Masculine
bordello
Meaning
- (colloquial, masculine, vulgar) brothel
- (informal, masculine) great chaos or confusion
- (informal, masculine) a large quantity
Concepts
sporting house
house of prostitution
whore-house
callhouse
Synonyms
casa d’appuntamenti
casa aquillo
prostribolo
Translations
bordel
burdel
Bordell
lupanar
lupanar
bordeel
οίκος ανοχήςFrequency
Hyphenated as
bor‧dèl‧lo
Pronounced as (IPA)
/borˈdɛl.lo/
Etymology
From Old French bordel (“small hut, cabin; brothel”), diminutive of bord, from Medieval Latin bordellum, from Frankish *bord (“board”), from Proto-Germanic *burdą (“board, table”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰr̥dʰ-o- (“board”), suffixed zero-grade form of *bʰer-edʰ- (“to cut”), suffixed form of *bʰer- (“to carve, cut, split, rub”).
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