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French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pjɛ.ʁøz/ ~ /pje.ʁøz/
Etymology 1
Noun
pierreuse f (plural pierreuses)
- (dated, slang) streetwalker
- Synonyms: gadoue, prostituée
1900, Octave Mirbeau, Le Journal d’une femme de chambre, published 1920, page 464:Mais voilà… on ne s’imagine pas combien il y a de femmes, avec des bouches d’anges, des yeux d’étoiles et des robes de trois mille francs, qui, chez elles, sont grossières de langage, ordurières de gestes, et dégoûtantes à force de vulgarité… de vraies pierreuses !…- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Adjective
pierreuse
- feminine singular of pierreux
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