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"text": "French: pute, putain"
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"depth": 1,
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"name": "desc"
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"text": "→ Welsh: putain"
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"1": "fur",
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"text": "→ Friulian: putan, putane"
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"1": "it",
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"bor": "1"
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"expansion": "→ Italian: puttana",
"name": "desc"
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"expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
"name": "see desc"
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"text": "→ Italian: puttana (see there for further descendants)"
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"2": "putanã",
"bor": "2"
},
"expansion": "→ Aromanian: putanã",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Aromanian: putanã"
},
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"depth": 1,
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"args": {
"1": "pms",
"2": "putan-a",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Piedmontese: putan-a",
"name": "desc"
}
],
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}
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"1": "fro",
"2": "la",
"3": "pūta",
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"parents": [],
"source": "w"
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"parents": [],
"source": "w"
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"whore, prostitute, bitch"
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"(vulgar) whore, prostitute, bitch"
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},
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"depth": 1,
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{
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"1": "cy",
"2": "putain",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Welsh: putain",
"name": "desc"
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],
"text": "→ Welsh: putain"
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"depth": 1,
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"args": {
"1": "fur",
"2": "putan",
"3": "putane",
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],
"text": "→ Friulian: putan, putane"
},
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"depth": 1,
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{
"args": {
"1": "it",
"2": "puttana",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Italian: puttana",
"name": "desc"
},
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
"name": "see desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Italian: puttana (see there for further descendants)"
},
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"depth": 1,
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{
"args": {
"1": "rup",
"2": "putanã",
"bor": "2"
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"expansion": "→ Aromanian: putanã",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Aromanian: putanã"
},
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"depth": 1,
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{
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"1": "pms",
"2": "putan-a",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Piedmontese: putan-a",
"name": "desc"
}
],
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}
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"feminine"
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"whore, prostitute, bitch"
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"prostitute",
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"Gregory of Tours"
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}
Download raw JSONL data for putain meaning in Old French (3.1kB)
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