1) Noun: - a
prostitute. (literal)
- Bitch! (US) Cunt! (Brit.) (Pejorative)
2)
Interjection: 'Putain (de bordel, de merde, etc)!' - 'Fuck it!' (US) or 'Fucking hell!' (Brit.)
3) Intensifying adjective: 'Cette putain de machine!' - 'This
fucking machine!'
Often truncated to 'Pute!'