bordello
pronunciation
How to pronounce bordello in British English:
UK [bɔ:ˈdeləʊ]
How to pronounce bordello in American English:
US [bɔrˈdeloʊ]
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- Noun:
- a building where prostitutes are available
Word Origin
- bordello (n.)
- c. 1300, bordel "house of prostitution," from Old French bordel "small hut, cabin; brothel" (12c.), diminutive of borde "hut made of planks," from Frankish *bord "wooden board" or some other Germanic source related to board (n.1). The modern form is a result of the French word being borrowed by Italian then passed back to French with a suffix and re-borrowed into English in its current form by 1590s.
Example
- 1. That she was taken to a bordello .
- 2. Damian grey , 32 , who has been providing sex for money to women since he was 16 , said he would be happy to work in ms corkery 's bordello .
- 3. Likened our political system to a bordello , where our elected officials parade naked before an audience of seated generals , fundamentalist preachers and bankers ?
- 4. The second one is in the concept of the " public sphere " to discuss the shell of the bordello narration .
- 5. The travellers perk up as soon as they hit the mexican border , and some of the novel 's more memorable scenes depict their marijuana-infused introduction to mexican culture , including a vivid ( but expensive ) sojourn to a bordello offering mambo music and underage prostitutes .