bordel
French
noun
Definitions
- (informal) brothel
- (slang) bloody mess UK, goddamn mess especially US
Etymology
Inherited from Middle French bordel inherited from Old French bordel (brothel, hut, small hut, cabin) inherited from Latin bordellum.
Origin
Latin
bordellum
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- borda Latin
- bordellum Latin
- Bordell German
- bordello Italian
- bordélique French
- бордель Russian
- bordell Norwegian Bokmål
- bordel Portuguese
- bordell Swedish
- burdel Polish
- burdelik Polish
- bordell Norwegian Nynorsk
- bordel Middle English
- bordel Danish
- bordel Czech
- bordel Old French
- bordel Serbo-Croatian
- bordeel Middle Dutch
- bordel Middle French
- *bord Frankish