odalisque

English

Wikipedia

Odalisque painted by Jules Joseph Lefebvre (1874)

Alternative forms

• odalisk

Etymology

From French, from Ottoman Turkish اوطه‌لق (odalık, “chambermaid”), from اوده (oda, “room”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈəʊd(ə)lɪsk/, /ˈɒd(ə)lɪsk/
• (US) IPA: /ˈoʊdlɪsk/, /oʊdlˈisk/

Noun

odalisque (plural odalisques)

1. (historical) A female slave in a harem, especially one in the Ottoman seraglio.
2. A desirable or sexually attractive woman.

Antonyms

• virago

Translations

a female harem slave

• Catalan: odalisca (ca) f
• Dutch: odalisk (nl)
• French: odalisque (fr)
• German: Odaliske (de)

• Greek: οδαλίσκη (el) (odalíski) f
• Hungarian: odaliszk (hu)
• Italian: odalisca (it)
• Turkish: odalık (tr), cariye (tr), halayık (tr)

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French

Noun

odalisque f (plural odalisques)

1. odalisque