arlot

== Catalan == === Etymology === Uncertain, probably related to Old French arlot (“rascal”). Compare Italian arlotto (“beggar”) and English harlot. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [ərˈlɔt] IPA(key): (Valencia) [aɾˈlɔt] === Noun === arlot m (plural arlots or arlotz) pimp Synonym: macarró (informal) boy, lad Synonyms: fadrí, minyó ==== Derived terms ==== al·lot === Further reading === “arlot” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962. “arlot”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007 == Old French == === Alternative forms === herlot === Etymology === Of obscure origin. Likely to be ultimately of Germanic origin, either from a derivation of *harjaz (“army; camp; warrior; military leader”) or from a diminutive of *karilaz (“man; fellow”). === Noun === arlot oblique singular, m (oblique plural arloz or arlotz, nominative singular arloz or arlotz, nominative plural arlot) rascal; scoundrel ==== Descendants ==== Catalan: arlot Middle English: harlot English: harlot Italian: arlotto Sicilian: arrottu Spanish: arlote === Further reading === Frédéric Godefroy (1880–1902), “arlot”, in Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle […], Paris: F[riedrich] Vieweg; Émile Bouillon, →OCLC.