mérétrice

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See also: meretrice

French

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin meretrīx.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /me.ʁe.tʁis/
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Noun

mérétrice f (plural mérétrices)

  1. (literary) prostitute
    Synonym: prostituée