bordello

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɔː(ɹ)ˈdɛləʊ/

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• Rhymes: -ɛləʊ

Noun

bordello (plural bordellos or bordelloes)

1. A brothel.

Translations

brothel — see brothel

Anagrams

• door-bell, doorbell

Italian

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”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /borˈdɛl.lo/
• Rhymes: -ɛllo
• Hyphenation: bor‧dèl‧lo

Noun

bordello m (plural bordelli)

1. brothel
2. (informal, slightly vulgar) great chaos or confusion
3. (informal, slightly vulgar) a large quantity

Descendants

Descendants

• English: bordello
• Greek: μπορντέλο n (borntélo)
• Maltese: burdell

Latin

Noun

bordellō

1. dative/ablative singular of bordellum