harem

har·em

 (hâr′əm, hăr′-)

n.

1. A house or a section of a house reserved for women members of a Muslim household.

2. The wives, concubines, female relatives, and servants occupying such a place.

3. A group of women who are sexual partners of the same man.

4. A group of female animals that breed exclusively with a single dominant male.

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[Turkish, partly from Arabic ḥaram, forbidden, sacrosanct, and partly from Arabic ḥarīm, forbidden place, both from ḥarama, to prohibit; see x̣rm in Semitic roots.]

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harem

(ˈhɛərəm; hɑːˈriːm) or

hareem

n

1. (Sociology) the part of an Oriental house reserved strictly for wives, concubines, etc

2. (Sociology) a Muslim's wives and concubines collectively

3. (Zoology) a group of female animals of the same species that are the mates of a single male

[C17: from Arabic harīm forbidden (place)]

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har•em

(ˈhɛər əm, ˈhær-)

n.

1. the part of a Muslim palace or house reserved for the residence of women.

2. the women in a Muslim household, including the mothers, sisters, wives, concubines, daughters, entertainers, and servants.

3. a social group of female animals, as elephant seals, accompanied by a reproductive male who denies other males access to the group.

[1625–35; < Arabic ḥarīm harem, literally, forbidden]

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Harem

 a family of wives or concubines, female relatives, and servants, 1781; the occupants of a harem collectively.

Examples: harem of dear friendships, 1855; a literary harem [‘library’], 1872.

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Thesaurus

Noun

1.

harem - living quarters reserved for wives and concubines and female relatives in a Muslim household hareem, seraglio, serail living quarters, quarters - housing available for people to live in; "he found quarters for his family"; "I visited his bachelor quarters"

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harem

noun women's quarters, seraglio, zenana (in eastern countries), gynaeceum (in ancient Greece) like a sheikh in the midst of his harem

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Translations

النساءحَريم

harém

haremharemskvinder

Harem

harem

hárem

kvennabúr

harem

haremas

harēms

harem

hárem

haremharemlukхаремхаремлук

haremharemde bulunan kadınlarharemlik

女眷闺阁

harem

[hɑːˈriːm] N → harén m

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harem

[ˌhɑːˈriːm ˈhɛərəm] n → harem mharicot bean [ˈhærɪkəʊˈbiːn] (British) n → haricot m blanc

hark back to

vt

(= recall) → revenir toujours à

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harem

n → Harem m

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harem

[hɑːˈriːm] n → harem m inv

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harem

(ˈhaːrim) , (haːˈriːm) , ((American) ˈha:rəm) noun

1. the part of a Muslim house occupied by the women. harem, vroueverblyf حَريم харем harém harém der Harem harem χαρέμι harén haarem اندرونی؛ حرمسرا haaremi haremהרמון अन्त:पुर harem hárem harem kvennabúr harem ハレム 하렘(동양 특히 회교국의 궁전이나 가옥의 규방) haremas harēms harem haremharem harem حرمسراى ، دهرامسراى ښځى harém harem гарем hárem harem harem harem ส่วนของบ้านคนมุสลิมสำหรับให้ผู้หญิงอยู่ harem (回教國家的)後宮 гарем زنان خانہ hậu cung （伊斯兰教国家中的）闺阁

2. the women themselves. harem النساء харем harém harém der Harem haremskvinder χαρέμι harén haarem زوجه؛ زنان حرمسرا haaremi harem נְשוֹת הָהָרמוֹן महिलाएं harem (skupno ime za žene i supruge u muslimanskoj kuci) hárem wanita harem kvennabúr harem ハレムの女たち 하렘의 여자들 haremas harēms muslimah haremvrouwen haremskvinner harem دهرامسراى ښځى harém harem гарем hárem harem žene harem กลุ่มผู้หญิงในบ้านของคนมุสลิม haremde bulunan kadınlar 女眷 гарем پردہ نشین مسلمان عورت những phụ nữ trong hậu cung 女眷

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