mouquère

French

Alternative forms

• moukère

Etymology

From a European pidgin word spoken in Algeria, originally from Spanish mujer.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mu.kɛʁ/

Noun

mouquère f (plural mouquères)

1. Maghrebi woman
2. (slang) hooker, tart

Further reading

• “mouquère”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.