whore

Etymology
From, from , from , from , from. Cognate with 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬. The initial wh- is unetymological.

Noun

 * : a person (especially a woman) who offers sexual services for payment.
 * 1) * 1969, Paul Simon, Simon & Garfunkel, “The Boxer”, Bridge over Troubled Water, Columbia Records:
 * I come looking for a job But I get no offers Just a come-on from the whores on Seventh Avenue
 * 1)  A person who is sexually promiscuous; a slut.
 * 2)  A person who is unscrupulous, especially one who compromises their principles for gain.
 * 3)  A person who will violate behavioral standards to achieve something desired.
 * 4)  A contemptible person.
 * 1)  A person who is unscrupulous, especially one who compromises their principles for gain.
 * 2)  A person who will violate behavioral standards to achieve something desired.
 * 3)  A contemptible person.
 * 1)  A contemptible person.
 * 1)  A contemptible person.
 * 1)  A contemptible person.
 * 1)  A contemptible person.

Synonyms

 * See also Thesaurus:prostitute
 * See also Thesaurus:promiscuous woman

Translations

 * Afrikaans:
 * Albanian: horrë, kurvë,, ,
 * Antillean Creole: bòbò, manawa, piten, piten, madigwann, zòtòbré, matabwa
 * Arabic: عَاهِرَة,, قَحْبَة
 * Armenian:, ,
 * Asturian: puta
 * Azerbaijani: fahişə, qəhbə
 * Belarusian: прастыту́тка, шлю́ха, ку́рва, шлю́ндра, прасталы́тка
 * Bengali:
 * Breton:
 * Bulgarian:, , ,
 * Burmese:, ,
 * Catalan:, , ,
 * Cebuano: burikat
 * Chinese:
 * Hokkien: 婊子, 娼仔, 娼妓, 娼婊,, 婊仔
 * Mandarin:, ,
 * Czech:, , , ,
 * Danish:, , , hore, skøge
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto:, , prostituitino, amoristino, publikulino, stratulino,
 * Estonian: hoor
 * Faroese: hora, skøkja
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:, , , , ,
 * Friulian: putane
 * Galician: bagaxa, baldreu,, bordiona, maturranga, celenca, , coirón, pelexo
 * Georgian: მეძავი, როსკიპი,
 * German:, , ,
 * Gothic: 𐌺𐌰𐌻𐌺𐌾𐍉𐌼
 * Greek: ,
 * Ancient: πόρνη, πόρνος
 * Hebrew: ,
 * Hindi:
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Icelandic:
 * Indonesian:, , , placur, , perek
 * Interlingua:
 * Irish:, meirdreach
 * Italian:, , , , , , , ,
 * Japanese:, , , , させ子, パンスケ
 * Javanese: lonthé,
 * Kannada:
 * Kazakh: жезөкше, жәлеп
 * Khmer: ស្រីខូច
 * Korean:, , ,
 * Kyrgyz:
 * Ladino: putana, zona
 * Lao: ເວສິຍາ, ກາລີ, ເພດສຍາ, ໂສເພນີ
 * Latin:, spintria, nonaria, lupa, scortum, scortillum
 * Latvian: mauka, ielene
 * Lithuanian: kekšė
 * Luxembourgish:
 * Macedonian: курва
 * Malay:
 * Malayalam:
 * Maltese: qaħba, prostituta
 * Maori: kairau
 * Middle English: hore
 * Mongolian:, садар эм
 * Navajo: kiyąąh sizíní
 * Norman: putain, chèrch'rêsse
 * Northern Sami: fuorrá
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Nynorsk: hore
 * Occitan:, bagassa,
 * Old East Slavic: курва
 * Old English: myltestre, hore
 * Old Norse: hóra
 * Old Prussian: manga
 * Papiamentu: puta
 * Pashto:, کنچنۍ,
 * Persian: ,
 * Plautdietsch: Hua
 * Polish:, , ,
 * Portuguese:, , , ,
 * Romanian:, , ,
 * Russian:, , ,
 * Sanskrit:
 * Scottish Gaelic: sgliùrach, siùrsach,, reipseach, leodag
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: ку̑рва
 * Roman:
 * Slovak: kurva, ,
 * Slovene: ,
 * Sorbian:
 * Lower Sorbian: hura
 * Upper Sorbian: kurwa
 * Spanish:, , , , , , ,
 * Sranan Tongo: huru
 * Swahili: ,
 * Swedish: ,
 * Tajik:
 * Tamil:
 * Telugu:
 * Thai: ,
 * Turkish:, , , , , , ,
 * Turkmen: jelep
 * Ukrainian:, , , , шльо́ндра,
 * Urdu: ویشیا,
 * Uyghur: پاھىشە, جالاپ
 * Uzbek: ,
 * Vietnamese: ,
 * Walloon: putain
 * Welsh:, ,
 * Yiddish: זונה, הור, קורווע, שליוכע


 * Afrikaans:
 * Arabic: شَرْمُوطَة
 * Armenian:
 * Cebuano: burikat
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Danish:, hore
 * Dutch:, ,
 * Esperanto:, ,
 * Faroese: hora
 * Finnish:, , , ,
 * French:
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew: ,
 * Indonesian:, perek
 * Interlingua:
 * Irish:, meirdreach
 * Italian:, , , , , , , ,
 * Jamaican Creole: sketel, leggo beast, loose gyal
 * Japanese:, 浮気女, , やりまん
 * Korean:, ,
 * Middle English: hore
 * Navajo: ałjiłnii
 * Norwegian: ,
 * Bokmål:
 * Nynorsk: hore
 * Persian:
 * Portuguese:, ,
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:, , , , , , , ненаёба, , , побляду́нья, побляду́шка, ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: siùrsach,, sgliùrach, leodag, luid, slapag, reipseach
 * Swedish:
 * Telugu:
 * Ukrainian: шльо́ндра, ля́рва, ,
 * Yiddish: שליוכע, זונה, קורווע


 * French:, , saloparde
 * Romanian: ,
 * Russian: курве́ц,, , , ,

Verb

 * 1)  To prostitute oneself.
 * 2)  To engage the services of a prostitute.
 * 3)  To pimp; to pander.
 * 4)  To promote shamelessly.
 * 5)  To pursue false gods.
 * 6)  To pursue false goals.
 * 7)  To overuse something.
 * 1)  To overuse something.
 * 1)  To overuse something.
 * 1)  To overuse something.
 * 1)  To overuse something.
 * 1)  To overuse something.
 * 1)  To overuse something.
 * 1)  To overuse something.

Synonyms

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

Translations

 * Arabic: عَهَرَ
 * Armenian: ,
 * Bulgarian: проституирам
 * Catalan:
 * Danish: prostituere sig, sælge sin krop
 * Finnish:, myydä itseään
 * French: ,
 * German:, ,
 * Greek: ,
 * Ancient: πορνεύομαι
 * Italian:
 * Polish: prostytuować się
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:, , ,
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish: att


 * Arabic: عَاهَرَ
 * Armenian:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Italian: andare a puttane
 * Japanese: 売春婦を買う
 * Latin: scortor
 * Romanian: se duce la curve
 * Russian: ходи́ть по блядя́м
 * Spanish: ir de putas