seraglio

Nghĩa (Tiếng Anh)

  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.

Từ đồng nghĩa

Phát âm là (IPA)
/səˈɹæljoʊ/
Từ nguyên (Tiếng Anh)

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.

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