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odalisca

Spanish, noun/odaˈliska/

odalisca is spelled O-D-A-L-I-S-C-A (8 letters) and appears about once in every 14 million words in written Spanish, the 141,166th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Odalisca is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “odalisque” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Mujer esclava o concubina en un harén, en especial en el del sultán de Turquía”.

What does odalisca mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    feminineodalisque

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Spanish dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Mujer esclava o concubina en un harén, en especial en el del sultán de Turquía. 2. Mujer esclava o concubina en Turquía o de origen turco. 3. Bailarina de música árabe.

The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.

Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of odalisca

  • odaliscas plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce odalisca?

  • /odaˈliska/
  • [o.ð̞aˈlis.ka]
  • [oð̞aˈliska]

Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to odalisca

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is odalisca in Spanish?

odalisca appears about once in every 14 million words in written Spanish.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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