Meaning

3 senses
  1. Any person (especially a woman) who has sexual intercourse or engages in other sexual activity for payment, especially as a means of livelihood.

    Prostituierte, Hure, Nutte

    a woman who engages in sexual intercourse for money

  2. A woman who has sexual intercourse or engages in other sexual activity for payment, especially as a means of livelihood.

  3. A person who does, or offers to do, a demeaning or dishonourable activity for money or personal gain; someone who acts in a dishonourable way for personal advantage.

    Prostituierter, Prostituierte

    проститу́ткаprostitútka, шлю́хаšljúxa, блядьbljadʹ

    проститу́ткаprostytútka, пові́яpovíja, шлю́хаšljúxa

Examples

142 sentences
  1. Sami took the prostitute back to his home.

    Том привів проститутку до себе додому.

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  2. Those girls are prostitutes.

    Ці дівчата повії.

    ruТе девушки — проститутки.

    deDie Mädchen da sind Prostituierte.

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  3. This woman is a prostitute.

    Ця жінка — проститутка.

    ruЭта женщина - проститутка.

    deDiese Frau ist eine Prostituierte.

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  4. I'm a prostitute.

    Я проститутка.

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  5. Actresses were considered similar to prostitutes.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
a person having sex for profit:
Русский
By meaning 1
a person having sex for profit:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
a female person having sex for profit:
a person having sex for profit:

Origin

From Latin prōstitūtus, past participle of prōstituō, from prō̆ (“for, before”) + statuō (

From Latin prōstitūtus, past participle of prōstituō, from prō̆ (“for, before”) + statuō (“to set up, to erect”).

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