As I left the brothel, I was embarrassed to be seen by my friends.
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Brothel
//ˈbɹɔθəl//
Synonyms for "brothel" (100 found)
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Closest matches (20)
Strong matches (30)
Noun(12 words)
Related words (50)
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6 entriesderived
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1 entriesis a
2 entriesrelated to
6 entriesTranslations
230 translations across 84 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- bordeel noun (house of prostitution)
Albanian
3 entries- bordel noun (house of prostitution)
- bordello noun (house of prostitution)
- shtëpi publike noun (house of prostitution)
Ancient Greek
3 entries- πορνεῖον noun (house of prostitution)
- πορνοβοσκεῖον noun (house of prostitution)
- χαμαιτυπεῖον noun (house of prostitution)
Arabic
4 entries- بَيْت التَّسَامُح noun (house of prostitution)
- بَيْت دَعَارَة noun (house of prostitution)
- كَرْخَانَة noun (house of prostitution)
- مَبْغًى noun (house of prostitution)
Armenian
4 entries- բորդել noun (house of prostitution)
- հասարակաց տուն noun (house of prostitution)
- պոռնկանոց noun (house of prostitution)
- պոռնկատուն noun (house of prostitution)
Azerbaijani
3 entries- fahişəxana noun (house of prostitution)
- qəhbəxana noun (house of prostitution)
- əxlaqsızlıq yuvası noun (house of prostitution)
Basque
1 entries- putetxe noun (house of prostitution)
Belarusian
3 entries- бардэ́ль noun (house of prostitution)
- дом цярпі́масці noun (house of prostitution)
- публі́чны дом noun (house of prostitution)
Bengali
1 entries- বেশ্যালয় noun (house of prostitution)
Bulgarian
3 entries- барда́к noun (house of prostitution)
- борде́й noun (house of prostitution)
- публи́чен дом noun (house of prostitution)
Catalan
2 entries- bordell noun (house of prostitution)
- prostíbul noun (house of prostitution)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 勾欄 /勾栏 noun (house of prostitution)
- 堂子 noun (house of prostitution)
- 妓院 noun (house of prostitution)
- 煙花柳巷 /烟花柳巷 noun (house of prostitution)
Church Slavic
2 entries- блѫдилище noun (house of prostitution)
- цѧтоимьство noun (house of prostitution)
Czech
2 entries- bordel noun (house of prostitution)
- nevěstinec noun (house of prostitution)
Danish
2 entries- bordel noun (house of prostitution)
- horehus noun (house of prostitution)
Daur
1 entries- яус noun (house of prostitution)
Dutch
3 entries- bordeel noun (house of prostitution)
- hoerenhuis noun (house of prostitution)
- hoerhuis noun (house of prostitution)
Esperanto
1 entries- malĉastejo noun (house of prostitution)
Estonian
2 entries- bordell noun (house of prostitution)
- lõbumaja noun (house of prostitution)
Finnish
3 entries- bordelli noun (house of prostitution)
- ilotalo noun (house of prostitution)
- porttola noun (house of prostitution)
French
4 entries- bordel noun (house of prostitution)
- boxon noun (house of prostitution)
- lupanar noun (house of prostitution)
- maison close noun (house of prostitution)
Gagauz
1 entries- madaralık evi noun (house of prostitution)
Galician
3 entries- alcouce noun (house of prostitution)
- bordel noun (house of prostitution)
- burdallo noun (house of prostitution)
Georgian
2 entries- ბორდელი noun (house of prostitution)
- საროსკიპო noun (house of prostitution)
German
4 entries- Bordell noun (house of prostitution)
- Freudenhaus noun (house of prostitution)
- Hurenhaus noun (house of prostitution)
- Puff noun (house of prostitution)
Greek
3 entries- οίκος ανοχής noun (house of prostitution)
- πορνείο noun (house of prostitution)
- χαμαιτυπείο noun (house of prostitution)
Hausa
1 entries- gidan mata noun (house of prostitution)
Hebrew
1 entries- בֵּית בֹּשֶׁת noun (house of prostitution)
Hindi
3 entries- कोठा noun (house of prostitution)
- चकला noun (house of prostitution)
- वेश्यालय noun (house of prostitution)
Hungarian
4 entries- bordély noun (house of prostitution)
- bordélyház noun (house of prostitution)
- kupleráj noun (house of prostitution)
- nyilvánosház noun (house of prostitution)
Icelandic
3 entries- hóruhús noun (house of prostitution)
- pútnahús noun (house of prostitution)
- vændishús noun (house of prostitution)
Ido
1 entries- lupanaro noun (house of prostitution)
Indonesian
2 entries- bordil noun (house of prostitution)
- rumah pelacuran noun (house of prostitution)
Ingrian
1 entries- bardakka noun (house of prostitution)
Iranian Persian
4 entries- جِنْدِهخانِه noun (house of prostitution)
- روسْپیخانِه noun (house of prostitution)
- فاحِشِهخانِه noun (house of prostitution)
- قَحْبِهخانِه noun (house of prostitution)
Italian
4 entries- bordello noun (house of prostitution)
- casa chiusa noun (house of prostitution)
- casa d'appuntamenti noun (house of prostitution)
- casa di tolleranza noun (house of prostitution)
Japanese
4 entries- 売春宿 noun (house of prostitution)
- 女郎屋 noun (house of prostitution)
- 妓楼 noun (house of prostitution)
- 娼家 noun (house of prostitution)
Kazakh
1 entries- жезөкшелер үйі noun (house of prostitution)
Khmer
3 entries- ពេស្យាស្ថាន noun (house of prostitution)
- រតិគ្រឹះ noun (house of prostitution)
- រោងស្រី noun (house of prostitution)
Korean
4 entries- 갈보집 noun (house of prostitution)
- 매음굴 noun (house of prostitution)
- 매춘굴 noun (house of prostitution)
