harem

har·em  (hârm, hr-)

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 sexual partners for one man.

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[Turkish, from Arabic arm, forbidden place, from arama, to prohibit; see rm in Semitic roots.]

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harem [ˈhɛərəm hɑːˈriːm], hareem [hɑːˈriːm]

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. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Zoology) a group of female animals of the same species that are the mates of a single male

[from Arabic harīm forbidden (place)]

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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.

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

Translations

harem [hɑːˈriːm] N → harén m

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harem [ˌhɑːˈriːm ˈhɛərəm] n → harem m
haricot 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

n harem [ˈhaːrim, haːˈriːm, (American ) ˈha:rəm]

1 the part of a Muslim house occupied by the women. harem, vroueverblyf حَريم харем harém harem der Harem χαρέμι harén haarem اندرونی؛ حرمسرا haaremi harem הָרמוֹן अन्त:पुर harem hárem harem kvennabúr harem ハレム 하렘(동양 특히 회교국의 궁전이나 가옥의 규방) haremas harēms harem harem harem harem 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 haremskvinder der Harem 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 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