catin

See also: Catin and cả tin

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka.tɛ̃/

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Etymology 1

Diminutive form of Catherine.

Noun

catin f (plural catins)

1. (dated or literary) harlot, slattern, whore
   • 1857, Charles Baudelaire, “Au lecteur”, in Les Fleurs du mal [The Flowers of Evil], Paris: Poulet-Malassis et De Broise:

     Ainsi qu’un débauché pauvre qui baise et mange / Le sein martyrisé d’une antique catin,

     Like a poor lecher who kisses and bites / The tortured breast of an ancient whore

2. (North America) doll; mannequin, dummy

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Latin catīnus (“vessel”) or catīnum.

Noun

catin m (plural catins)

1. (obsolete, metallurgy) vessel for molten metal

Further reading

• “catin” in Émile Littré, Dictionnaire de la langue française, 1872–1877.
• “catin”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Occitan

Etymology

From Catin (“Cathy”).

Noun

catin f (Limousin)

1. puppet

References

• Yves Lavalade, Dictionnaire d'usage occitan/français - Limousin, Marche, Périgord, Institut d'Estudis Occitans dau Lemosin, 2010, →ISBN, page 147.