bordello
English edit
Etymology edit
From Italian bordello. Distantly related to brothel, through Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- (“to carve, cut, split, rub”). Doublet of bordel.
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bordello (plural bordellos or bordelloes)
- A brothel.
Translations edit
brothel — see brothel
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Etymology edit
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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bordello m (plural bordelli)
- (colloquial, vulgar) brothel
- (informal, slightly vulgar) great chaos or confusion
- (informal, slightly vulgar) a large quantity
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Noun edit
bordellō