brothel en · NOUN · etymology 1
Pronunciation
- /ˈbɹɒðəl/ (Received-Pronunciation, obsolete)
- /ˈbɹɔθəl/ (General-American)
- /ˈbɹɒθəl/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /ˈbɹɑðəl/ (cot-caught-merger)
- /ˈbɹɔðəl/ (General-American)
- /ˈbɹɑθəl/ (cot-caught-merger)
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Etymology
Short for brothel-house (“house of prostitution”), from brothel (“a wretch; scoundrel; lecher; harlot; prostitute”) + house, influenced by bordel. For more on brothel (“a wretch”), see below.
Meanings
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A house of prostitution.
Thus, during the last four years, I have visited brothels about every ten days or two weeks. Only seldom does coitus fail; for I have learned my peculiarities, and in the choice of a prostitute know immediately whether she will excite me or have no effect.
1893, Richard von Krafft-Ebing, “Congenital Homo-sexuality”, in Charles Gilbert Chaddock, transl., Psychopathia Sexualis, The F. A. Davis Co., page 245:Only women already existing in the social margins became actresses.²⁶ For example, celebrated tragedienne Elizabeth Barry was an orphan, Nell Gwynn a barmaid raised in a brothel, Moll Davis the illegitimate daughter of a Colonel. Other actresses were the wives and daughters of male actors, as for example Mary Saunderson (Mrs Betterton) and (in a later period) Mrses Kean, Kemble and Siddons.
2003, Rob Baum, Female Absence: Women, Theatre, and Other Metaphors, Brussels: P.I.E.-Peter Lang, →ISBN, page 89:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| brothels | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
couldn't organise an orgy in a brothel · brothellike · brotheler · brothel-keeping · antibrothel · brothel creeper · brothelkeeper · brothelgoer · brothelry · brothel keeper · brothel keeping · brothel-keeper · embrothel · Brothelgate · brothelkeeping · brothelly · brothel-house
Descendants
Holonyms
Hypernyms
Hyponyms
lup sup bar · massage parlor · rub and tug · sauna
Relateds
love hotel · escort agency · prostitute · prostitute's client · pimp · red-light district
Synonyms
brothel · whorehouse · massage parlour · sporting house · riding academy · bagnio · academy · disorderly house · house of ill fame · knocking shop · fuckhouse · bordello · cathouse · stew · whore-house · bawdy-house · red house · escort agency · leaping house · pushing school · house of accommodation · bawdyhouse · cat-house · cat house · nunnery · lupanar · hookshop · sauna · brothel house · common house · prostibule · crib · wapping ken · bawdy house · leaping-house · house of ill reputation · house of ill repute · vaulting school
Translations (233)
hi वेश्यालय (house of prostitution) · el πορνείο (house of prostitution) · mr वेश्यागृह (house of prostitution) · pt prostíbulo (house of prostitution) · it casa di tolleranza (house of prostitution) · mn эмсийн хүрээлэн (house of prostitution) · ka საროსკიპო (house of prostitution) · nds-de Horenhuus (house of prostitution) · ru лупана́рий (house of prostitution) · pt lupanar (house of prostitution) · hy հասարակաց տուն (house of prostitution) · hu nyilvánosház (house of prostitution) · mn янхны гэр (house of prostitution) · ota عمومخانه (house of prostitution) · pl bajzel (house of prostitution) · pt bordel (house of prostitution) · rm burdel (house of prostitution) · ug پاھىشىخانا (house of prostitution) · yi שאַנדהויז (house of prostitution) · gl burdallo (house of prostitution) · sq bordel (house of prostitution) · uk буди́нок розпу́сти (house of prostitution) · eo malĉastejo (house of prostitution) · la lupānar (house of prostitution) · pl agencja towarzyska (house of prostitution) · ar كَرْخَانَة (house of prostitution) · cmn 堂子 (house of prostitution) · ota فاحشه خانه (house of prostitution) · ota كرخانه (house of prostitution) · az fahişəxana (house of prostitution) · pt putaria (house of prostitution) · ru