pages with entries, Female people, Occupations, Prostitution Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 16 31 53 0 Disambiguation of French swear words: 28 33 39 0 Disambiguation of Pages with 5 entries: 28 31 41 0 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 28 31 41 0 Disambiguation of Female people: 0 0 70 30 Disambiguation of Occupations: 5 5 90 0 Disambiguation of Prostitution: 12 12 76 0
  2. (derogatory, vulgar, slang, dated) bitch, cow (an unpleasant woman) Tags: dated, derogatory, feminine, slang, vulgar Synonyms: pute
    Sense id: en-putain-fr-noun-KQ8DpJ7w

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "english": "Fuck, he forgot the keys again!",
          "text": "Putain, il a encore oublié les clés !",
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    }
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  "lang_code": "fr",
  "pos": "noun",
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        "French vulgarities"
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        "whore, hooker"
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          "whore",
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          "hooker",
          "hooker"
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        "(vulgar, dated) whore, hooker"
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          "word": "pute"
        }
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        "dated",
        "feminine",
        "vulgar"
      ]
    },
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        "French derogatory terms",
        "French slang",
        "French vulgarities"
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      "glosses": [
        "bitch, cow (an unpleasant woman)"
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          "derogatory"
        ],
        [
          "bitch",
          "bitch"
        ],
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          "cow",
          "cow"
        ]
      ],
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        "(derogatory, vulgar, slang, dated) bitch, cow (an unpleasant woman)"
      ],
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          "word": "pute"
        }
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        "derogatory",
        "feminine",
        "slang",
        "vulgar"
      ]
    }
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    "French countable nouns",
    "French entries with incorrect language header",
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    "French interjections",
    "French lemmas",
    "French nouns",
    "French swear words",
    "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 homophones",
    "Pages with 5 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
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      "word": "fils de putain"
    },
    {
      "word": "ptn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "noun"
      ],
      "word": "putain de"
    },
    {
      "word": "putain de bordel de merde"
    },
    {
      "word": "putain de merde"
    }
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      "name": "yesno"
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        "sort": "",
        "tr": "",
        "ts": ""
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        "3": "pūtta"
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      "name": "der"
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      "args": {
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "it",
        "2": "puttana"
      },
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      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "es",
        "2": "puta"
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      "expansion": "Spanish puta",
      "name": "cog"
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      "form": "p*tain",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "putaing",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
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        "French vulgarities"
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          "english": "Fuck, he forgot the keys again!",
          "text": "Putain, il a encore oublié les clés !",
          "translation": "Fuck, he forgot the keys again!",
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "fuck, fucking hell, bloody hell"
      ],
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        [
          "fuck",
          "fuck"
        ],
        [
          "fucking hell",
          "fucking hell"
        ],
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          "bloody hell"
        ]
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        "(vulgar) fuck, fucking hell, bloody hell"
      ],
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        {
          "word": "bordel"
        },
        {
          "word": "punaise"
        },
        {
          "word": "purée"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
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        "French vulgarities"
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              21
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          "text": "Je veux que tu le laves, putain !",
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        "(vulgar) used as an intensifier"
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      "tags": [
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