different between brothel vs bordeller

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?b????l/, /?b??ð?l/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?b????l/
• (cot–caught merger, Canada) IPA^(key): /?b????l/, /?b??ð?l/
• Rhymes: -???l, -?ð?l
• Hyphenation: broth?el

Etymology 1

Short for brothel-house (“house of prostitution”), from brothel (“a wretch; scoundrel; lecher; harlot; prostitute”) + house, influenced by bordel. For more on brothel (“a wretch”), see below.

Noun

brothel (plural brothels)

1. A house of prostitution.

Synonyms

See also Thesaurus:brothel

Derived terms

• brothel-keeper, brothel keeper, brothelkeeper
• brothel-keeping, brothel keeping, brothelkeeping

Translations

See also

• escort agency
• red-light district
• prostitute

Etymology 2

Middle English brothel, brodel, brodelle, brethel (“a wretch, a depraved man or woman”) (compare also Middle English bretheling (“a wretch”)), apparently from an unrecorded Old English *br?oþel (“degenerative, corruptive”), related to Old English ?br?oþan (“to unsettle, degrade, ruin, frustrate, degenerate, deteriorate, fall away”); Old English ?broþen (“degenerate, base, trifling”); both ultimately from Proto-Germanic *breuþan? (“to fall apart; crumble”).

Noun

brothel (plural brothels)

1. (obsolete) A wretch; a depraved or lewd person.

Anagrams

• Holbert, blother

English

Etymology

bordel +? -er

Noun

bordeller (plural bordellers)

1. (obsolete) A keeper or a frequenter of a brothel.

Anagrams

• roller bed

Danish

Noun

bordeller n

1. indefinite plural of bordel

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• bordell n

Noun

bordeller m or n

1. indefinite masculine plural of bordell
2. indefinite neuter plural of bordell

Swedish

Noun

bordeller

1. indefinite plural of bordell