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bordel
[
bawr
-dl
]
bor·del
/
ˈbɔr
dl
/
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[
bawr
-dl
]
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noun
Archaic
.
a brothel.
Origin:
1275–1325;
Middle English
<
Anglo-French,
Old French,
equivalent to
borde
wooden hut (<
Germanic;
akin to
board
) +
-el
<
Latin
-ellus
diminutive suffix
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