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Noun [English]

IPA: /bɔː(ɹ)ˈdɛləʊ/ Audio: en-us-bordello.oga Forms: bordellos [plural], bordelloes [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛləʊ Etymology: From Italian bordello. Distantly related to brothel, through Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- (“to carve, cut, split, rub”). Doublet of bordel. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|it|bordello}} Italian bordello, {{der|en|ine-pro|*bʰer-||to carve, cut, split, rub}} Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- (“to carve, cut, split, rub”), {{doublet|en|bordel}} Doublet of bordel Head templates: {{en-noun|s|bordelloes}} bordello (plural bordellos or bordelloes)
  1. A brothel.
    Sense id: en-bordello-en-noun-wJVKP7py Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Prostitution

Noun [Italian]

IPA: /borˈdɛl.lo/ Forms: bordelli [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛllo Etymology: From Old French bordel (“small hut, cabin; brothel”), diminutive of bord, from Medieval Latin bordellum, from Frankish *bord (“board”), from Proto-Germanic *burdą (“board, table”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰr̥dʰ-o- (“board”), suffixed zero-grade form of *bʰer-edʰ- (“to cut”), suffixed form of *bʰer- (“to carve, cut, split, rub”). Etymology templates: {{der|it|fro|bordel|t=small hut, cabin; brothel}} Old French bordel (“small hut, cabin; brothel”), {{der|it|ML.|bordellum}} Medieval Latin bordellum, {{der|it|frk|*bord|t=board}} Frankish *bord (“board”), {{der|it|gem-pro|*burdą|t=board, table}} Proto-Germanic *burdą (“board, table”), {{der|it|ine-pro|*bʰr̥dʰ-o-|t=board}} Proto-Indo-European *bʰr̥dʰ-o- (“board”) Head templates: {{it-noun|m}} bordello m (plural bordelli)
  1. (colloquial, vulgar) brothel Tags: colloquial, masculine, vulgar
    Sense id: en-bordello-it-noun-HeTsAx~e Categories (other): Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Prostitution Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 37 32 32 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 37 32 32 Disambiguation of Prostitution: 51 25 25
  2. (informal, slightly vulgar) great chaos or confusion Tags: informal, masculine
    Sense id: en-bordello-it-noun-Eegl23fO Categories (other): Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 37 32 32 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 37 32 32
  3. (informal, slightly vulgar) a large quantity Tags: informal, masculine
    Sense id: en-bordello-it-noun-Iwo1wzNn Categories (other): Italian entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Italian entries with incorrect language header: 19 36 45 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 37 32 32 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 37 32 32

Noun [Latin]

Forms: bordellō [canonical]
Head templates: {{head|la|noun form|head=bordellō}} bordellō
  1. dative/ablative singular of bordellum Tags: ablative, dative, form-of, singular Form of: bordellum
    Sense id: en-bordello-la-noun-MxLXcksp Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "bordellō",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "noun form",
        "head": "bordellō"
      },
      "expansion": "bordellō",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
        "Latin non-lemma forms",
        "Latin noun forms",
        "Pages with 3 entries",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "form_of": [
        {
          "word": "bordellum"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "dative/ablative singular of bordellum"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "bordellum",
          "bordellum#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "dative",
        "form-of",
        "singular"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "bordello"
}

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