борде́ль (house of prostitution) · sa वेशवास (house of prostitution) · sh kuplèrāj (house of prostitution) · tr genelev (house of prostitution) · ar بَيْت التَّسَامُح (house of prostitution) · sh блу́дилиште (house of prostitution) · tpi haus pamuk (house of prostitution) · pa ਕੰਜਰਖ਼ਾਨਾ (house of prostitution) · ja 売春宿 (house of prostitution) · fa-ira قَحْبِهخانِه (house of prostitution) · cmn 花柳 (house of prostitution) · lv bordelis (house of prostitution) · es mancebía (house of prostitution) · be бардэ́ль (house of prostitution) · ko 갈보집 (house of prostitution) · ro lupanar (house of prostitution) · nl bordeel (house of prostitution) · grc χαμαιτυπεῖον (house of prostitution) · ang forliġerhūs (house of prostitution) · bg борде́й (house of prostitution) · da horehus (house of prostitution) · es casa de prostitución (house of prostitution) · el χαμαιτυπείο (house of prostitution) · id rumah pelacuran (house of prostitution) · nn bordell (house of prostitution) · az əxlaqsızlıq yuvası (house of prostitution) · sk verejný dom (house of prostitution) · ro casă de prostituție (house of prostitution) · pl lupanar (house of prostitution) · nb bordell (house of prostitution) · sa रतिमन्दिर (house of prostitution) · es casa de lenocinio (house of prostitution) · lt bordelis (house of prostitution) · be дом цярпі́масці (house of prostitution) · pa ਯਾਹੂਖ਼ਾਨਾ (house of prostitution) · ro casă de toleranță (house of prostitution) · sl javna hiša (house of prostitution) · tk bordel (house of prostitution) · es lupanar (house of prostitution) · pt randevu (house of prostitution) · de Puff (house of prostitution) · uz bordel (house of prostitution) · fr maison de tolérance (house of prostitution) · hi चकला (house of prostitution) · ang scandhūs (house of prostitution) · id bordil (house of prostitution) · nb horehus (house of prostitution) · ja 娼館 (house of prostitution) · sk nevestinec (house of prostitution) · nl hoerhuis (house of prostitution) · fr privé (house of prostitution) · pl burdel (house of prostitution) · hu bordélyház (house of prostitution) · ha gidan mata (house of prostitution) · af bordeel (house of prostitution) · grc πορνοβοσκεῖον (house of prostitution) · ms rumah ayam (house of prostitution) · az qəhbəxana (house of prostitution) · ro bordel (house of prostitution) · eu putetxe (house of prostitution) · es burdel (house of prostitution) · gag madaralık evi (house of prostitution) · gd taigh-strìopachais (house of prostitution) · is vændishús (house of prostitution) · hy պոռնկատուն (house of prostitution) · hu kupleráj (house of prostitution) · ka ბორდელი (house of prostitution) · cmn 勾欄 /勾栏 (house of prostitution) · fa-ira روسْپیخانِه (house of prostitution) · la fornix (house of prostitution) · cs bordel (house of prostitution) · th โรงหญิงโสเภณี (house of prostitution) · bg публи́чен дом (house of prostitution) · de Bordell (house of prostitution) · sh бо̀рдел (house of prostitution) · sh куплѐра̄ј (house of prostitution) · pl zamtuz (house of prostitution) · es casa de putas (house of prostitution) · ca bordell (house of prostitution) · uk публі́чний буди́нок (house of prostitution) · nl hoerenhuis (house of prostitution) · io lupanaro (house of prostitution) · km រតិគ្រឹះ (house of prostitution) · sa कुट्टिनी-गृह (house of prostitution) · ko 매춘소 (house of prostitution) · ja 妓楼 (house of prostitution) · bg барда́к (house of prostitution) · sq bordello (house of prostitution) · nn horehus (house of prostitution) · sh javna kuća (house of prostitution) · es prostíbulo (house of prostitution) · gl bordel (house of prostitution) · fr lupanar (house of prostitution) · ja 青楼 (house of prostitution) · mn янхны газар (house of prostitution) · tr umumhane (house of prostitution) · it postribolo (house of prostitution) · es bulín (house of prostitution) · fy huorrehûs (house of prostitution) · fa-ira فاحِشِهخانِه (house of prostitution) · is hóruhús (house