different between odalisk vs odalisque

English

Noun

odalisk (plural odalisks)

1. Alternative spelling of odalisque

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French odalisque, from Ottoman Turkish ???????? (odal?k, “chambermaid”), from ????? (oda, “room”).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: oda?lisk

Noun

odalisk f (plural odalisken, diminutive odaliskje n)

1. an odalisque

English

Alternative forms

• odalisk

Etymology

Borrowed from French odalisque, from Ottoman Turkish ???????? (odal?k, “chambermaid”), from ????? (oda, “room”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /???d(?)l?sk/, /??d(?)l?sk/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?o?dl?sk/, /o?dl?isk/

Noun

odalisque (plural odalisques)

1. (historical) A female slave in a harem, especially one in the Ottoman seraglio.
2. A desirable or sexually attractive woman.

Antonyms

• virago

Translations

See also

• sultana

References

Anagrams

• odaliques

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish ???????? (odal?k, “chambermaid”), from ????? (oda, “room”).

Noun

odalisque f (plural odalisques)

1. (historical) odalisque

Descendants

• ? Catalan: odalisca
• ? Dutch: odalisk
• ? English: odalisque
• ? German: Odaliske
  • ? Hungarian: odaliszk
• ? Icelandic: ódalíska
• ? Italian: odalisca
• ? Portuguese: odalisca
• ? Russian: ????????? (odalíska)
• ? Serbo-Croatian: ???????? (odaliska)
• ? Spanish: odalisca

Further reading

• “odalisque” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).