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🇫🇷French Source WordCode: FR

prostituée

Pronunciation / Transliteration: prostituée

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Prostitute/ˈprɒs.tɪ.tjuːt/
nounverbCEFR C1 (Advanced)Top #4500 frequency
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🇫🇷 Example Sentence in French:

"La ville a mis en place de nouvelles réglementations pour assurer la sécurité des prostituées."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A person, typically a woman, who engages in sexual activity for payment.

    "The city has implemented new regulations to ensure the safety of prostitutes."
As verb
  1. 1

    To offer oneself for sexual activity in exchange for money.

    "He was arrested for prostituting himself on the streets."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Latin 'prostitutus', the past participle of 'prostituere', meaning 'to set before for sale' or 'to expose publicly', formed from 'pro-' (before) + 'statuere' (to cause to stand). Entering Middle English in the 15th century, the term initially retained a broad religious or moral sense of corrupting oneself before narrowing to commercial sex work.

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