Question 1

What is the masculine of the French word "maquerelle"?

Accepted Answer

maquereau

Question 2

What does the French word "maquerelle" mean?

Accepted Answer

Feminine singular of maquereau; woman engaged in procuring, pimping other women and receiving all or part of the money obtained from this activity.
Keeper of a brothel, a prostitution establishment. Also called mère maquerelle (mother madam) in this sense.
Gossip, pander. Person who intervenes in the private lives of others, watches without being seen and spreads rumors.

Question 3

What is the etymology of thr French word "maquerelle"?

Accepted Answer

from Middle French makerele (brothel keeper) and Middle Dutch makelare (intermediary, broker, trafficker), derived from makeln "to trade", popular doublet of the verb maken "to make".

Question 4

What is the plural of the French word "maquerelle"?

Accepted Answer

maquerelles

maquerelle

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