bordel

[ bawr-dl ]

noun

, Archaic.

1. a brothel.

Word History and Origins

Origin of bordel¹

1275–1325; Middle English < Anglo-French, Old French, equivalent to borde wooden hut (< Germanic; akin to board ) + -el < Latin -ellus diminutive suffix

Example Sentences

In a statement on social media, the Seismic Research Centre at the University of the West Indies said the ash had begun to fall on the flanks of the volcano and surrounding communities, including Chateaubelair and Petit Bordel.

From Washington Post

Alex Pajor, a regular at Black Bull and Bordel, once used a porrón to break the ice during a dinner with his girlfriend’s parents.

From New York Times

“The team is very well trained and very patient,” said Daniel Alonso, a managing partner at Bonhomme Hospitality, a Chicago group that uses porróns at nearly all its restaurants and bars, including Black Bull and Bordel.

From New York Times

The old nurse went upstairs exulting, with knees toiling, and patter of slapping feet, to tell the mistress of her lord’s return, and cried out by the lady’s pillow: “Wake, wake up, dear child! Penelope, come down, see with your own eyes what all these years you longed for! Odysseus is here! Oh, in the end, he came! And he has killed your suitors, killed them all who made his house a bordel and ate his cattle and raised their hands against his son!”

From Literature

“Bordel Monstre” is the culmination of Mr. Waqif’s fall residency in Paris, which was supported by SAM Art Projects, and is the first exhibition to be displayed in the recently expanded Palais’s Music Temple room, a space originally dedicated to creating electronic music.

From New York Times