of prostitution) · cmn 窯子 /窑子 (house of prostitution) · cmn 行院 (house of prostitution) · el οίκος ανοχής (house of prostitution) · ko 매춘굴 (house of prostitution) · ru публи́чный дом (house of prostitution) · th ซ่อง (house of prostitution) · sv glädjehus (house of prostitution) · hy բորդել (house of prostitution) · gl alcouce (house of prostitution) · fr bordel (house of prostitution) · str QEṮÁU¸TW̱ (house of prostitution) · ar بَيْت دَعَارَة (house of prostitution) · mt burdell (house of prostitution) · sv horhus (house of prostitution) · sw madanguro (house of prostitution) · ja 遊女屋 (house of prostitution) · bn বেশ্যালয় (house of prostitution) · uz fohishaxona (house of prostitution) · uk борде́ль (house of prostitution) · fi porttola (house of prostitution) · ko 매음굴 (house of prostitution) · ar مَبْغًى (house of prostitution) · sv bordell (house of prostitution) · cmn 妓院 (house of prostitution) · he בֵּית בֹּשֶׁת (house of prostitution) · ur چَکْلَہ (house of prostitution) · sa वेश्याजनाश्रय (house of prostitution) · cmn 青樓 /青楼 (house of prostitution) · lo ໂຮງໂສເພນີ (house of prostitution) · cu блѫдилище (house of prostitution) · et lõbumaja (house of prostitution) · ru барда́к (house of prostitution) · es casa de citas (house of prostitution) · nds-de Bordell (house of prostitution) · ja 娼家 (house of prostitution) · hy պոռնկանոց (house of prostitution) · pa ਚਕਲਾ (house of prostitution) · mk курва́рница (house of prostitution) · km រោងស្រី (house of prostitution) · grc πορνεῖον (house of prostitution) · sl bordel (house of prostitution) · pl dom publiczny (house of prostitution) · be публі́чны дом (house of prostitution) · ota كارخانه (house of prostitution) · tg фоҳишахона (house of prostitution) · sh bòrdel (house of prostitution) · sq shtëpi publike (house of prostitution) · sh јавна кућа (house of prostitution) · mk бо́рдел (house of prostitution) · sh бурдељ (house of prostitution) · pdt Huarenhus (house of prostitution) · ru блуди́лище (house of prostitution) · it lupanare (house of prostitution) · th ซ่องโสเภณี (house of prostitution) · nah ahuiyanicalli (house of prostitution) · sh burdelj (house of prostitution) · fi bordelli (house of prostitution) · cmn 煙花柳巷 /烟花柳巷 (house of prostitution) · it casino (house of prostitution) · da bordel (house of prostitution) · fr maison close (house of prostitution) · uz islavotxona (house of prostitution) · izh bardakka (house of prostitution) · fa-ira جِنْدِهخانِه (house of prostitution) · gd taigh-siùrsachd (house of prostitution) · de Hurenhaus (house of prostitution) · sh blúdilište (house of prostitution) · es puticlub (house of prostitution) · cs nevěstinec (house of prostitution) · ru дом терпи́мости (house of prostitution) · de Freudenhaus (house of prostitution) · mk ја́вна ку́ќа (house of prostitution) · km ពេស្យាស្ថាន (house of prostitution) · lt viešnamis (house of prostitution) · mk куплера́ј (house of prostitution) · ms rumah pelacuran (house of prostitution) · it casa chiusa (house of prostitution) · hu bordély (house of prostitution) · ur کوٹھا (house of prostitution) · kk жезөкшелер үйі (house of prostitution) · ug پاھىشخانا (house of prostitution) · is pútnahús (house of prostitution) · uk дім розпу́сти (house of prostitution) · it casa d'appuntamenti (house of prostitution) · et bordell (house of prostitution) · vi nhà thổ (house of prostitution) · ky бордель (house of prostitution) · mi whare kairau (house of prostitution) · vi nhà chứa (house of prostitution) · hi कोठा (house of prostitution) · sw danguro (house of prostitution) · cu цѧтоимьство (house of prostitution) · ja 女郎屋 (house of prostitution) · tr kerhane (house of prostitution) · ca prostíbul (house of prostitution) · fr boxon (house of prostitution) · fi ilotalo (house of prostitution) · dta яус (house of prostitution) · pt puteiro (house of prostitution) · it bordello (house of prostitution) · sk bordel (house of prostitution)