harem

aʁɛm

Definition

Definition of harem - Reverso French Dictionary

Noun, masculine

logement

Dated

appartement réservé aux femmes dans les maisons musulmanes traditionnelles

Dated

Le harem était situé dans la partie la plus privée du palais.

gynécée

groupe féminin

Dated

ensemble des femmes qui vivent dans un appartement réservé

Dated

Le sultan avait un harem de trente femmes.

groupe de femmes

prostitution

Rare

groupe de prostituées contrôlées par le même proxénète

Rare

Le proxénète gérait son harem avec violence et intimidation.

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Expressions with harem

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pantalon harem

pantalon très large aux hanches qui se resserre aux chevilles

Elle porte un pantalon harem coloré avec une tunique blanche.

Origin of harem

arabe, haram (lieu interdit)

Terms with harem included in their meaning

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sérail

harem

partie du palais où vivent les femmes du souverain

eunuque

harem

gardien des femmes dans les harems orientaux

aca

harem

homme qui dirige et surveille un harem

houri

harem

femme esclave qui vivait dans un harem

odalisque

palais ottoman

femme de chambre ou esclave au service des femmes d'un harem

odalisque

peinture

femme de harem représentée dans la peinture orientaliste

Examples of harem in a sentence

Seules les femmes et les enfants vivaient dans le harem.
Le harem était strictement interdit aux étrangers.
Elle a étudié l’histoire des harems ottomans.
La police a démantelé un harem dans le quartier.
Son harem comptait une dizaine de femmes sous son contrôle.

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English:harem, stable, ...
German:Harem, ...
Italian:harem, ...
Spanish:harén, harem, ...
Portuguese:harém, rede de prostituição, ...
Chinese:闺房, 妓群, ...
Japanese:ハレム, ハーレム, ...
Arabic:حرَم, حريم, ...
Hebrew:חֶדֶר נָשִׁים, הַרֵם, ...
Russian:гарем, группа проституток, ...
Ukrainian:гарем, ...
Catalan:harem, grup de dones, ...
Danish:harem, gruppe af prostituerede under samme alfons, ...
Dutch:harem, pooierharem, ...
Greek:χαρέμι, αίθουσα γυναικών, ...
Khmer:ហារ៉ែម, ជាន់នារី, ...
Korean:여인 거처, 매춘부 집단, ...
Polish:harem, zespół kobiet, ...
Portuguese (BR):harém, ...
Romanian:harem, rețea de prostituate, ...
Swedish:harem, grupp prostituerade under samma hallick, ...
Thai:ฮาเร็ม, กลุ่มภรรยาในวัง, ...
Turkish:harem, fuhuş çetesi, ...
Vietnamese:khuê phòng, hậu cung, ...

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Definition of harem - Reverso French Dictionary

Noun, masculine

Expressions with harem

Origin of harem

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Terms with harem included in their meaning

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