Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

bordel

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.26 in modern English

Syllables: bor-del
IPA

9

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Archaic

Example Sentences

"Appropriately enough she had given him a rendezvous (for the marriage) at the old Sphinx, opposite the Gare Montparnasse, where the respectable exterior – a family café, where families up from the country came to eat an ice and wat for their train – masked a charming bordel with a high gallery and several spotless cubicles."

Etymology

From Middle English bordel, from Old French bordel (“brothel”). Doublet of bordello. By surface analysis, Latin borda + -el (“diminutive”).

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: bordel

Usage

Archaic

Inflected Forms

bordels (plural)

Questions

What does bordel mean?: A brothel.
Where does bordel come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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