Standard Lemma guide

extramarital

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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  • CMU ARPABET: EH2 K S T R AH0 M EH1 R AH0 T AH0 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

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