# bordello

> English word · Noun · IPA /bɔː(ɹ)ˈdɛləʊ/ · frequency rank #71,343

## Definitions
1. A brothel.

## Etymology
From Italian bordello. Distantly related to brothel, through Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- (“to carve, cut, split, rub”). Doublet of bordel.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/bordello