English
Etymology
From street + walker.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈstɹiːtˌwɔːkə(ɹ)/
Noun
streetwalker (plural streetwalkers)
- (informal, derogatory) A prostitute who looks for customers on the streets and in other public places.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:prostitute
- (now rare) Someone walking in the street; an average citizen.
Translations
prostitute who looks for clients on the streets
- Bulgarian: уличница (bg) f (uličnica)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 站街女 (zh) (zhànjiēnǚ)
- Dutch: tippelaarster (nl) f
- French: fille publique (fr) f, fille de trottoir (fr) f, fille des rues f, racoleuse (fr) f, pierreuse (fr) f (dated), péripatéticienne (fr) f
- German: Strichmädchen (de) n, Bordsteinschwalbe (de) f
- Greek:
- Ancient: περίπολις m or f (perípolis)
- Hungarian: utcalány (hu)
- Irish: striapach sráide f
- Italian: prostituta (it) f, puttana (it) f, mignotta (it) f, sgualdrina (it) f, baldracca (it) f, squillo (it) f, peripatetica (it) f
- Japanese: 街娼 (ja) (がいしょう, gaishō)
- Macedonian: ули́чарка f (ulíčarka)
- Navajo: kiyąąh sizíní
- Portuguese: puta (pt) f, prostituta (pt) f, rapariga (pt) f (Brazil)
- Romanian: femeie de stradă f, prostituată (ro) f, târfă (ro) f
- Russian: (у́личная) проститу́тка f ((úličnaja) prostitútka)
- Scottish Gaelic: strìopach sràide f
- Spanish: puta callejera f
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