adultery

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• /əˈdʌltəɹi/
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With change of suffix, from the Old French adultere (“violation of conjugal faith”) (in Bernard of Clairvaux, Sermons, 12c.), a learnèd borrowing from Latin adulterium, from adulterō. Replaced the older form avoutrie, from the inherited Old French forms avouterie or aoulterie, while keeping its suffix. Compare French adultère (“adultery”). Displaced Old English ǣwbryċe. Not related to adult.

137 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: egbreek — sexual intercourse by a married person with someone other than their spouse
• Afrikaans: overspel — sexual intercourse by a married person with someone other than their spouse
• Amharic: ዝሙት (zəmut) — sexual intercourse by a married person with someone other than their spouse
• Arabic: خِيانة زَوْجِيَّة — sexual intercourse by a married person with someone other than their spouse
• Arabic: زِنَا المُحْصَنَيْن (zinā l-muḥṣanayn) — sexual intercourse by a married person with someone other than their spouse
• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܓܲܝܵܪܘܼܬܵܐ (gāyaruta) — sexual intercourse by a married person with someone other than their spouse
• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܙܵܢܝܘܼܬܵܐ (zanyuta) — sexual intercourse by a married person with someone other than their spouse
• Armenian: դավաճանություն (davačanutʻyun) — sexual intercourse by a married person with someone other than their spouse
• Asturian: adulteriu — sexual intercourse by a married person with someone other than their spouse
• Belarusian: пралюбадзе́йства (praljubadzjéjstva) — sexual intercourse by a married person with someone other than their spouse
• Belarusian: пералю́б (pjeraljúb) — sexual intercourse by a married person with someone other than their spouse
• Belarusian: адзюльтэ́р (adzjulʹtér) — sexual intercourse by a married person with someone other than their spouse
• Belarusian: шлю́бная здра́да (šljúbnaja zdráda) — sexual intercourse by a married person with someone other than their spouse
• Belarusian: шлю́бная няве́рнасць (šljúbnaja njavjérnascʹ) — sexual intercourse by a married person with someone other than their spouse
• Bulgarian: прелюбодея́ние (preljubodejánie) — sexual intercourse by a married person with someone other than their spouse
• Catalan: adulteri — sexual intercourse by a married person with someone other than their spouse
• Cherokee: ᎠᏓᏲᏁᎯ (adayonehi) — sexual intercourse by a married person with someone other than their spouse
• Chinese Mandarin: 通姦 /通奸 (tōngjiān) — sexual intercourse by a married person with someone other than their spouse
• Chinese Mandarin: 奸情 (jiānqíng) — sexual intercourse by a married person with someone other than their spouse
• Chinese Mandarin: 姦淫 /奸淫 (jiānyín) — sexual intercourse by a married person with someone other than their spouse
• Chinese Mandarin: 私通 (sītōng) — sexual intercourse by a married person with someone other than their spouse
• Chinese Mandarin: 外遇 (wàiyù) — sexual intercourse by a married person with someone other than their spouse
• Chinese Mandarin: 不倫之戀 /不伦之恋 (búlún-zhī liàn) — sexual intercourse by a married person with someone other than their spouse
• Cornish: avoutri — sexual intercourse by a married person with someone other than their spouse
• Czech: cizoložství — sexual intercourse by a married person with someone other than their spouse
• Czech: manželská nevěra — sexual intercourse by a married person with someone other than their spouse
• Danish: utroskab — sexual intercourse by a married person with someone other than their spouse
• Dutch: overspel — sexual intercourse by a married person with someone other than their spouse
• Dutch: echtbreuk — sexual intercourse by a married person with someone other than their spouse
• Esperanto: adulto — sexual intercourse by a married person with someone other than their spouse
• Finnish: aviorikos — sexual intercourse by a married person with someone other than their spouse
• Finnish: huorinteko — sexual intercourse by a married person with someone other than their spouse
• Finnish: huoruus — sexual intercourse by a married person with someone other than their spouse
• Finnish: haureus — sexual intercourse by a married person with someone other than their spouse
• Finnish: uskottomuus — sexual intercourse by a married person with someone other than their spouse
• French: adultère — sexual intercourse by a married person with someone other than their spouse
• Galician: adulterio — sexual intercourse by a married person with someone other than their spouse
• Georgian: მრუშობა (mrušoba) — sexual intercourse by a married person with someone other than their spouse
• Georgian: ღალატი (ɣalaṭi) — sexual intercourse by a married person with someone other than their spouse
• Georgian: სიძვა (siʒva) — sexual intercourse by a married person with someone other than their spouse
• Georgian: ადიულტერი (adiulṭeri) — sexual intercourse by a married person with someone other than their spouse
