English-Thai Dictionary

prostitution

N การ เป็น โสเภ ณี  whoredom lewdness kan-pen-so-pe-ne

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

PROSTITUTION

n.[L. prostituo.] 1. The act or practice of offering the body to an indiscriminate intercourse with men; common lewdness of a female.
2. The act of setting one's self to sale, or offering one's self to infamous employments; as the prostitution of talents or abilities.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

PROSTITUTION

Pros `ti *tu "tion, n. Etym: [L. prostitutio: cf. F. prostitution. ]

 

1. The act or practice of prostituting or offering the body to an indiscriminate intercourse with men; common lewdness of a woman.

 

2. The act of setting one's self to sale, or of devoting to infamous purposes what is in one's power; as, the prostitution of abilities; the prostitution of the press. "Mental prostitution. " Byron.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

prostitution

pros ti tu tion |ˌprästəˈt (y )o͞oSHən ˌprɑstəˈt (j )uʃən | ▶noun the practice or occupation of engaging in sexual activity with someone for payment. • the unworthy or corrupt use of one's talents for the sake of personal or financial gain.

 

Oxford Dictionary

prostitution

pros ¦ti ¦tu |tion |ˌprɒstɪˈtʃuːʃn ˌprɒstɪˈtjuːʃn | ▶noun [ mass noun ] the practice or occupation of engaging in sexual activity with someone for payment. • the unworthy or corrupt use of one's talents for personal or financial gain.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

prostitution

prostitution noun they claim that the casino industry only encourages prostitution in the area: the sex trade, the sex industry, whoring, streetwalking, sex tourism; informal the oldest profession, hooking, hustling; dated whoredom; archaic harlotry.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

prostitution

prostitution noun whoring, the sex industry, streetwalking, Mrs Warren's profession, white slavery, sex tourism; informal the oldest profession, the game, the trade; rough trade; N. Amer. informal hooking, hustling, the life; dated whoredom; archaic courtesanship, harlotry, Magdalenism, the social evil.

 

Duden Dictionary

Prostitution

Pro s ti tu ti on , Pros ti tu ti on Substantiv, feminin , die |Prostituti o n |die Prostitution; Genitiv: der Prostitution französisch prostitution < lateinisch prostitutio 1 gewerbsmäßige Ausübung sexueller Handlungen Prostitution [be ]treiben | der Prostitution nachgehen | zur Prostitution gezwungen werden 2 bildungssprachlich selten Herabwürdigung; öffentliche Preisgabe, Bloßstellung

 

French Dictionary

prostitution

prostitution n. f. nom féminin 1 Action de consentir à des relations sexuelles pour de l ’argent. 2 figuré Avilissement, dégradation.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

prostitution

pr ò s ti t ú tion 名詞 U 1 売春 .2 ｟かたく ｠才能の安売り [悪用 ].