prostitute

Etymology
From, past participle of , from.

Verb

 * 1)  To offer (oneself or someone else) for sexual activity in exchange for money.
 * 2)  To sacrifice (oneself, one's talents etc.) in return for profit or other advantage; to exploit for base purposes.
 * 1)  To sacrifice (oneself, one's talents etc.) in return for profit or other advantage; to exploit for base purposes.

Synonyms

 * , ; see also Thesaurus:prostitute oneself
 * ; see also Thesaurus:pimp out

Translations

 * Antillean Creole: fè bòbò, fè fimèl-kòch, fè manawa, fè manawa, fè matabwa, ay Karénaj
 * Arabic: دَعِرَ, بَغَى
 * Catalan: prostituir-se
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Danish:, prostituere sig
 * Finnish: myydä itseään, myydä seksiä;
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * German: ,
 * Greek:
 * Hungarian:
 * Ingrian: hooriissa, bläättiä
 * Italian:, battere il marciapiede,
 * Latvian: prostituēties
 * Macedonian: проституира, курва
 * Norwegian: prostituere
 * Persian: روسپی‌گری, تن‌فروشی, فاحشه‌گی
 * Polish: prostytuować się, sprostytuować się
 * Portuguese: prostituir-se
 * Romanian:
 * Russian: занима́ться проститу́цией
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish:


 * Danish: tvinge ind i prostitution
 * Finnish: saattaa häpeään ; prostituoida
 * Galician:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Latin:
 * Latvian: prostituēt
 * Macedonian: проституи́ра
 * Polish: prostytuować, sprostytuować
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili:


 * Danish: sælge sig selv
 * Finnish:
 * Galician:
 * Polish: prostytuować się, sprostytuować się
 * Portuguese:
 * Spanish:


 * Finnish:, prostituoida
 * Galician:
 * Polish: prostytuować, sprostytuować
 * Portuguese:
 * Spanish:

Adjective

 * 1)  Debased, corrupt; seeking personal gain by dishonourable means.
 * 2) Taking part in promiscuous sexual activity, licentious;  that is a prostitute.
 * 3)  Exposed, subjected ( something shameful).
 * 1)  Exposed, subjected ( something shameful).
 * 1)  Exposed, subjected ( something shameful).

Noun

 * 1) Any person (especially a woman) who has sexual intercourse or engages in other sexual activity for payment, especially as a means of livelihood.
 * 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.
 * 1) A woman who has sexual intercourse or engages in other sexual activity for payment, especially as a means of livelihood.
 * 2) 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.
 * 1) 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.

Usage notes

 * Some speakers consider prostitutes (sex workers) to be female by default, and thus use "male prostitute" to refer to a man doing the same job.

Synonyms

 * Thesaurus:prostitute

Translations

 * Afrikaans:
 * Albanian:, kurvë
 * Antillean Creole: bòbò, piten, rat dalo, manawa, madigwann, matabwa, zòtòbré, madrébòl, sangann
 * Arabic: دَاعِرَة, بَغِيَّة, عَاهِرَة,, قَحْبَة
 * Armenian:, պոռնկուհի, , ,
 * Asturian: prostitutu, prostituta
 * Azerbaijani: fahişə, qəhbə
 * Bashkir: фәхишә, уйнашсы
 * Basque:
 * Belarusian: прастыту́тка, ку́рва
 * Bengali:
 * Breton:
 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Burmese:, ,
 * Catalan: ,
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:,  ,  ,  ,  ,  , 風塵女
 * Min Nan:
 * Czech: ,
 * Danish:,  , glædespige , trækkerdreng , skøge , sexsælger, sexarbejder
 * Dutch:,  ,  ,
 * Esperanto: prostituito, prostituitino , ,  , amoristo , amoristino , sinvendisto , sinvendistino
 * Estonian: prostituut, hoor
 * Ewe: ahasi, gbolo
 * Faroese: skøkja
 * Finnish: ;, ,
 * French:, , fille des rues,
 * Galician:, ,
 * Georgian: სექს-მუშაკი, მეძავი,  , როსკიპი  ,
 * German: ,
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: πόρνη, πόρνος
 * Hausa:
 * Hebrew: ,
 * Hindi:, , पतिता, , , , फ़ाहिशा, , ख़ानगी
 * Hungarian:, or
 * Icelandic: vændiskona, skækja, gleðikona,
 * Ido:
 * Indonesian: pekerja seks komersial, PSK, ,
 * Ingrian: hoora, kurva, bläädi
 * Irish:, meirdreach, bean sráide , bean choiteann, eachlach
 * Italian:, , , , , ,
 * Japanese:, ,
 * Kazakh: жәлеп, жезөкше, ойнасқор, салдақы
 * Khmer: ស្រីខូច,
 * Korean:, , ,  ,
 * Kurdish:
 * Northern Kurdish:
 * Kyrgyz: проститутка, ,
 * Lao: ກາລີ; ຄະນິກາ; ໂສເພນີ; ບຸຣະນາຣີ, ບຸລະນາລີ; ເພດສຍາ, ແພດສຍາ, ແພດສະຫຍາ; ແມ່ຄຳຮາງ, ແມ່ຈ້າງ, ແມ່ເລງ, ເວສິຍາ
 * Latin: spintria,, scortum
 * Latvian: prostitūta
 * Lithuanian: prostitutė
 * Luhya: mng'ang'ule, mng'ang'ule
 * Macedonian: проститу́тка, курва
 * Malay:
 * Malayalam:
 * Maltese: prostituta, prostitut, qaħba, ġerrej
 * Manx: streebagh, strumpag, oainjyr, ben oainjyragh
 * Maori: kairau, wahine tīweka, tāne tīweka
 * Marathi: वेश्या
 * Mongolian:
 * Cyrillic: янхан эмэгтэй, хөлсний этгээд
 * Nahuatl: ahuiyani
 * Norman: prostituée
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Occitan: prostituta
 * Old East Slavic: курва
 * Old English: portcwene, myltestre, hore
 * Papiamentu: mohé di bida
 * Pashto:
 * Persian:, تن‌فروش, , ,
 * Plautdietsch: Hua, Zelj
 * Polish:, ,
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Romani:
 * Romanian:, ,
 * Russian:, ,  ,
 * Sanskrit:, ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: siùrsach,
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: про̀ститӯтка, ку̑рва
 * Roman: ,
 * Slovak:, kurva,
 * Slovene: ,
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swahili:, , ,
 * Swedish: ,
 * Tajik:, қаҳба
 * Tatar:
 * Telugu:
 * Thai: ,
 * Tibetan: གཞང་ཚོང་མ
 * Turkish:, , , , , , , , ,
 * Turkmen: jelep
 * Ukrainian:, , ,
 * Urdu: ویشیا, فاحشہ,, قحبہ
 * Uyghur: پاھىشە, جالاپ
 * Uzbek: ,
 * Vietnamese:, điếm,
 * Volapük: prostitan,  hiprostitan,  jiprostitan, ,  ,
 * Welsh:
 * Yiddish: זונה, הור


 * Antillean Creole: bòbò, fimèl-kòch, manawa, piten, kòch, bwètakal
 * German:, , , , Lustdirne, Buhldirne, Gunstgewerblerin , Liebesdame, Liebesmädchen,
 * Latin:, scortum, nōnāria, lupānāria , lupa
 * Old Norse: hóra, portkona
 * Plautdietsch: Hua
 * Polish: