bordello

Meaning

A brothel.

Frequency

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Pronounced as (IPA)
/bɔː(ɹ)ˈdɛləʊ/
Etymology

From Italian bordello. Distantly related to brothel, through Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- (“to carve, cut, split, rub”). Doublet of bordel.

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