English Explanatory Dictionary

bordello

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A brothel.

Pronunciation

/bɔː(ɹ)ˈdɛləʊ/ en-us-bordello.oga

Word forms

bordello bordellos bordelloes

Etymology

From Italian bordello. Distantly related to brothel, through Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- (“to carve, cut, split, rub”). Doublet of bordel. By surface analysis, Latin borda + Italian -ello (“diminutive”).

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