seraglio

Senso (Inglese)

1. A palace of a sultan.
2. A palace of a sultan.
3. A profligate or decadent residence of a rich person.
4. The sequestered living quarters used by wives and concubines (odalisques) in a Turkish Muslim household.
5. A brothel or place of debauchery.
6. An interior cage or enclosed courtyard for keeping wild beasts.

Concetti

serraglio

harem

sinonimi

harem

serail

hareem

women’s apartment

palace

inner palace

gyneceum

gynaeceum

Traduzioni

sérail

Serail

saray

Harem

harem

serail

harem

harem

harém

serrallo

حرم النساء

παλάτι

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/səˈɹæljoʊ/

Etimologia (Inglese)

From Italian serraglio, from Vulgar Latin *serrāculum, from a late form of Latin serāre (“lock up, close”), from sera (“lock, bolt”). The Italian word was used (because of phonetic similarity) to translate Turkish saray (palace). Compare serai, serail.