lady of the night
lady of the night · ladies of the night
ночная бабочка
A female prostituteA female prostitute.
Meaning
4 senses(euphemistic)A female prostitute.
ночная бабочкаnočnaja babočka
Any of certain species of genus Brunfelsia.
Night-blooming cestrum (Cestrum nocturnum), a Central American shrub.
Any member of the species Nyctanthes arbor-tristis.
Examples
2 sentencesMary is a lady of the night.
ruМэри — ночная бабочка. — Wezel
Ladies and gentlemen, good night and Merry Christmas!
Translations
3 languagesРусский
By meaning 1
(euphemistic) prostitute:
Forms
plural: ladies of the night| Singular | lady of the night |
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irregular · Lesson
Synonyms
6 synonymsnight jasminenight-blooming jasminenight-flowering jasmineSee Thesaurus:prostitutecoral jasminetree of sadness
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Plural nouns — Because its plural is irregular
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.