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ponce

/pɒns/

الترجمة: اسم يشير إلى معنيين مختلفين: قد يُطلق على رجل يُعتبر مخنّثًا في سلوكه ومبالغًا في الاهتمام بمظهره، أو على شخص يتوسط بين البغايا وعملائهن.

مدخل واحد

noun

/pɒns/C1formalbritish
  • arاسم يشير إلى معنيين مختلفين: قد يُطلق على رجل يُعتبر مخنّثًا في سلوكه ومبالغًا في الاهتمام بمظهره، أو على شخص يتوسط بين البغايا وعملائهن.

A noun with two distinct meanings: it can refer to a man who is considered effeminate in manner and overly concerned with his appearance, or it can refer to a person who procures clients for prostitutes.

  1. Effeminate or fussy manC1informalbritish

    A man who is considered effeminate in manner or overly concerned with his appearance and style.

    arرجل مخنّث متأنّق

    • He's a bit of a ponce, always checking his hair in the mirror.
    • Don't be such a ponce, just get your hands dirty.
    • The character in the play was portrayed as a fussy ponce.

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  2. Pimp or procurerC1informalbritish

    A man who controls prostitutes and lives off their earnings.

    arقوّاد

    • The police arrested the ponce who was running the operation.
    • He was known as a ponce in the criminal underworld.
    • The film depicted the life of a ponce in Victorian London.

    المرادفاتbawdfancy manpandererpimpprocurer

الصيغ
  • ponces plural form
  • ponces' possessive plural form
  • ponce's possessive singular form