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French
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Diminutive form of Catherine.
Noun
catin f (plural catins)
- (dated or literary) harlot, slattern, whore
1857, Charles Baudelaire, “Au lecteur”, in Les Fleurs du mal [The Flowers of Evil], Paris: Poulet-Malassis et De Broise:Ainsi qu’un débauché pauvre qui baise et mange / Le sein martyrisé d’une antique catin,- Like a poor lecher who kisses and bites / The tortured breast of an ancient whore
- (North America) doll; mannequin, dummy
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Latin catīnus (“vessel”) or catīnum.
Noun
catin m (plural catins)
- (obsolete, metallurgy) vessel for molten metal
Further reading
Occitan
Etymology
From Catin (“Cathy”).
Noun
catin f (Limousin)
- puppet
References
- Yves Lavalade, Dictionnaire d'usage occitan/français - Limousin, Marche, Périgord, Institut d'Estudis Occitans dau Lemosin, 2010, →ISBN, page 147.