harem

  • 101HAREM —    the apartment or suite of apartments in a Mohammedan s house for the female inmates and their attendants, and the name given to the collective body of them …

    The Nuttall Encyclopaedia

  • 102harem — ha|rem Mot Agut Nom masculí …

    Diccionari Català-Català

  • 103harem — ha·rem s.m.inv. ES turco {{wmetafile0}} 1. nei paesi musulmani: parte della casa riservata a donne e bambini | insieme delle donne che vi abitano Sinonimi: 2serraglio. 2. estens., scherz., l insieme delle donne con cui un uomo intrattiene… …

    Dizionario italiano

  • 104harém — s. n., pl. harémuri …

    Romanian orthography

  • 105harem — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. seraglio; bridal suite, love nest (sl.). See abode. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. seraglio, concubines, purdah, zenana, gynaeceum, oda, stable*. III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. seraglio. WORD FIND • male… …

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  • 106harem — har|em [ˈha:rim, ha:ˈri:m US ˈha:rəm, ˈher ] n [Date: 1600 1700; : Arabic; Origin: harim something forbidden ] 1.) the group of wives or women who lived with a rich or powerful man in some Muslim societies in the past 2.) part of a Muslim house… …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 107harem — har|em [ herəm ] noun count 1. ) a group of women living together as the wives of a rich man in some Muslim societies, especially in the past 2. ) a separate part of a Muslim home in which only women live …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 108harem — [17] Etymologically, Arabic harīm is a ‘forbidden place’. It is a derivative of the verb harama ‘prohibit’ (whence also harmattan, literally ‘the forbidden one’, the name of a dry dusty Saharan wind). Hence it came to be applied to a part of a… …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 109harem — Ou Harâm, dont on rapproche la racine arabe horm qui désigne un sanctuaire, lieu prohibé aux profanes et ici, le lieu tabou où vivent les femmes du sérail. Le mythe magnifié alimente encore d’incorrigibles représentations érotiques. le DICO de l… …

    Dictionnaire de Sexologie

  • 110harem — [ hα:ri:m, hα: ri:m, hɛ:rəm] noun 1》 the separate part of a Muslim household reserved for wives, concubines, and female servants. 2》 the wives (or concubines) of a polygamous man. 3》 a group of female animals sharing a single mate. Origin C17:… …

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