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French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mɛ.zɔ̃ kloz/, /me.zɔ̃ kloz/
Noun
maison close f (plural maisons closes)
- brothel
- Synonyms: maison de passe, (informal) bordel, (dated or literary) lupanar, (historical) maison de tolérance
2000, Frédéric Beigbeder, 99 francs, Gallimard, →ISBN, page 73:Ce soir tu as décidé de retourner au Bar Biturique, ton lupanar favori. Les maisons closes sont supposées être interdites en France ; pourtant, rien qu’à Paris, on en dénombre une bonne cinquantaine.- Tonight you've decided to go back to the Bar Biturique, your favourite house of ill repute. Brothels are supposed to be banned in France, but in Paris alone there are a good fifty of them.
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