German

Noun

Harem m ‎(genitive Harems, plural Harems)

1. harem

Declension

English

Noun

harem ‎(plural harems)

1. The private part 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. 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, and elephant seals.
4. (slang) Any significant number of women together as a group; a bevy.
5. A genre of anime and manga in which a man is the love interest of three or more women.

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See also

Anagrams

• herma

Italian

Etymology

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

Noun

harem m ‎(invariable)

1. harem

Polish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

harem m inan

1. harem

Declension

Derived terms

• haremowy

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

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

Noun

hárem m ‎(Cyrillic spelling ха́рем)

1. harem

Declension

Turkish

Etymology

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

Noun

harem ‎(definite accusative haremi, plural haremler)

1. harem