• German: Ehebruch — sexual intercourse by a married person with someone other than their spouse
• Gothic: 𐌷𐍉𐍂𐌹𐌽𐌰𐍃𐍃𐌿𐍃 (hōrinassus) — sexual intercourse by a married person with someone other than their spouse
• Greek: μοιχεία (moicheía) — sexual intercourse by a married person with someone other than their spouse
• Ancient Greek: μοιχεία (moikheía) — sexual intercourse by a married person with someone other than their spouse
• Haitian Creole: adiltè — sexual intercourse by a married person with someone other than their spouse
• Hebrew: ניאוף \ נֵאוּף (ne'úf) — sexual intercourse by a married person with someone other than their spouse
• Hindi: ज़िना (zinā) — sexual intercourse by a married person with someone other than their spouse
• Hungarian: házasságtörés — sexual intercourse by a married person with someone other than their spouse
• Icelandic: hjúskaparbrot — sexual intercourse by a married person with someone other than their spouse
• Ido: adultero — sexual intercourse by a married person with someone other than their spouse
• Indonesian: zina — sexual intercourse by a married person with someone other than their spouse
• Irish: adhaltranas — sexual intercourse by a married person with someone other than their spouse
• Old Irish: adaltras — sexual intercourse by a married person with someone other than their spouse
• Italian: adulterio — sexual intercourse by a married person with someone other than their spouse
• Japanese: 不倫 (furin) — sexual intercourse by a married person with someone other than their spouse
• Japanese: 姦通 (kantsū) — sexual intercourse by a married person with someone other than their spouse
• Japanese: 姦淫 (kan'in) — sexual intercourse by a married person with someone other than their spouse
• Japanese: .婚外性交 (kongai seikō) — sexual intercourse by a married person with someone other than their spouse
• Japanese: 密通 (mittsū) — sexual intercourse by a married person with someone other than their spouse
• Japanese: 私通 (shitsū) — sexual intercourse by a married person with someone other than their spouse
• Korean: 간통 (gantong) — sexual intercourse by a married person with someone other than their spouse
• Korean: 불륜 (bullyun) — sexual intercourse by a married person with someone other than their spouse
• Northern Kurdish: zinê — sexual intercourse by a married person with someone other than their spouse
• Latin: adulterium — sexual intercourse by a married person with someone other than their spouse
• Lithuanian: neištikimybė — sexual intercourse by a married person with someone other than their spouse
• Macedonian: прељуба (preljuba) — sexual intercourse by a married person with someone other than their spouse
• Malay: zina — sexual intercourse by a married person with someone other than their spouse
• Malay: mukah — sexual intercourse by a married person with someone other than their spouse
• Māori: moe pūremu — sexual intercourse by a married person with someone other than their spouse
• Māori: pūremu — sexual intercourse by a married person with someone other than their spouse
• Māori: tōkohi — sexual intercourse by a married person with someone other than their spouse
• Māori: toukohi — sexual intercourse by a married person with someone other than their spouse
• Norwegian: hor — sexual intercourse by a married person with someone other than their spouse
• Norwegian Bokmål: utroskap — sexual intercourse by a married person with someone other than their spouse
• Occitan: adultèri — sexual intercourse by a married person with someone other than their spouse
• Old Church Slavonic: съничьство (sŭničĭstvo) — sexual intercourse by a married person with someone other than their spouse
• Old English: ǣwbryċe — sexual intercourse by a married person with someone other than their spouse
• Old English: unrihthǣmed — sexual intercourse by a married person with someone other than their spouse
• Persian: زنا (zenâ) — sexual intercourse by a married person with someone other than their spouse
• Persian: پلیدکاری (palidkâri) — sexual intercourse by a married person with someone other than their spouse
• Persian: زنای محصنه (zenâ-ye mohsene) — sexual intercourse by a married person with someone other than their spouse
• Persian: روسپیگری (ruspi-gari) — sexual intercourse by a married person with someone other than their spouse
• Plautdietsch: Ehebruch — sexual intercourse by a married person with someone other than their spouse
• Polish: cudzołóstwo — sexual intercourse by a married person with someone other than their spouse
• Polish: zdrada małżeńska — sexual intercourse by a married person with someone other than their spouse
• Portuguese: adultério — sexual intercourse by a married person with someone other than their spouse
• Romagnol: adultéri — sexual intercourse by a married person with someone other than their spouse
• Romanian: adulter — sexual intercourse by a married person with someone other than their spouse
• Russian: супру́жеская изме́на (suprúžeskaja izména) — sexual intercourse by a married person with someone other than their spouse
