fille de joie

American

[fee-y^uh duh zhwah] / ˌfi jə də ˈʒwɑ /

noun

French.

a prostitute (used as a euphemism).

fille de joie British

/ fij də ʒwa /

noun

a prostitute

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

filles de joie

plural

Etymology

Origin of fille de joie

Literally, “pleasure girl”

Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023