pimp

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Origin unknown. Perhaps from French pimpant (“smart, sparkish”) or German Pimpf (“a boy, a youth, a young squirt”). The Old English near-synonym was rendered by Old English forspennend (literally “a solicitor”).

From Brythonic numerals, from Proto-Brythonic *pɨmp. Cognate with Welsh pump, Cornish pymp, Breton pemp. Doublet of cinque, fin (“five currency units”), finnuf, five, ponzu, punch (“beverage”), and sengi (“currency”); related to Pompeii.

230 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: pooier — prostitution solicitor
• Afrikaans: hoerboer — prostitution solicitor
• Albanian: tutor prostitutash — prostitution solicitor
• Arabic: قَوَّاد (qawwād) — prostitution solicitor
• Arabic: عرص (ʕarṣ) — prostitution solicitor
• Arabic: معرص (míʕarraṣ) — prostitution solicitor
• Arabic: عرص (ʕarṣ) — prostitution solicitor
• Arabic: قَوَّاد (gawwād) — prostitution solicitor
• Armenian: կավատ (kavat) — prostitution solicitor
• Azerbaijani: oğraş — prostitution solicitor
• Belarusian: сутэнёр (sutenjór) — prostitution solicitor
• Belarusian: зво́днік (zvódnik) — prostitution solicitor
• Belarusian: зво́дніца (zvódnica) — prostitution solicitor
• Bengali: কোটনা (kōṭona) — prostitution solicitor
• Central Bikol: bugaw — prostitution solicitor
• Bulgarian: сво́дник (svódnik) — prostitution solicitor
• Bulgarian: сво́дница (svódnica) — prostitution solicitor
• Bulgarian: сутеньо́р (sutenjór) — prostitution solicitor
• Burmese: ဖါခေါင်း (hpahkaung:) — prostitution solicitor
• Catalan: proxeneta — prostitution solicitor
• Catalan: alcavot — prostitution solicitor
• Chinese Cantonese: 姑爺仔 /姑爷仔 (gu1 je4 zai2) — prostitution solicitor
• Chinese Cantonese: 龜公 /龟公 (gwai1 gung1) — prostitution solicitor
• Chinese: 三七仔 (zh-min-nan) — prostitution solicitor
• Chinese: 牽猴的 /牵猴的 (khan-kâu-ê) — prostitution solicitor
• Chinese: 牽猴仔 /牵猴仔 (khan-kâu-á) — prostitution solicitor
• Chinese Mandarin: 皮條客 /皮条客 (pítiáokè) — prostitution solicitor
• Chinese Mandarin: 老鴇 /老鸨 (lǎobǎo) — prostitution solicitor
• Chinese Mandarin: 媽媽桑 /妈妈桑 (māmāsāng) — prostitution solicitor
• Czech: pasák — prostitution solicitor
• Czech: kuplíř — prostitution solicitor
• Danish: alfons — prostitution solicitor
• Dutch: pooier — prostitution solicitor
• Dutch: souteneur — prostitution solicitor
• Esperanto: prostituisto — prostitution solicitor
• Estonian: kupeldaja — prostitution solicitor
• Estonian: sutenöör — prostitution solicitor
• Finnish: sutenööri — prostitution solicitor
• Finnish: parittaja — prostitution solicitor
• French: souteneur — prostitution solicitor
• French: maquereau — prostitution solicitor
• French: mac — prostitution solicitor
• French: proxénète — prostitution solicitor
• Galician: bagaxeiro — prostitution solicitor
• Galician: alcaiote — prostitution solicitor
• Galician: alcaiota — prostitution solicitor
• Galician: proxeneta — prostitution solicitor
• Georgian: მამაშა (mamaša) — prostitution solicitor
• German: Zuhälter — prostitution solicitor
• German: Lude — prostitution solicitor
• German: Kuppler — prostitution solicitor
• Greek: προαγωγός (proagogós) — prostitution solicitor
• Greek: μαστροπός (mastropós) — prostitution solicitor
• Greek: σωματέμπορος (somatémporos) — prostitution solicitor
• Greek: νταβατζής (ntavatzís) — prostitution solicitor
• Ancient Greek: μαστροπός (mastropós) — prostitution solicitor
• Ancient Greek: μάτρυλλος (mátrullos) — prostitution solicitor
• Hebrew: סַרְסוּר (sarsúr) — prostitution solicitor
• Hindi: दलाल (dalāl) — prostitution solicitor
• Hindi: कुटनी (kuṭnī) — prostitution solicitor
• Hindi: भड़ुआ (bhaṛuā) — prostitution solicitor
• Hungarian: strici — prostitution solicitor
• Hungarian: kerítő — prostitution solicitor
• Hungarian: futtató — prostitution solicitor
• Hungarian: lányfuttató — prostitution solicitor
• Icelandic: melludólgur — prostitution solicitor
• Icelandic: hórumangari — prostitution solicitor
• Indonesian: germo — prostitution solicitor
• Indonesian: muncikari — prostitution solicitor
• Irish: máistir striapach — prostitution solicitor
• Italian: magnaccia — prostitution solicitor
