"maison close" meaning in Français

See maison close in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: \mɛ.zɔ̃ kloz\, mɛ.zɔ̃ kloz Audio: Fr-maison-close.ogg , LL-Q150 (fra)-WikiLucas00-maison close.wav Forms: maisons closes [plural]
  1. Établissement où se pratique la prostitution.
    Sense id: fr-maison_close-fr-noun-cbk9lp57 Categories (other): Exemples en français
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations: Freudenhaus [neuter] (Allemand), Bordell [neuter] (Allemand), brothel (Anglais), whorehouse (Anglais), bordello (Anglais), putetxe (Basque), javna kuća (Croate), bordel [neuter] (Danois), horehus [neuter] (Danois), prostíbulo [masculine] (Espagnol), malĉastejo (Espéranto), bordelo (Espéranto), πορνοβοσκεῖον (pornoboskeîon) [neuter] (Grec ancien), casa chiusa (Italien), lupanare (Italien), postribolo [masculine] (Italien), 売春宿 (baishun yado) (Japonais), 娼館 (shōkan) (Japonais), ソープランド (sōpurando) (Japonais), ソープ (sōpu) (Japonais), bostoun (Normand), peeshuis [neuter] (Néerlandais), dom publiczny (Polonais), horhus (Suédois), bordell (Suédois), glädjehus (Suédois), nevěstinec [masculine] (Tchèque), hampejz (Tchèque), bordel (Tchèque), nhà thổ (Vietnamien)

