"whorehouse" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-whorehouse.wav Forms: whorehouses [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English horehous, equivalent to whore + house. Cognate with Dutch hoerenhuis (“whorehouse”), German Hurenhaus (“whorehouse”), Danish horehus (“whorehouse”), Swedish horhus (“whorehouse”), Icelandic hóruhús (“whorehouse; brothel”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|horehous}} Middle English horehous, {{compound|en|whore|house}} whore + house, {{cog|nl|hoerenhuis||whorehouse}} Dutch hoerenhuis (“whorehouse”), {{cog|de|Hurenhaus||whorehouse}} German Hurenhaus (“whorehouse”), {{cog|da|horehus||whorehouse}} Danish horehus (“whorehouse”), {{cog|sv|horhus||whorehouse}} Swedish horhus (“whorehouse”), {{cog|is|hóruhús||whorehouse; brothel}} Icelandic hóruhús (“whorehouse; brothel”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} whorehouse (plural whorehouses)
  1. (vulgar) Brothel. Tags: vulgar Categories (topical): Prostitution Synonyms: whore-house Hypernyms: house

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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