concubine

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• US: /ˈkɑŋkjəbaɪn/
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From Middle English concubine (first attested 1250–1300), from Anglo-Norman concubine, from Latin concubīna, equivalent to concub- (variant stem of concumbō (“to lie together”)) + feminine suffix -īna.

69 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: سُرِّيَة (surriya) — a woman who lives with a man, but who is not a wife
• Aramaic: ܕܪܘܟܬܐ (dərūḵtā) — a woman who lives with a man, but who is not a wife
• Armenian: հարճ (harč) — a woman who lives with a man, but who is not a wife
• Basque: ohaide — a woman who lives with a man, but who is not a wife
• Belarusian: нало́жніца (nalóžnica) — a woman who lives with a man, but who is not a wife
• Central Bikol: sambay — a woman who lives with a man, but who is not a wife
• Bulgarian: нало́жница (nalóžnica) — a woman who lives with a man, but who is not a wife
• Catalan: concubina — a woman who lives with a man, but who is not a wife
• Chinese Mandarin: 妾 (qiè) — a woman who lives with a man, but who is not a wife
• Chinese Mandarin: 姨太太 (yítàitài) — a woman who lives with a man, but who is not a wife
• Chinese Mandarin: 妃 (fēi) — a woman who lives with a man, but who is not a wife
• Chinese Mandarin: 側室 /侧室 (cèshì) — a woman who lives with a man, but who is not a wife
• Czech: konkubína — a woman who lives with a man, but who is not a wife
• Danish: konkubine — a woman who lives with a man, but who is not a wife
• Esperanto: kromvirino — a woman who lives with a man, but who is not a wife
• Finnish: jalkavaimo — a woman who lives with a man, but who is not a wife
• French: concubine — a woman who lives with a man, but who is not a wife
• Old Georgian: ხარჭი (xarč̣i) — a woman who lives with a man, but who is not a wife
• German: Konkubine — a woman who lives with a man, but who is not a wife
• Greek: παλλακίδα (pallakída) — a woman who lives with a man, but who is not a wife
• Ancient Greek: παλλακίς (pallakís) — a woman who lives with a man, but who is not a wife
• Ancient Greek: παλλακή (pallakḗ) — a woman who lives with a man, but who is not a wife
• Hebrew: פִּילֶגֶשׁ (pilégeš) — a woman who lives with a man, but who is not a wife
• Hindi: रखैल (rakhail) — a woman who lives with a man, but who is not a wife
• Hindi: उपपत्नी (uppatnī) — a woman who lives with a man, but who is not a wife
• Hungarian: ágyas — a woman who lives with a man, but who is not a wife
• Indonesian: selir — a woman who lives with a man, but who is not a wife
• Irish: bean luí — a woman who lives with a man, but who is not a wife
• Irish: bean leapa — a woman who lives with a man, but who is not a wife
• Japanese: 妾 — a woman who lives with a man, but who is not a wife
• Japanese: めかけ (mekake) — a woman who lives with a man, but who is not a wife
• Japanese: 側室 (sokushitsu) — a woman who lives with a man, but who is not a wife
• Korean: 첩 (cheop) — a woman who lives with a man, but who is not a wife
• Latin: paelex — a woman who lives with a man, but who is not a wife
• Latin: concubīna — a woman who lives with a man, but who is not a wife
• Latin: amāsia — a woman who lives with a man, but who is not a wife
• Latin: amīca — a woman who lives with a man, but who is not a wife
• Latin: coniūnx — a woman who lives with a man, but who is not a wife
• Latin: pallaca — a woman who lives with a man, but who is not a wife
• Macedonian: наложница (naložnica) — a woman who lives with a man, but who is not a wife
• Manchu: ᠠᠰᡳᡥᠠᠨ ᠰᠠᡵᡤᠠᠨ (asihan sargan) — a woman who lives with a man, but who is not a wife
• Manchu: ᡤᡠᠸᡝᠯᡝᡴᡠ (guweleku) — a woman who lives with a man, but who is not a wife
• Manx: colhiabbagh — a woman who lives with a man, but who is not a wife
• Norwegian Bokmål: konkubine — a woman who lives with a man, but who is not a wife
• Norwegian Nynorsk: konkubine — a woman who lives with a man, but who is not a wife
• Polish: konkubentka — a woman who lives with a man, but who is not a wife
• Polish: konkubina — a woman who lives with a man, but who is not a wife
• Polish: nieślubna — a woman who lives with a man, but who is not a wife
• Portuguese: concubina — a woman who lives with a man, but who is not a wife
• Portuguese: amásia — a woman who lives with a man, but who is not a wife
• Portuguese: barregã — a woman who lives with a man, but who is not a wife
• Russian: нало́жница (nalóžnica) — a woman who lives with a man, but who is not a wife
• Russian: содержа́нка (soderžánka) — a woman who lives with a man, but who is not a wife
• Serbo-Croatian: конкубина — a woman who lives with a man, but who is not a wife
• Serbo-Croatian: konkubina — a woman who lives with a man, but who is not a wife
• Slovak: konkubína — a woman who lives with a man, but who is not a wife
• Spanish: concubina — a woman who lives with a man, but who is not a wife
• Swahili: suria — a woman who lives with a man, but who is not a wife
• Swedish: konkubin — a woman who lives with a man, but who is not a wife
• Tagalog: kalaguyo — a woman who lives with a man, but who is not a wife
• Tagalog: kabit — a woman who lives with a man, but who is not a wife
• Thai: (พระ~)สนม (sà-nǒm) — a woman who lives with a man, but who is not a wife
• Ukrainian: нало́жниця (nalóžnycja) — a woman who lives with a man, but who is not a wife
• Vietnamese: vợ lẻ — a woman who lives with a man, but who is not a wife
• Vietnamese: nàng hầu — a woman who lives with a man, but who is not a wife
• Welsh: gordderch — a woman who lives with a man, but who is not a wife
• Welsh: gordderchwraig — a woman who lives with a man, but who is not a wife
• Welsh: cywelyes — a woman who lives with a man, but who is not a wife
• Yoruba: àlè — a woman who lives with a man, but who is not a wife