- 매춘소 noun (house of prostitution)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- бордель noun (house of prostitution)
Lao
1 entries- ໂຮງໂສເພນີ noun (house of prostitution)
Latin
2 entries- fornix noun (house of prostitution)
- lupānar noun (house of prostitution)
Latvian
1 entries- bordelis noun (house of prostitution)
Lithuanian
2 entries- bordelis noun (house of prostitution)
- viešnamis noun (house of prostitution)
Low German
2 entries- Bordell noun (house of prostitution)
- Horenhuus noun (house of prostitution)
Macedonian
4 entries- бо́рдел noun (house of prostitution)
- куплера́ј noun (house of prostitution)
- курва́рница noun (house of prostitution)
- ја́вна ку́ќа noun (house of prostitution)
Malay
2 entries- rumah ayam noun (house of prostitution)
- rumah pelacuran noun (house of prostitution)
Maltese
1 entries- burdell noun (house of prostitution)
Marathi
1 entries- वेश्यागृह noun (house of prostitution)
Mongolian
3 entries- эмсийн хүрээлэн noun (house of prostitution)
- янхны газар noun (house of prostitution)
- янхны гэр noun (house of prostitution)
Māori
1 entries- whare kairau noun (house of prostitution)
Nahuatl
1 entries- ahuiyanicalli noun (house of prostitution)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- bordell noun (house of prostitution)
- horehus noun (house of prostitution)
Norwegian Nynorsk
2 entries- bordell noun (house of prostitution)
- horehus noun (house of prostitution)
Old English
2 entries- forliġerhūs noun (house of prostitution)
- scandhūs noun (house of prostitution)
Ottoman Turkish
4 entries- عمومخانه noun (house of prostitution)
- فاحشه خانه noun (house of prostitution)
- كارخانه noun (house of prostitution)
- كرخانه noun (house of prostitution)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- Huarenhus noun (house of prostitution)
Polish
4 entries- agencja towarzyska noun (house of prostitution)
- bajzel noun (house of prostitution)
- burdel noun (house of prostitution)
- dom publiczny noun (house of prostitution)
Portuguese
4 entries- bordel noun (house of prostitution)
- lupanar noun (house of prostitution)
- prostíbulo noun (house of prostitution)
- putaria noun (house of prostitution)
Romanian
4 entries- bordel noun (house of prostitution)
- casă de prostituție noun (house of prostitution)
- casă de toleranță noun (house of prostitution)
- lupanar noun (house of prostitution)
Romansch
1 entries- burdel noun (house of prostitution)
Russian
4 entries- барда́к noun (house of prostitution)
- блуди́лище noun (house of prostitution)
- борде́ль noun (house of prostitution)
- дом терпи́мости noun (house of prostitution)
Saanich
1 entries- QEṮÁU¸TW̱ noun (house of prostitution)
Sanskrit
4 entries- कुट्टिनी-गृह noun (house of prostitution)
- रतिमन्दिर noun (house of prostitution)
- वेशवास noun (house of prostitution)
- वेश्याजनाश्रय noun (house of prostitution)
Scottish Gaelic
2 entries- taigh-siùrsachd noun (house of prostitution)
- taigh-strìopachais noun (house of prostitution)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- blúdilište noun (house of prostitution)
- burdelj noun (house of prostitution)
- bòrdel noun (house of prostitution)
- javna kuća noun (house of prostitution)
Slovak
3 entries- bordel noun (house of prostitution)
- nevestinec noun (house of prostitution)
- verejný dom noun (house of prostitution)
Slovene
2 entries- bordel noun (house of prostitution)
- javna hiša noun (house of prostitution)
Spanish
4 entries- bulín noun (house of prostitution)
- burdel noun (house of prostitution)
- casa de citas noun (house of prostitution)
- casa de lenocinio noun (house of prostitution)
Swahili
2 entries- danguro noun (house of prostitution)
- madanguro noun (house of prostitution)
Swedish
3 entries- bordell noun (house of prostitution)
- glädjehus noun (house of prostitution)
- horhus noun (house of prostitution)
Tajik
1 entries- фоҳишахона noun (house of prostitution)
Thai
3 entries- ซ่อง noun (house of prostitution)
- ซ่องโสเภณี noun (house of prostitution)
- โรงหญิงโสเภณี noun (house of prostitution)
Tok Pisin
1 entries- haus pamuk noun (house of prostitution)
Turkish
3 entries- genelev noun (house of prostitution)
- kerhane noun (house of prostitution)
- umumhane noun (house of prostitution)
Turkmen
1 entries- bordel noun (house of prostitution)
Ukrainian
4 entries- борде́ль noun (house of prostitution)
- буди́нок розпу́сти noun (house of prostitution)
- дім розпу́сти noun (house of prostitution)
- публі́чний буди́нок noun (house of prostitution)
Urdu
2 entries- چَکْلَہ noun (house of prostitution)
- کوٹھا noun (house of prostitution)
Uyghur
2 entries- پاھىشخانا noun (house of prostitution)
- پاھىشىخانا noun (house of prostitution)
Uzbek
3 entries- bordel noun (house of prostitution)
- fohishaxona noun (house of prostitution)
- islavotxona noun (house of prostitution)
Vietnamese
2 entries- nhà chứa noun (house of prostitution)
- nhà thổ noun (house of prostitution)
West-Frisian
1 entries- huorrehûs noun (house of prostitution)
Yiddish
1 entries- שאַנדהויז noun (house of prostitution)
Sample sentences
12 total sentences available.
I plan to work in a brothel.
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Tom went to the brothel.
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This is a hotel, not a brothel.
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