Brothels

/ˈbrɑːðəlz/ noun

Definition

Buildings where people are paid to have sexual relations; places of prostitution.

Etymology

From Middle English 'brothel' originally meaning 'worthless person' or 'vagrant,' derived from Old English 'broðen' meaning 'to deteriorate or decay.' By the 1400s, it shifted to mean the places where such people gathered.

Kelly Says

This word originally just meant 'a disreputable person,' then gradually came to mean the places where they worked—it's how language sometimes lets us see social attitudes shift over centuries.

Translations

AMአማርኛ
性交易场所
sex-tee-ree-ya-ts-lo
ARالعربية
ملاهي
mala-hi
BNবাংলা
ব্রতহারের ঘর
bro-ta-har-er ghar
CACatalà
prostitucions
pro-sti-too-syohn-s
CSČeština
bordely
bor-del-ee
DADansk
prostitutionssteder
pro-sti-too-syohn-sted-er
DEDeutsch
Bordelle
bor-del-le
ELΕλληνικά
πορνικές
por-nee-kes
ESEspañol
burdeles
bur-deh-les
FAفارسی
売春宿
bai-shun-yado
FISuomi
prostituutio-paikat
pro-sti-too-tee-o-pai-kat
FRFrançais
bordels
bor-del
GUGU
પ્રેમલિગા
prem-lee-ga
HAHA
auren
au-ren
HEעברית
בית זנות
beit znah-t
HIहिन्दी
वेश्या घर
ve-sha-ya ghar
HUMagyar
prostituciós házak
pro-sti-too-see-os ha-zak
IDBahasa Indonesia
rumah bordil
roo-mah bor-dil
IGIG
akwukwu
ak-wuk-wu
ITItaliano
bordelli
bor-del-li
JA日本語
売春宿
bai-shun-yado
KKKK
көші
ko-she
KMKM
ការលក់ស្រី
kaar lak srei
KO한국어
성매매장소
seong-maemmae-jang-so
MRMR
वैवाहिक
vai-va-ha-ik
MSBahasa Melayu
rumah bordil
roo-mah bor-dil
MYမြန်မာ
ပြောင်း
pyaung
NLNederlands
hoerenhuizen
ho-ren-hu-izen
NONorsk
prostitusjonshus
pro-sti-too-syohn-hus
PAPA
ਮਾ Stake
ma stake
PLPolski
burdele
bur-dele
PTPortuguês
bordel
bor-del
RORomână
case de prostituție
ka-ze de pro-sti-too-tee-e
RUРусский
bordéль
bor-del'
SVSvenska
prostitutionshus
pro-sti-too-syohn-hus
SWKiswahili
maisha ya uashasha
ma-i-sha ya oo-koo-sha-sha
TAதமிழ்
பணக்காரர்
pa-n-ka-kar
TEతెలుగు
వ్యభిచారం
vy-a-bi-chaar-am
THไทย
สถานบริการ
sa-than bor-ri-kan
TLTL
bahay-prostitusyon
ba-hay pro-sti-too-syohn
TRTürkçe
fahişeler
fah-i-sheh-ler
UKУкраїнська
крамниці проституції
kra-mnit-sy pro-sti-too-tsee-ee
URاردو
زنا
zina
VITiếng Việt
cửa hàng mại dâm
cu-a hang mai dam
YOYO
ìgbà
ee-gba
ZH中文
妓院
jì yuàn
ZUZU
izinkabi
ee-zin-ka-bee

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