maison publique

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French

Noun

maison publique f (plural maisons publiques)

  1. (historical) a licensed brothel
    Synonym: maison de tolérance
    • 1920, Henri-René Lenormand, Le Simoun, act I:
      Aïescha: Je serais la femme d’un caballero! J’aurais ma voiture à Madrid!
      Laurency: Sans moi, tu serais dans une maison publique d’Alger ou d’Oran.
      Aisha: I would be the wife of a Spanish gentleman! I would have my own carriage in Madrid!
      Laurency: Without me, you would be in a brothel in Algiers or Oran.

Descendants

  • Ottoman Turkish: عمومخانه (umumhane) (calque)
  • Turkish: genelev (calque)

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