• Italian: pappone — prostitution solicitor
• Italian: protettore — prostitution solicitor
• Italian: ruffiano — prostitution solicitor
• Italian: lenone — prostitution solicitor
• Italian: prosseneta — prostitution solicitor
• Italian: paraninfo — prostitution solicitor
• Japanese: 女衒 (zegen) — prostitution solicitor
• Japanese: ポン引き (ponbiki) — prostitution solicitor
• Kazakh: жеңгетай (jeñgetai) — prostitution solicitor
• Khmer: មេអណ្ដើក (mei ʼɑɑʼɑndaək) — prostitution solicitor
• Korean: 뚜쟁이 (ttujaeng'i) — prostitution solicitor
• Korean: 뚜 (ttu) — prostitution solicitor
• Korean: 기둥서방 (gidungseobang) — prostitution solicitor
• Korean: 포주 (poju) — prostitution solicitor
• Northern Kurdish: gewad — prostitution solicitor
• Northern Kurdish: pêzeweng — prostitution solicitor
• Northern Kurdish: teres — prostitution solicitor
• Ladino: rufyano — prostitution solicitor
• Ladino: rufyana — prostitution solicitor
• Lao: ຊາຍານຸຊີບ (s nu sīp) — prostitution solicitor
• Lao: ແມງດາ (mǣng dā) — prostitution solicitor
• Latin: lēnō — prostitution solicitor
• Latin: lēna — prostitution solicitor
• Latvian: suteners — prostitution solicitor
• Lithuanian: suteneris — prostitution solicitor
• Lithuanian: sąvadautojas — prostitution solicitor
• Macedonian: сводник (svodnik) — prostitution solicitor
• Macedonian: подведувач (podveduvač) — prostitution solicitor
• Macedonian: макро (makro) — prostitution solicitor
• Malay: alku — prostitution solicitor
• Malay: barua — prostitution solicitor
• Malay: jaruman — prostitution solicitor
• Malay: ketolol — prostitution solicitor
• Malay: muncikari — prostitution solicitor
• Malay: pinang muda — prostitution solicitor
• Mongolian: зууч (zuuč) — prostitution solicitor
• Norman: maquereau — prostitution solicitor
• Norwegian Bokmål: hallik — prostitution solicitor
• Old English: forspennend — prostitution solicitor
• Pashto: بغری (bağaray) — prostitution solicitor
• Iranian Persian: قَوَّاد (ġavvâd) — prostitution solicitor
• Iranian Persian: جاکِش (jâkeš) — prostitution solicitor
• Iranian Persian: جابیز (jâbiz) — prostitution solicitor
• Iranian Persian: کُسکِش (kos-keš) — prostitution solicitor
• Polish: alfons — prostitution solicitor
• Polish: sutener — prostitution solicitor
• Portuguese: cafetão — prostitution solicitor
• Portuguese: proxeneta — prostitution solicitor
• Portuguese: safado — prostitution solicitor
• Portuguese: chulo — prostitution solicitor
• Portuguese: alcoviteiro — prostitution solicitor
• Punjabi: ਦੱਲਾ (dallā) — prostitution solicitor
• Romanian: proxenet — prostitution solicitor
• Romanian: pește — prostitution solicitor
• Russian: сутенёр (sutenjór) — prostitution solicitor
• Russian: сво́дник (svódnik) — prostitution solicitor
• Russian: сво́дница (svódnica) — prostitution solicitor
• Russian: сво́дня (svódnja) — prostitution solicitor
• Scottish Gaelic: drùisear — prostitution solicitor
• Serbo-Croatian: svȍdnīk /сво̏днӣк — prostitution solicitor
• Serbo-Croatian: podvòdāč /подво̀да̄ч — prostitution solicitor
• Serbo-Croatian: kùpler /ку̀плер — prostitution solicitor
• Serbo-Croatian: màkrō /ма̀кро̄ — prostitution solicitor
• Slovak: pasák — prostitution solicitor
• Slovak: kupliar — prostitution solicitor
• Slovene: zvodník — prostitution solicitor
• Spanish: chulo — prostitution solicitor
• Spanish: proxeneta — prostitution solicitor
• Spanish: rufián — prostitution solicitor
• Spanish: cafiche — prostitution solicitor
• Spanish: cabrón — prostitution solicitor
• Spanish: padrote — prostitution solicitor
• Spanish: alcahuete — prostitution solicitor
• Spanish: lenón — prostitution solicitor
• Spanish: ficho — prostitution solicitor
• Spanish: cafishio — prostitution solicitor
• Spanish: cafisho — prostitution solicitor
• Swahili: buzi — prostitution solicitor
• Swedish: hallick — prostitution solicitor
• Swedish: sutenör — prostitution solicitor
• Tagalog: bugaw — prostitution solicitor
• Tagalog: kuwekong — prostitution solicitor
• Tagalog: alkahuwete — prostitution solicitor
• Tagalog: tita-tita — prostitution solicitor
• Tajik: қаввод (qavvod) — prostitution solicitor
• Tamil: காமத்தரகன் (kāmattarakaṉ) — prostitution solicitor
