"odalisque" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈəʊd(ə)lɪsk/ [UK], /ˈɒd(ə)lɪsk/ [UK], /ˈoʊdlɪsk/ [US], /oʊdlˈisk/ [US] Forms: odalisques [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from French odalisque, from Ottoman Turkish اوطهلق (odalık, “chambermaid”), from اوده (oda, “room”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|odalisque}} French odalisque, {{der|en|ota|اوطهلق|t=chambermaid|tr=odalık}} Ottoman Turkish اوطهلق (odalık, “chambermaid”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} odalisque (plural odalisques)
  1. (historical) A female slave in a harem, especially one in the Ottoman seraglio. Tags: historical Categories (topical): Female people, Slaves Translations (a female harem slave): جَارِيَّة (jāriyya) [feminine] (Arabic), odalisca [feminine] (Catalan), 宮女 (Chinese Mandarin), 宫女 (gōngnǚ) (Chinese Mandarin), odalisk (Dutch), odalisque [feminine] (French), Odaliske [feminine] (German), οδαλίσκη (odalíski) [feminine] (Greek), odaliszk (Hungarian), ódalíska (Icelandic), odalisca [feminine] (Italian), odaliska (Polish), odalisca [feminine] (Portuguese), одали́ска (odalíska) [feminine] (Russian), одалиска [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), џарија [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), odaliska [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), džarija [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), odalisca [feminine] (Spanish), odalık (Turkish), cariye (Turkish), halayık (Turkish)
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  2. A desirable or sexually attractive woman.
    Sense id: en-odalisque-en-noun-mLfnR8Et
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: odalisk Related terms: sultana

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "odalisca"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "odalíska",
      "sense": "a female harem slave",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "одали́ска"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "a female harem slave",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "одалиска"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "a female harem slave",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "џарија"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "a female harem slave",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "odaliska"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "a female harem slave",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "džarija"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "a female harem slave",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "odalisca"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "a female harem slave",
      "word": "odalık"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "a female harem slave",
      "word": "cariye"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "a female harem slave",
      "word": "halayık"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "odalisque"
  ],
  "word": "odalisque"
}

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