Lupanar

Pronunciation

• IPA: /luːˈpeɪnɑː/

Origin

From Latin lupānar, from lupa ("prostitute"), literally ‘she-wolf’, from lupus ("wolf").

Full definition of lupanar

Noun

1. A brothel.
• 1942, Elliot Paul, The Last Time I Saw Paris, Sickle Moon 2001, p. 33:A prostitute was not permitted to stand under a street lamp, and sisters were not allowed to work in the same lupanar.

Related terms

• lupanarian