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Italian
Etymology
From Old French putain, from Latin puta (“girl”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /putˈta.na/
- Rhymes: -ana
- Hyphenation: put‧tà‧na
Noun
puttana f (plural puttane, masculine puttano)
- (derogatory, vulgar, slang) whore, slut, hooker, harlot, tart (British)
1321, Dante Alighieri, La divina commedia: Inferno [The Divine Comedy: Hell], 12th edition (paperback), Le Monnier, published 1994, Canto XVIII, page 275, lines 133–135:Taïde è, la puttana che rispuose ¶ al drudo suo quando disse ‘Ho io grazie ¶ grandi apo te?’: ‘Anzi maravigliose!’.- Thais the harlot is it, who replied ¶ unto her paramour, when he said, 'Have I ¶ great gratitude from thee?'--'Nay, marvellous'
- (derogatory, offensive) bitch
- trollop, strumpet, whore, streetwalker
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