Definition
A woman of questionable social status or reputation; a woman who is not fully respectable in society's eyes, ranking below a demimondaine.
Etymology
From demi- (half) and mentonnière (a woman's fashion piece under the chin), used metaphorically in French to describe women of lower social status than the demimonde.
Kelly Says
This hilariously weird insult basically meant 'woman who barely counts as respectable'—it's from an era when society had about fifty different words to describe women's social status without being direct about it.
Translations
AMአማርኛ
半 መንቶኒየር
han men-toh-ni-ye-r
ARالعربية
نصف مِنتونير
nafs men-toh-ni-ir
BNবাংলা
আধা মেন্টোনিয়ার
aadha men-toh-ni-yaar
CACatalà
mig mentoniere
mig men-toh-nee-re
CSČeština
polovi mentoniere
polo-vee men-toh-nee-re
DADansk
halv mentoniere
halv men-toh-nee-re
DEDeutsch
Halb-Mentoniere
halb-men-toh-nee-re
ELΕλληνικά
ημι-μεντονιέρα
ee-mi-men-toh-nee-ra
ESEspañol
demimontón
deh-mee-mon-ton
FAفارسی
نیم مِنتونیِر
nim men-toh-ni-ir
FISuomi
puoli mentoniere
pou-li men-toh-nee-re
FRFrançais
demi-mentonière
deh-mee-mahn-toh-nyer
GUGU
આધા મેન્ટોનીયર
aadha men-toh-ni-yaar
HAHA
kashi mentoniere
ka-shi men-toh-nee-re
HEעברית
חצי מנטונייר
chatzi men-toh-nee-ir
HIहिन्दी
आधा मेन्टोनीयर
aadha men-toh-ni-yaar
HUMagyar
fél mentoniere
fe-l men-toh-nee-re
IDBahasa Indonesia
setengah mentoniere
se-tan-gah men-toh-ni-e-re
IGIG
nke mentoniere
nke men-toh-nee-re
ITItaliano
demimontoniere
deh-mee-mon-toh-nee-reh
JA日本語
半メントニエール
han-mento-ni-e-ru
KKKK
жарты ментониер
jar-ty men-toh-ni-er
KMKM
បន្ទាយមិនតប
ban-d-ay min-tab
KO한국어
반 멘토니에르
ban men-to-ni-e-reu
MRMR
आधा मेन्टोनीयर
aadha men-toh-ni-yaar
MSBahasa Melayu
separuh mentoniere
se-pa-ruh men-toh-nee-re
MYမြန်မာ
ကျယ်လျော် memen-toni-e-r
kyai-l-yaw men-toh-ni-e-r
NLNederlands
half mentonière
haaf men-toh-nee-re
NONorsk
halv mentoniere
halv men-toh-nee-re
PAPA
ਅੱਧਾ ਮੈਂਟોਨੀਅਰ
ad-dha men-toh-ni-yaar
PLPolski
półmentoniere
pol-men-toh-nee-re
PTPortuguês
demimontoniere
deh-mee-mon-toh-nee-reh
RORomână
jumătate de mentoniere
jum-a-ta-de deh men-toh-nee-re
RUРусский
полументатония
pol-u-men-ta-to-ni-ya
SVSvenska
halv mentonière
halv men-toh-nee-re
SWKiswahili
nusu mentoniere
nu-su men-toh-nee-re
TAதமிழ்
அரை மென்ட்டோனியர்
a-rai men-toh-ni-yaar
TEతెలుగు
ఆర్ధమెంటోనియర్
a-ar-dha men-toh-ni-ya-r
THไทย
ครึ่งเมนโทนิแยร์
krung men-toh-ni-e-r
TLTL
kalahati mentoniere
ka-la-ha-ti men-toh-nee-re
TRTürkçe
yarım mentoniyer
yarim men-toh-ni-yer
UKУкраїнська
півментатонія
piv-men-ta-to-ni-ya
URاردو
آدھا منٹونیئر
aadha men-toh-ni-ir
VITiếng Việt
bán mentoniere
ban men-toh-ni-e-re
YOYO
ẹ̀kún mentoniere
e-kun men-toh-nee-re
ZH中文
半面托尼埃尔
bàn miàn tuō ní ěr
ZUZU
i-nhlanhla mentoniere
i-nhlan-hla men-toh-nee-re