• Russian: супру́жеская неве́рность (suprúžeskaja nevérnostʹ) — sexual intercourse by a married person with someone other than their spouse
• Russian: адюльте́р (adjulʹtér) — sexual intercourse by a married person with someone other than their spouse
• Russian: прелюбодея́ние (preljubodejánije) — sexual intercourse by a married person with someone other than their spouse
• Scottish Gaelic: adhaltranas — sexual intercourse by a married person with someone other than their spouse
• Serbo-Croatian: браколомство — sexual intercourse by a married person with someone other than their spouse
• Serbo-Croatian: прељуба — sexual intercourse by a married person with someone other than their spouse
• Serbo-Croatian: прељуб — sexual intercourse by a married person with someone other than their spouse
• Serbo-Croatian: brakolomstvo — sexual intercourse by a married person with someone other than their spouse
• Serbo-Croatian: preljuba — sexual intercourse by a married person with someone other than their spouse
• Serbo-Croatian: preljub — sexual intercourse by a married person with someone other than their spouse
• Slovak: cudzoložstvo — sexual intercourse by a married person with someone other than their spouse
• Slovak: manželská nevera — sexual intercourse by a married person with someone other than their spouse
• Slovene: prešuštvo — sexual intercourse by a married person with someone other than their spouse
• Slovene: zakonolom — sexual intercourse by a married person with someone other than their spouse
• Spanish: adulterio — sexual intercourse by a married person with someone other than their spouse
• Swahili: zinaa — sexual intercourse by a married person with someone other than their spouse
• Swedish: hor — sexual intercourse by a married person with someone other than their spouse
• Swedish: äktenskapsbrott — sexual intercourse by a married person with someone other than their spouse
• Tagalog: pangangalunya — sexual intercourse by a married person with someone other than their spouse
• Tagalog: pakikiapid — sexual intercourse by a married person with someone other than their spouse
• Telugu: వ్యభిచారము (vyabhicāramu) — sexual intercourse by a married person with someone other than their spouse
• Thai: การทําชู้ — sexual intercourse by a married person with someone other than their spouse
• Turkish: zina — sexual intercourse by a married person with someone other than their spouse
• Ottoman Turkish: زنا (zinâ) — sexual intercourse by a married person with someone other than their spouse
• Ukrainian: перелю́бство (pereljúbstvo) — sexual intercourse by a married person with someone other than their spouse
• Ukrainian: адюльте́р (adjulʹtér) — sexual intercourse by a married person with someone other than their spouse
• Ukrainian: подру́жня зра́да (podrúžnja zráda) — sexual intercourse by a married person with someone other than their spouse
• Ukrainian: подру́жня неві́рність (podrúžnja nevírnistʹ) — sexual intercourse by a married person with someone other than their spouse
• Urdu: زنا (zinā) — sexual intercourse by a married person with someone other than their spouse
• Uyghur: زىنا (zina) — sexual intercourse by a married person with someone other than their spouse
• Uzbek: zino — sexual intercourse by a married person with someone other than their spouse
• Vietnamese: ngoại tình — sexual intercourse by a married person with someone other than their spouse
• Welsh: godineb — sexual intercourse by a married person with someone other than their spouse
• Yao (Africa): cijama class 7 — sexual intercourse by a married person with someone other than their spouse
• Yao (Africa): cikululu class 7 — sexual intercourse by a married person with someone other than their spouse
• Yiddish: נואף (nief) — sexual intercourse by a married person with someone other than their spouse
• Arabic: زِنىً (zinan) — lewdness or unchastity of thought as well as act, as forbidden by the seventh commandment
• Arabic: زِنَاء (zināʔ) — lewdness or unchastity of thought as well as act, as forbidden by the seventh commandment
• Esperanto: adulto — lewdness or unchastity of thought as well as act, as forbidden by the seventh commandment
• Finnish: huorinteko — lewdness or unchastity of thought as well as act, as forbidden by the seventh commandment
• Finnish: aviorikos — lewdness or unchastity of thought as well as act, as forbidden by the seventh commandment
• Japanese: 姦淫 (kan'in) — lewdness or unchastity of thought as well as act, as forbidden by the seventh commandment
• Romagnol: adultéri — lewdness or unchastity of thought as well as act, as forbidden by the seventh commandment
• Russian: прелюбодея́ние (preljubodejánije) — lewdness or unchastity of thought as well as act, as forbidden by the seventh commandment
• Ottoman Turkish: زنا (zinâ) — lewdness or unchastity of thought as well as act, as forbidden by the seventh commandment
• Finnish: aviorikos — faithlessness in religion; as used in Jeremiah 3:9
• Finnish: uskottomuus — faithlessness in religion; as used in Jeremiah 3:9