noun · rare

brothel

broth·el

brothel · brothels

публічний будинок, бордель, будинок розпусти, дім розпусти

публичный дом, дом терпимости, бордель

Bordell, Puff, Freudenhaus, Hurenhaus

A house of prostitutionA house of prostitution.

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UK/ˈbɹɒθəl/US/ˈbɹɔθəl/

» I plan to work in a brothel.

Ich habe vor, in einem Bordell zu arbeiten.

Я собираюсь работать в борделе.

Я збираюся працювати у борделі.

Meaning

2 senses

A house of prostitution.
Bordell, Freudenhaus, Hurenhaus
борде́льbordɛ́lʹ, публи́чный домpublíčnyj dom, дом терпи́мостиdom terpímosti
борде́льbordélʹ, буди́нок розпу́стиbudýnok rozpústy, публі́чний буди́нокpublíčnyj budýnok
(obsolete)A wretch; a depraved or lewd person.

More definitions

a building where prostitutes are available

Examples

18 sentences

I plan to work in a brothel.
Я збираюся працювати у борделі.
ruЯ собираюсь работать в борделе.
deIch habe vor, in einem Bordell zu arbeiten.
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This is a hotel, not a brothel.
Це готель, а не бордель.
ruЭто отель, а не бордель.
deDies ist ein Hotel und kein Bordell.
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Tom went to the brothel.
Том пішов до борделю.
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This building is not a brothel.
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Yanni went to a local brothel.
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Translations

9 languages

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Русский

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Origin

Short for brothel-house (“house of prostitution”), from brothel (“a wretch; scoundrel; lec

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.

From Middle English brothel, brodel, brodelle, brethel (“a wretch, a depraved man or woman”) (compare also Middle English bretheling (“a wretch”)), apparently from an unrecorded Old English *brēoþel (“degenerative, corruptive”), related to Old English ābrēoþan (“to unsettle, degrade, ruin, frustrate, degenerate, deteriorate, fall away”); Old English ābroþen (“degenerate, base, trifling”); both ultimately from Proto-Germanic *breuþaną (“to fall apart; crumble”).

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