• Tamil: கூட்டிக்கொடுப்பவன் (kūṭṭikkoṭuppavaṉ) — prostitution solicitor
• Tamil: மாமா (māmā) — prostitution solicitor
• Telugu: తార్పుడుగాడు (tārpuḍugāḍu) — prostitution solicitor
• Telugu: బాడ్కావ్ (Telangana) — prostitution solicitor
• Thai: แมงดา (mɛɛng-daa) — prostitution solicitor
• Turkish: pezevenk — prostitution solicitor
• Turkish: kavat — prostitution solicitor
• Turkish: deyyus — prostitution solicitor
• Turkish: kurumsak — prostitution solicitor
• Ottoman Turkish: پزونك (päzäväng) — prostitution solicitor
• Ukrainian: сутене́р (sutenér) — prostitution solicitor
• Ukrainian: зві́дник (zvídnyk) — prostitution solicitor
• Ukrainian: зві́дниця (zvídnycja) — prostitution solicitor
• Urdu: دَلال (dalāl) — prostitution solicitor
• Urdu: کُٹْنی (kuṭnī) — prostitution solicitor
• Uzbek: dayus — prostitution solicitor
• Uzbek: sutenyor — prostitution solicitor
• Uzbek: dalla — prostitution solicitor
• Uzbek: qoʻshmachi — prostitution solicitor
• Vietnamese: kẻ mối lái — prostitution solicitor
• Vietnamese: ma cô — prostitution solicitor
• Volapük: lupärodan — prostitution solicitor
• Volapük: hilupärodan — prostitution solicitor
• Volapük: jilupärodan — prostitution solicitor
• Welsh: pimp — prostitution solicitor
• Welsh: puteinfeistr — prostitution solicitor
• Yiddish: קאַדעט (kadet) — prostitution solicitor
• Arabic: قَادَ (qāda) — to act as procurer of prostitutes
• Arabic: قَوَّدَ (qawwada) — to act as procurer of prostitutes
• Bulgarian: своднича (svodniča) — to act as procurer of prostitutes
• Chinese Mandarin: 拉皮條 /拉皮条 (lā pítiáo) — to act as procurer of prostitutes
• Chinese Mandarin: 拉客 (lākè) — to act as procurer of prostitutes
• Dutch: souteneren — to act as procurer of prostitutes
• Finnish: parittaa — to act as procurer of prostitutes
• Finnish: toimia sutenöörinä — to act as procurer of prostitutes
• French: prostituer — to act as procurer of prostitutes
• French: maquereller — to act as procurer of prostitutes
• French: maquereauter — to act as procurer of prostitutes
• Greek: εκπορνεύω (ekpornévo) — to act as procurer of prostitutes
• Greek: μαστροπεύω (mastropévo) — to act as procurer of prostitutes
• Hungarian: kerít — to act as procurer of prostitutes
• Italian: procacciare — to act as procurer of prostitutes
• Persian: کسکشی کردن (kos-keši kardan) — to act as procurer of prostitutes
• Persian: جاکشی کردن (jâkeši kardan) — to act as procurer of prostitutes
• Portuguese: cafetinar — to act as procurer of prostitutes
• Portuguese: alcovitar — to act as procurer of prostitutes
• Russian: сво́дничать (svódničatʹ) — to act as procurer of prostitutes
• Spanish: putear — to act as procurer of prostitutes
• Tamil: கூட்டிக்கொடு (kūṭṭikkoṭu) — to act as procurer of prostitutes
• Turkish: pezevenklik yapmak — to act as procurer of prostitutes
• Dutch: prostitueren — to prostitute someone
• Finnish: tehdä jostakusta prostituoitu — to prostitute someone
• French: prostituer — to prostitute someone
• German: prostituieren — to prostitute someone
• Greek: εκπορνεύω (ekpornévo) — to prostitute someone
• Italian: prostituire — to prostitute someone
• Portuguese: prostituir — to prostitute someone
• Spanish: cafishear — to prostitute someone
• Spanish: cafishiar — to prostitute someone
• Tamil: கூட்டிக்கொடு (kūṭṭikkoṭu) — to prostitute someone
• Tamil: மாமா வேலை பார் (māmā vēlai pār) — to prostitute someone
• Dutch: pimpen — to excessively customize
• Dutch: oppimpen — to excessively customize
• Finnish: tuunata — to excessively customize
• Finnish: pimpata — to excessively customize
• Italian: risistemare — to excessively customize
• Spanish: tunear — to excessively customize
• Spanish: enchular — to excessively customize
• Finnish: tentata — medicine:to ask progressively harder and ultimately unanswerable questions of a resident or medical student
• Finnish: kuulustella — medicine:to ask progressively harder and ultimately unanswerable questions of a resident or medical student
• Finnish: puffata — to promote, tout
• Finnish: taivutella — to persuade or trick another into doing something for your benefit
• Tamil: ஏமாற்று (ēmāṟṟu) — to persuade or trick another into doing something for your benefit