bordello
English
Etymology
From Italian bordello. Distantly related to brothel, through Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- (“to carve, cut, split, rub”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bɔːˈdɛləʊ/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -ɛləʊ
Noun
bordello (plural bordellos or bordelloes)
- 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)
- brothel
- great chaos or confusion
- a large quantity
Descendants
Descendants
- English: bordello
- Greek: μπορντέλο n (borntélo)
Latin
Noun
bordellō
- dative/ablative singular of bordellum