English Explanatory Dictionary

bordel

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A brothel.

Word forms

bordel bordels

Etymology

From Middle English bordel, from Old French bordel (“brothel”). Doublet of bordello. By surface analysis, Latin borda + -el (“diminutive”).

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