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5-letter words (2 found)

HAREM,HERMA,

4-letter words (10 found)

AHEM,HAEM,HAME,HARE,HARM,HEAR,HERM,MARE,REAM,RHEA,

3-letter words (17 found)

AME,ARE,ARM,EAR,ERA,ERM,HAE,HAM,HEM,HER,MAE,MAR,MEH,RAH,RAM,REH,REM,

2-letter words (14 found)

AE,AH,AM,AR,EA,EH,EM,ER,HA,HE,HM,MA,ME,RE,

1-letter words (1 found)

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You can make 44 words from harem according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

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harem ahrem hraem rhaem arhem rahem haerm aherm hearm eharm aehrm eahrm hream rheam heram ehram reham erham arehm raehm aerhm earhm reahm erahm harme ahrme hrame rhame arhme rahme hamre ahmre hmare mhare amhre mahre hrmae rhmae hmrae mhrae rmhae mrhae armhe ramhe amrhe marhe rmahe mrahe haemr ahemr heamr ehamr aehmr eahmr hamer ahmer hmaer mhaer amher maher hemar ehmar hmear mhear emhar mehar aemhr eamhr amehr maehr emahr meahr hrema rhema herma ehrma rehma erhma hrmea rhmea hmrea mhrea rmhea mrhea hemra ehmra hmera mhera emhra mehra remha ermha rmeha mreha emrha merha aremh raemh aermh earmh reamh eramh armeh rameh amreh mareh rmaeh mraeh aemrh eamrh amerh maerh emarh mearh remah ermah rmeah mreah emrah merah

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Definitions and meaning of harem

harem

Alternative forms

  • hareem (dated)
  • harim (dated)

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish حرم (harem) Turkish harem, from Arabic حَرَم (ḥaram, “something prohibited; sanctuary, women”); and later also from حَرِيم (ḥarīm) with same meaning, both from حَرُمَ (ḥaruma, “be forbidden or unlawful”). Doublet of haram.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈhɑːɹiːm/, /(ˌ)hɑːˈɹiːm/, /ˈhɛəɹəm/
  • (General American, Canada) IPA(key): /ˈhæɹəm/, /ˈhɛəɹəm/
  • IPA: /ˈhæɹəm/
  • IPA: /ˈhɛəɹəm/
  • Rhymes: -ɛəɹəm, (General American, Canada) -æɹəm, (Received Pronunciation) -iːm

Noun

harem (plural harems)

  1. The private section of an Arab household, traditionally forbidden to male strangers. [1841]
  2. A group of someone's girlfriends, wives and/or concubines in a polygamous household.
  3. A group of female animals (cows) herded and controlled by a male animal (bull) of that species for breeding purposes. Such behaviour is exhibited by bovids including cattle and buffalo as well as moose, elephants, seals, sea lions, baboons, and elephant seals.[2006]
    • 2006 Maestripieri, Dario; Mayhew, Jessica; Carlson, Cindy L.; Hoffman, Christy L.; and Radtke, Jennifer M. "One-Male Harems and Female Social Dynamics in Guinea Baboons", published in Folia Primatol 2007; 78:56–68, doi 10.1159/000095686
  4. (ornithology) A group of female birds mated to or associated with a breeding male.
  5. (slang) Any significant number of women together as a group; a bevy.
  6. (uncountable) A genre of anime and manga in which a man is the love interest of three or more women.

Derived terms

Translations

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Anagrams

  • Hamer, Hamre, Maher, Mehra, Rhame, herma, rhema

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from French harem, from Arabic حَرَم (ḥaram, “something prohibited; sanctuary, women”). Doublet of haram.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [əˈɾɛm]
  • IPA(key): (Valencian) [aˈɾem]

Noun

harem m (plural harems)

  1. harem

See also

  • serrall

Further reading

  • “harem” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish حرم, from Arabic حَرَم (ḥaram).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɦaː.rəm/
  • Hyphenation: ha‧rem

Noun

harem m (plural harems, diminutive harempje n)

  1. harem (private part of an Arab house, esp. the women's quarters)
    Synonym: haremverblijf
  2. harem (group of female partners in a polygamous household)
  3. harem (group of female animals belonging to one male)

Hypernyms

  • vrouwenverblijf
  • vrouwenvertrek

Derived terms

  • harembroek
  • haremdame
  • haremeunuch
  • haremvrouw
  • haremwachter

Related terms

  • haram

French

Pronunciation

Noun

harem m (plural harems)

  1. harem

Further reading

  • “harem”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Indonesian

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish حرم (harem) (Modern Turkish harem), from Arabic حَرَم (ḥaram, “something prohibited; sanctuary, women”); and later also from حَرِيم (ḥarīm) with same meaning, both from حَرُمَ (ḥaruma, “be forbidden or unlawful”). Doublet of haram.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈharəm]
  • Rhymes: -rəm, -əm, -m
  • Hyphenation: ha‧rêm

Noun

harêm (first-person possessive haremku, second-person possessive haremmu, third-person possessive haremnya)

  1. harem:
    1. the private section of an Arab household, traditionally forbidden to male strangers.
    2. a group of someone's girlfriends, wives and/or concubines in a polygamous household.
    3. (biology) a group of female animals (cows) herded and controlled by a male animal (bull) of that species for breeding purposes; such behaviour is exhibited by bovids including cattle and buffalo as well as moose, elephants, seals, sea lions, baboons, and elephant seals.
    4. (biology) a group of female birds mated to or associated with a breeding male.

Related terms

Further reading

  • “harem” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish حرم (harem), from Arabic حَرَم (ḥaram).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈa.rem/, (traditional, elevated style) /aˈrɛm/
  • Rhymes: -arem, (traditional, elevated style) -ɛm
  • Hyphenation: hà‧rem, (traditional, elevated style) ha‧rèm

Noun

harem m (invariable)

  1. harem

References

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish حرم (harem), from Arabic حَرَم (ḥaram). Doublet of haram.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈxa.rɛm/
  • Rhymes: -arɛm
  • Syllabification: ha‧rem

Noun

harem m inan

  1. harem (the private part of an Arab household)
  2. (Islam) harem (group of women in a polygamous household)
  3. (humorous) harem (group of women gathered around one man they are interested in)
  4. harem (group of female animals (cows) herded and controlled by a male)

Declension

Derived terms

Related terms

Further reading

  • harem in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • harem in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Alternative forms

  • харем (harem) — post-1930s Cyrillic spelling

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish حرم (harem), from Arabic حَرَم (ḥaram).

Noun

harem n (plural haremuri)

  1. harem

Declension

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish حرم (harem), from Arabic حَرَم (ḥaram).

Noun

hárem m (Cyrillic spelling ха́рем)

  1. harem

Declension

Swedish

Noun

harem n

  1. a harem

Declension

See also

  • haram

References

  • harem in Svensk ordbok (SO)
  • harem in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
  • harem in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish حرم (harem), from Arabic حَرَم (ḥaram).

Noun

harem (definite accusative haremi, plural haremler)

  1. harem

Declension


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