"pute" meaning in French

See pute in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /pyt/ Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-Lepticed7-pute.wav [France, Toulouse], LL-Q150 (fra)-LoquaxFR-pute.wav [France, Vosges], LL-Q150 (fra)-Lyokoï-pute.wav [France, Lyon], LL-Q150 (fra)-Jérémy-Günther-Heinz Jähnick-pute.wav [France] (note: Somain) Forms: putes [plural]
Etymology: From Old French pute (nominative singular of putain) – perhaps from:. * a Vulgar Latin *pūtta, from a supposed Latin *puta (“girl”), female form of putus (“boy”) (a hapax legomenon of dubious reading) * from the feminine form of put (“stinking, fetid”), from Latin pūtidus (“stinking”), therefore effectively inherited from Latin pūtida; this is the preferred etymology of the Trésor de la langue française informatisé Cognate with puta in the Gallo-Romance and Ibero-Romance areas (including Catalan puta, Spanish puta, Portuguese puta, Galician puta, Asturian puta), as well as Old Italian putta (“girl”). Etymology templates: {{der|fr|fro|pute}} Old French pute, {{der|fr|la-vul|*pūtta}} Vulgar Latin *pūtta, {{der|fr|la||*puta|girl}} Latin *puta (“girl”), {{cog|la|pūtidus||stinking}} Latin pūtidus (“stinking”), {{der|fr|la|pūtida}} Latin pūtida, {{cog|ca|puta}} Catalan puta, {{cog|es|puta}} Spanish puta, {{cog|pt|puta}} Portuguese puta, {{cog|gl|puta}} Galician puta, {{cog|ast|puta}} Asturian puta, {{cog|it|putta||girl}} Italian putta (“girl”) Head templates: {{fr-noun|f}} pute f (plural putes)
  1. (vulgar) whore, slut (prostitute) Tags: feminine, vulgar
    Sense id: en-pute-fr-noun-dP-P66EG Categories (other): Terms derived from Old French nominative, Sex Disambiguation of Terms derived from Old French nominative: 27 33 41 Disambiguation of Sex: 34 33 34
  2. (vulgar, colloquial) bitch, slut (promiscuous woman) Tags: colloquial, feminine, vulgar
    Sense id: en-pute-fr-noun-zh4gKA9W Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header, Terms derived from Old French nominative, Sex Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 22 56 22 Disambiguation of Terms derived from Old French nominative: 27 33 41 Disambiguation of Sex: 34 33 34
  3. (vulgar, slang) fucking (used for emphasis) Tags: feminine, slang, vulgar
    Sense id: en-pute-fr-noun-qxXOcGLH Categories (other): Terms derived from Old French nominative, Sex Disambiguation of Terms derived from Old French nominative: 27 33 41 Disambiguation of Sex: 34 33 34
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: aller aux putes, coup de pute, enfant de pute, fille de pute, fils de pute, putain, putasse Related terms: garce, karba, tchoin

Inflected forms

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    },
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