fille de joie

[ fee-yuh duh zhwah ]

noun

, French.

, plural filles de joie [fee-y, uh, d, uh, , zhwah].

1. a prostitute (used as a euphemism).

fille de joie

/ fij də ʒwa /

noun

1. a prostitute

Word History and Origins

Origin of fille de joie¹

Literally, “pleasure girl”

Word History and Origins

Origin of fille de joie¹

girl of pleasure

Example Sentences

You were intended—do not take the words as an insult—to lead the life of a fille de joie.

From Project Gutenberg

Lady Hamilton is said to have first enacted his Goddess of Health, being at this time a fille de joie of great celebrity.

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Some wag in the Society, paraphrasing the syllables of her name, wittily if unkindly, had christened her fille de joie.

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