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Italian
Etymology
From Late Latin prōstibulum (“brothel”, Classical Latin meaning “prostitute”), derived from Latin prōstō (“to be for sale; to prostitute (oneself)”). Compare Portuguese and Spanish prostíbulo.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /poˈstri.bo.lo/
- Rhymes: -ibolo
- Hyphenation: po‧strì‧bo‧lo
Noun
postribolo m (plural postriboli)
- (literary) brothel, bordello
- Synonyms: bordello, (euphemistic) casa chiusa, (euphemistic) casa di tolleranza, (euphemistic) casino, (regional) casotto, (literary) lupanare
1947, Primo Levi, “Sul fondo”, in Se questo è un uomo [If This Is a Man], Torino: Einaudi, published 1987, →ISBN, page 36:[…] il Block 37, che contiene la Fureria centrale e l'Ufficio del lavoro; e infine il Block 29, che ha le finestre sempre chiuse perché è il Frauenblock, il postribolo del campo, servito da ragazze Häftlinge polacche, e riservato ai Reichsdeutsche.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Further reading
- postribolo in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana