celibacy

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• /ˈsɛləbəsi/
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From Latin caelibātus (“celibacy, a single life”), from caelebs (“unmarried”). By surface analysis, celib(ate) + -acy.

58 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: عُنُوسَة (ʕunūsa) — state of being unmarried
• Asturian: celibatu — state of being unmarried
• Belarusian: бясшлю́бнасць (bjasšljúbnascʹ) — state of being unmarried
• Belarusian: цэліба́т (celibát) — state of being unmarried
• Bulgarian: безбра́чие (bezbráčie) — state of being unmarried
• Bulgarian: ергенство (ergenstvo) — state of being unmarried
• Catalan: celibat — state of being unmarried
• Chinese Mandarin: 獨身 /独身 (dúshēn) — state of being unmarried
• Czech: svobodný stav — state of being unmarried
• Czech: celibát — state of being unmarried
• Czech: bezženství — state of being unmarried
• Danish: cølibat — state of being unmarried
• Finnish: selibaatti — state of being unmarried
• French: célibat — state of being unmarried
• Galician: celibato — state of being unmarried
• German: Zölibat — state of being unmarried
• Greek: αγαμία (agamía) — state of being unmarried
• Hebrew: פרישות (prīshūth) — state of being unmarried
• Hungarian: cölibátus — state of being unmarried
• Irish: aontumha — state of being unmarried
• Italian: celibato — state of being unmarried
• Japanese: 独身 (dokushin) — state of being unmarried
• Korean: 독신 (doksin) — state of being unmarried
• Norwegian: sølibat — state of being unmarried
• Polish: celibat — state of being unmarried
• Portuguese: celibato — state of being unmarried
• Romanian: celibat — state of being unmarried
• Russian: безбра́чие (bezbráčije) — state of being unmarried
• Russian: целиба́т (celibát) — state of being unmarried
• Scottish Gaelic: aontamhachd — state of being unmarried
• Slovak: celibát — state of being unmarried
• Spanish: celibato — state of being unmarried
• Swahili: useja — state of being unmarried
• Swedish: celibat — state of being unmarried
• Thai: การอยู่เป็นโสด — state of being unmarried
• Turkish: bekârlık — state of being unmarried
• Ukrainian: безшлю́бність (bezšljúbnistʹ) — state of being unmarried
• Ukrainian: целіба́т (celibát) — state of being unmarried
• Bulgarian: сексуа́лно въздържа́ние (seksuálno vǎzdǎržánie) — abstaining from sexual relations
• Czech: celibát — abstaining from sexual relations
• Danish: cølibat — abstaining from sexual relations
• Finnish: selibaatti — abstaining from sexual relations
• French: célibat — abstaining from sexual relations
• German: Zölibat — abstaining from sexual relations
• German: Keuschheit — abstaining from sexual relations
• Greek: αγαμία (agamía) — abstaining from sexual relations
• Hungarian: cölibátus — abstaining from sexual relations
• Japanese: 独身 (dokushin) — abstaining from sexual relations
• Māori: takakautanga — abstaining from sexual relations
• Norwegian: sølibat — abstaining from sexual relations
• Polish: celibat — abstaining from sexual relations
• Portuguese: celibato — abstaining from sexual relations
• Russian: воздержа́ние (vozderžánije) — abstaining from sexual relations
• Russian: сексуа́льное воздержа́ние (sɛksuálʹnoje vozderžánije) — abstaining from sexual relations
• Scottish Gaelic: aontamhachd — abstaining from sexual relations
• Spanish: celibato — abstaining from sexual relations
• Swedish: celibat — abstaining from sexual relations
• Turkish: bekârlık — abstaining from sexual relations