Inflected forms

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    "Composé de maison et de clos."
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          "ref": "Hervé Bazin, Chapeau bas, Seuil, 1963, Le Livre de Poche, page 81",
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          "text": "Les maisons closes, qui ne furent, bien évidemment, rien d'autre souvent que d'effroyables et indignes «bouclards», présentaient au moins le mérite d'être fichées donc surveillées de près par la police et les « filles » qui y travaillaient d'être soumises à d'obligatoires et fréquentes visites médicales qui permettaient de déceler à temps les maux dont elles pouvaient être frappées."
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    {
      "word": "abbaye des s’offre-à-tous"
    },
    {
      "word": "académie d’amour"
    },
    {
      "word": "bar à putes"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Argot militaire",
      "tags": [
        "dated"
      ],
      "word": "BMC"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "dated"
      ],
      "word": "bobinard"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "dated"
      ],
      "word": "bordeau"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "familiar"
      ],
      "word": "bordel"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "dated"
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      "word": "bouic"
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    {
      "tags": [
        "dated"
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      "word": "bousbir"
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    {
      "word": "boxif"
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      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "boxon"
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      "word": "clandé"
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    {
      "tags": [
        "familiar"
      ],
      "word": "claque"
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      "sense": "Antiquité",
      "word": "dictérion"
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      "word": "foutoir"
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    {
      "word": "hôtel de passe"
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      "word": "lupanar"
    },
    {
      "word": "maison à gros numéro"
    },
    {
      "word": "maison de joie"
    },
    {
      "word": "maison de passe"
    },
    {
      "word": "maison de plaisir"
    },
    {
      "word": "maison de rendez-vous"
    },
    {
      "word": "maison de tolérance"
    },
    {
      "word": "maison d’abattage"
    },
    {
      "word": "maison publique"
    }
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      "lang": "Allemand",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Freudenhaus"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Allemand",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
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      "word": "Bordell"
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      "lang": "Anglais",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "word": "brothel"
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      "lang": "Anglais",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "word": "whorehouse"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Anglais",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "word": "bordello"
    },
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      "lang": "Basque",
      "lang_code": "eu",
      "word": "putetxe"
    },
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      "lang": "Croate",
      "lang_code": "hr",
      "word": "javna kuća"
    },
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      "lang": "Danois",
      "lang_code": "da",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "bordel"
    },
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      "lang": "Danois",
      "lang_code": "da",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "horehus"
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      "lang": "Espagnol",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "prostíbulo"
    },
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      "lang": "Espéranto",
      "lang_code": "eo",
      "word": "malĉastejo"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Espéranto",
      "lang_code": "eo",
      "word": "bordelo"
    },
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      "lang": "Grec ancien",
      "lang_code": "grc",
      "roman": "pornoboskeîon",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "πορνοβοσκεῖον"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Italien",
      "lang_code": "it",
      "word": "casa chiusa"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Italien",
      "lang_code": "it",
      "word": "lupanare"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Italien",
      "lang_code": "it",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "postribolo"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Japonais",
      "lang_code": "ja",
      "roman": "baishun yado",
      "word": "売春宿"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Japonais",
      "lang_code": "ja",
      "roman": "shōkan",
      "word": "娼館"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Japonais",
      "lang_code": "ja",
      "roman": "sōpurando",
      "word": "ソープランド"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Japonais",
      "lang_code": "ja",
      "roman": "sōpu",
      "word": "ソープ"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Néerlandais",
      "lang_code": "nl",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "peeshuis"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Normand",
      "lang_code": "normand",
      "word": "bostoun"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Polonais",
      "lang_code": "pl",
      "word": "dom publiczny"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Suédois",
      "lang_code": "sv",
      "word": "horhus"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Suédois",
      "lang_code": "sv",
      "word": "bordell"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Suédois",
      "lang_code": "sv",
      "word": "glädjehus"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Tchèque",
      "lang_code": "cs",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "nevěstinec"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Tchèque",
      "lang_code": "cs",
      "word": "hampejz"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Tchèque",
      "lang_code": "cs",
      "word": "bordel"
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    {
      "lang": "Vietnamien",
      "lang_code": "vi",
      "word": "nhà thổ"
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  ],
  "word": "maison close"
}
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      "word": "colonisâmes"
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      "word": "bouic"
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    {
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      "word": "boxif"
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      "sense": "Antiquité",
      "word": "dictérion"
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      "word": "foutoir"
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      "word": "hôtel de passe"
    },
    {
      "word": "lupanar"
    },
    {
      "word": "maison à gros numéro"
    },
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    {
      "word": "maison de plaisir"
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    {
      "word": "maison de rendez-vous"
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      "word": "maison de tolérance"
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    {
      "word": "maison d’abattage"
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      "lang_code": "de",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "Freudenhaus"
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      "lang_code": "de",
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      "word": "Bordell"
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      "lang": "Anglais",
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      "word": "brothel"
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    {
      "lang": "Anglais",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "word": "whorehouse"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Anglais",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "word": "bordello"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Basque",
      "lang_code": "eu",
      "word": "putetxe"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Croate",
      "lang_code": "hr",
      "word": "javna kuća"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Danois",
      "lang_code": "da",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
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      "word": "bordel"
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    {
      "lang": "Danois",
      "lang_code": "da",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
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      "word": "horehus"
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      "lang": "Espagnol",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "prostíbulo"
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    {
      "lang": "Espéranto",
      "lang_code": "eo",
      "word": "malĉastejo"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Espéranto",
      "lang_code": "eo",
      "word": "bordelo"
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      "lang": "Grec ancien",
      "lang_code": "grc",
      "roman": "pornoboskeîon",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
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      "word": "πορνοβοσκεῖον"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Italien",
      "lang_code": "it",
      "word": "casa chiusa"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Italien",
      "lang_code": "it",
      "word": "lupanare"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Italien",
      "lang_code": "it",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "postribolo"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Japonais",
      "lang_code": "ja",
      "roman": "baishun yado",
      "word": "売春宿"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Japonais",
      "lang_code": "ja",
      "roman": "shōkan",
      "word": "娼館"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Japonais",
      "lang_code": "ja",
      "roman": "sōpurando",
      "word": "ソープランド"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Japonais",
      "lang_code": "ja",
      "roman": "sōpu",
      "word": "ソープ"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Néerlandais",
      "lang_code": "nl",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "peeshuis"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Normand",
      "lang_code": "normand",
      "word": "bostoun"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Polonais",
      "lang_code": "pl",
      "word": "dom publiczny"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Suédois",
      "lang_code": "sv",
      "word": "horhus"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Suédois",
      "lang_code": "sv",
      "word": "bordell"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Suédois",
      "lang_code": "sv",
      "word": "glädjehus"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Tchèque",
      "lang_code": "cs",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "nevěstinec"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Tchèque",
      "lang_code": "cs",
      "word": "hampejz"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Tchèque",
      "lang_code": "cs",
      "word": "bordel"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Vietnamien",
      "lang_code": "vi",
      "word": "nhà thổ"
    }
  ],
  "word": "maison close"
}

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