bordello

English

Etymology

From Italian bordello. Unrelated to brothel.

Pronunciation
  • Rhymes: -ɛləʊ

Noun

bordello (plural bordellos)

  1. A brothel

Translations
brothel — see brothel

Anagrams

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

Latin

Noun

bordellō

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