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gynaeceum
English
Alternative forms
- gynæceum (dated)
Etymology
From Latin gynaec?um, gynaec?um, from Ancient Greek ?????????? (gunaikeîon), from ???? (gun?, “woman”).
Noun
gynaeceum (plural gynaeceums or gynaecea)
- (historical) The women's quarters in a household, especially of ancient Greece or Rome.
- (obsolete) Establishment in Rome where female workers made clothing and furniture for royalty.
Synonyms
- (women's quarters in a household): gynaeconitis
Antonyms
- (women's quarters in a household): andronitis
Translations
References
- 1906, William Dwight Whitney, The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia, page 2667.
Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek ?????????? (gunaikeîon).
Noun
gynaec?um n (genitive gynaec??); second declension
- womens quarters in a Greek house
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
References
- gynaeceum in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- gynaeceum in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- gynaeceum in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
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harem
English
Alternative forms
- hareem (dated)
- harim (dated)
Etymology
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish ???? (harem) Turkish harem, from Arabic ?????? (?aram, “something prohibited; sanctuary, women”); and later also from ??????? (?ar?m) with same meaning, both from ??????? (?aruma, “be forbidden or unlawful”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?h???i?m/, /(?)h????i?m/, /?h????m/
- (General American, Canada) IPA(key): /?hæ??m/, /?h????m/
- IPA: /?hæ??m/
- IPA: /?h????m/
Noun
harem (plural harems)
- The private section of an Arab household, traditionally forbidden to male strangers.[1841]
- 1841 The Mirza, Volume 3, James Justinian Morier, p. 153
- "In the room next to her own, lived the harem of a merchant who had just arrived from Constantinople with merchandise. It consisted of his wife, children, and two female slaves, who being well off in their circumstances, enjoyed the comforts and conveniences of life, and eat and drank unsparingly every day."
- 1841 The Mirza, Volume 3, James Justinian Morier, p. 153
- A group of someone's girlfriends, wives and/or concubines in a polygamous household.
- A group of female animals (cows) herded and controlled by a male animal (bull) of that species for breeding purposes. Such behaviour is exhibited by bovids including cattle and buffalo as well as moose, elephants, seals, sea lions, baboons, and elephant seals.[2006]
- 2006 Maestripieri, Dario; Mayhew, Jessica; Carlson, Cindy L.; Hoffman, Christy L.; and Radtke, Jennifer M. "One-Male Harems and Female Social Dynamics in Guinea Baboons", published in Folia Primatol 2007; 78:56–68, doi 10.1159/000095686
- (ornithology) A group of female birds mated to or associated with a breeding male.
- (slang) Any significant number of women together as a group; a bevy.
- (uncountable) A genre of anime and manga in which a man is the love interest of three or more women.
Translations
See also
Anagrams
- Hamer, Hamre, Maher, Mehra, Rhame, herma, rhema
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish ???? (harem), from Arabic ?????? (?aram).
Noun
harem m (invariable)
- harem
Polish
Etymology
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish ???? (harem) (Turkish harem), from Arabic ?????? (?aram).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?xa.r?m/
Noun
harem m inan
- harem
Declension
Derived terms
- haremowy
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish ???? (harem), from Arabic ?????? (?aram).
Noun
harem n (plural haremuri)
- harem
Declension
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish ???? (harem), from Arabic ?????? (?aram).
Noun
hárem m (Cyrillic spelling ??????)
- harem
Declension
Turkish
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish ???? (harem), from Arabic ?????? (?aram).
Noun
harem (definite accusative haremi, plural haremler)
- harem
Declension
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