different between gigolo vs manwhore

English

Etymology

First attested in English in 1922. From French gigolo (“young lover kept by an older woman”), first attested in that sense in 1904 (attested since 1850 in the sense “Amant de cœur, compagnon d'une gigolette", and since 1894 in the sense “elegant young man whose means of livelihood are dubious”), a back-formation from gigolette (“promiscuous dancing girl, girl available for hire as a dancing partner”), attested since 1850, from giguer (“to dance”), from gigue (“fiddle; type of dance; jig”). More at jig.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?d???.?.lo?/ or /????.lo?/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?d???.?.l??/ or IPA^(key): /????.?.l??/
• Hyphenation: gig?o?lo

Noun

gigolo (plural gigolos)

1. A man who has a sexual relationship with a woman from whom he receives payment.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:prostitute

2. A hired escort or dancing partner for a woman.

Translations

References

French

Etymology

From gigolette +? -lo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?i.??.lo/

Noun

gigolo m (plural gigolos)

1. (informal, derogatory) gigolo

References

• “gigolo” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Romanian

Etymology

From French gigolo

Noun

gigolo m (uncountable)

1. gigolo

Declension

English

Alternative forms

• man-whore, man whore

Etymology

man +? whore

Pronunciation

Noun

manwhore (plural manwhores)

1. (slang) A man who has sex with clients for money; a male prostitute.
   • 1999, Dec. 10, Michael O'Sullivan, “Not Just a 'Gigolo'”, Washington Post:

     A schmo who finds love by prostituting himself is...rather sweet in a sophomoric, manwhore-with-a-heart-of-gold kind of way.

   • 2006 Farrell Kaye, Helltown: The Adventures of the Midnight Man, page 217:

     He's a man-whore, Paige. He seduces women for money. He seduced you and countless married women without any care for the consequences.

2. (slang) A promiscuous man who has no regard for his sexual partners or the emotional value of his relationships.

Synonyms

• (male prostitute): gigolo, he-whore, hustler
• (promiscuous man): womanizer
• See also Thesaurus:libertine

Translations

Verb

manwhore (third-person singular simple present manwhores, present participle manwhoring, simple past and past participle manwhored)

1. (rare, slang) To prostitute oneself, as a man.

Anagrams

• whoreman