bordello

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Italian bordello. Unrelated to brothel.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɛləʊ

Noun

bordello (plural bordellos)

1. A brothel

Translations

brothel — see brothel

Anagrams

• door-bell, doorbell

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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

• Rhymes: -ɛllo

Noun

bordello m (plural bordelli)

1. brothel
2. great chaos or confusion
3. a large quantity

Descendants

Descendants

• English: bordello

• Greek: μπορντέλο n (borntélo)

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Latin

Noun

(deprecated template usage) bordellō

1. dative singular of bordellum
2. ablative singular of bordellum