adj · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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Pronunciation
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/ˌɛkstɹəˈmæɹɪtəl/
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1
adj
Meaning 1
Occurring outside marriage.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
adj
Meaning 2
Adulterous.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
adjective satellite
Meaning 3
characterized by adultery
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
an adulterous relationship
extramarital affairs
the extracurricular activities of a philandering husband
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: adulterous, extracurricular
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h1éǵh Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h1éǵhs Proto-Indo-European *-teros Proto-Indo-European *h1eǵhsteros Proto-Italic *eksteros Latin exter Latin extrā English extra- English marital English extramarital From extra- + marital.
Across languages
Translations
52 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Belarusian:
пазашлю́бны
(pazašljúbny)
— taking place outside marriage
Bulgarian:
извънбра́чен
(izvǎnbráčen)
— taking place outside marriage
Catalan:
extramatrimonial
— taking place outside marriage
Catalan:
extraconjugal
— taking place outside marriage
Chinese Mandarin:
婚外
(hūnwài)
— taking place outside marriage
Czech:
mimomanželský
— taking place outside marriage
Danish:
udenomsægteskabelig
— taking place outside marriage
Danish:
uden om ægteskabet
— taking place outside marriage
Dutch:
buitenechtelijk
— taking place outside marriage
Finnish:
avioliiton ulkopuolinen
— taking place outside marriage
Finnish:
ulkoaviollinen
— taking place outside marriage
French:
extraconjugal
— taking place outside marriage
Galician:
extramatrimonial
— taking place outside marriage
Galician:
extraconxugal
— taking place outside marriage
Galician:
extramarital
— taking place outside marriage
German:
außerehelich
— taking place outside marriage
Greek:
εξωγαμιαίος
(exogamiaíos)
— taking place outside marriage
Greek:
εξωσυζυγικός
(exosyzygikós)
— taking place outside marriage
Hungarian:
házasságon kívüli
— taking place outside marriage
Italian:
extraconiugale
— taking place outside marriage
Japanese:
婚外の
(kongai no)
— taking place outside marriage
Kazakh:
некесіз
(nekesız)
— taking place outside marriage
Korean:
혼외의
(honoe'ui)
— taking place outside marriage
Macedonian:
вонбрачен
(vonbračen)
— taking place outside marriage
Norwegian Bokmål:
utenomekteskapelig
— taking place outside marriage
Pannonian Rusyn:
звонкамалженски
(zvonkamalženski)
— taking place outside marriage
Pannonian Rusyn:
нємалженски
(njemalženski)
— taking place outside marriage
Plautdietsch:
onehelich
— taking place outside marriage
Polish:
pozamałżeński
— taking place outside marriage
Portuguese:
extraconjugal
— taking place outside marriage
Romanian:
extraconjugal
— taking place outside marriage
Russian:
внебра́чный
(vnebráčnyj)
— taking place outside marriage
Serbo-Croatian:
ванбрачан
— taking place outside marriage
Serbo-Croatian:
vanbračan
— taking place outside marriage
Slovak:
mimomanželský
— taking place outside marriage
Slovene:
zunajzakonski
— taking place outside marriage
Spanish:
extramatrimonial
— taking place outside marriage
Spanish:
extramarital
— taking place outside marriage
Swahili:
nje ya ndoa
— taking place outside marriage
Swedish:
utomäktenskaplig
— taking place outside marriage
Turkish:
evlilik dışı
— taking place outside marriage
Turkish:
gayrimeşru
— taking place outside marriage
Ukrainian:
позашлю́бний
(pozašljúbnyj)
— taking place outside marriage
Vietnamese:
ngoại hôn
— taking place outside marriage
Dutch:
buitenechtelijk
— adulterous — see also adulterous
Finnish:
avioliiton ulkopuolinen
— adulterous — see also adulterous
Finnish:
ulkoaviollinen
— adulterous — see also adulterous
German:
außerehelich
— adulterous — see also adulterous
Greek:
μοιχευτικός
(moicheftikós)
— adulterous — see also adulterous
Russian:
внебра́чный
(vnebráčnyj)
— adulterous — see also adulterous
Swahili:
nje ya ndoa
— adulterous — see also adulterous
Swedish:
utomäktenskaplig
— adulterous — see also adulterous