• (America) IPA: /səˈɹæljoʊ/, /səˈɹæɡliːoʊ/

seraglio (plural seraglios)

1. The palace of the Grand Seignior in Constantinople.
   • 1749, Henry Fielding, chapter X, in The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling. In Six Volumes, volume (please specify ), London: Printed by A[ndrew] Millar, […], OCLC 928184292 ↗, book V:

2. The sequestered living quarters used by wives and concubines (odalisques) in a Turkish Muslim household.
3. A brothel or place of debauchery.
4. An interior cage or enclosed courtyard for keeping wild beasts.

• French: sérail
• German: Serail
• Italian: serraglio
• Spanish: serrallo