seraglio

Questions about seraglio

What does seraglio mean?

seraglio means "living quarters reserved for wives and concubines and female relatives in a Muslim household".

How many syllables are in seraglio?

seraglio has 4 syllables and divides as se-ra-gli-o under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for seraglio?

Close synonyms include harem, hareem, serail. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is seraglio a common word?

seraglio is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.