p'tain
French, interjection
p'tain is a French interjection meaning “informal spelling of putain or contraction of putain” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). On this page, p*tain is a different word: “censored spelling of putain”.
What does p'tain mean in English?
interjection
- 1
informalvulgarinformal spelling of putain or contraction of putain
interjection
- 1
censored spelling of putain
noun
- 1
femininecensored spelling of putain
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
interjection: 1. Variante de putain.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of p'tain
- 'tain alternative
- p*tains plural
- ’tain
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is p'tain in French?
p'tain appears about once in every 3 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).