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pederast

noun · 2 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.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • US: /ˈpɛdəɹæst/
  • US: /ˈpidəɹæst/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • pĕd'ə-răst'

1

noun

Meaning 1

A man who is engaged in an erotic relationship with an adolescent boy; a practitioner of pederasty.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Uranian

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: pedophile

2

noun

Meaning 2

a man who has sex (usually sodomy) with a boy as the passive partner

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: paederast, child molester

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: pervert, deviant, deviate, degenerate

History

Etymology

Borrowed from French pédéraste, from Ancient Greek παιδεραστής (paiderastḗs, “lover of boys”), from παῖς (paîs, “boy”) and ἐραστής (erastḗs, “lover”).

Across languages

Translations

44 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: لُوطِيّ (lūṭiyy) — practitioner of pederasty
  • Belarusian: педэра́ст (pjederást) — practitioner of pederasty
  • Bulgarian: педера́ст (pederást) — practitioner of pederasty
  • Catalan: pederasta — practitioner of pederasty
  • Chinese Mandarin: 雞奸者 — practitioner of pederasty
  • Chinese Mandarin: 男色者 (nánsèzhě) — practitioner of pederasty
  • Chinese Mandarin: 好男色者 (hàonánsèzhě) — practitioner of pederasty
  • Czech: pederast — practitioner of pederasty
  • Danish: pæderast — practitioner of pederasty
  • Dutch: pederast — practitioner of pederasty
  • Esperanto: pederasto — practitioner of pederasty
  • Estonian: pederast — practitioner of pederasty
  • Estonian: pede — practitioner of pederasty
  • Finnish: pederasti — practitioner of pederasty
  • French: pédéraste m (pédé — practitioner of pederasty
  • Galician: pederasta — practitioner of pederasty
  • German: Päderast — practitioner of pederasty
  • Greek: παιδεραστής (paiderastís) — practitioner of pederasty
  • Ancient Greek: παιδεραστής (paiderastḗs) — practitioner of pederasty
  • Irish: péidearastach — practitioner of pederasty
  • Italian: pederasta — practitioner of pederasty
  • Japanese: 男色者 — practitioner of pederasty
  • Latin: paedīcō — practitioner of pederasty
  • Lithuanian: pederastas — practitioner of pederasty
  • Macedonian: педера́ст (pederást) — practitioner of pederasty
  • Polish: pederasta — practitioner of pederasty
  • Portuguese: pederasta — practitioner of pederasty
  • Romanian: pederast — practitioner of pederasty
  • Russian: педера́ст (pederást) — practitioner of pederasty
  • Russian: содоми́т (sodomít) — practitioner of pederasty
  • Russian: пе́дик (pédik) — practitioner of pederasty
  • Russian: пи́дор (pídor) — practitioner of pederasty
  • Russian: пидора́с (pidorás) — practitioner of pederasty
  • Serbo-Croatian: педераст — practitioner of pederasty
  • Serbo-Croatian: содомит — practitioner of pederasty
  • Serbo-Croatian: pederast — practitioner of pederasty
  • Serbo-Croatian: sodomit — practitioner of pederasty
  • Slovak: pederast — practitioner of pederasty
  • Slovene: pederast — practitioner of pederasty
  • Spanish: pederasta — practitioner of pederasty
  • Swedish: pederast — practitioner of pederasty
  • Turkish: oğlancı — practitioner of pederasty
  • Ottoman Turkish: اوغلانجی (oğlancı) — practitioner of pederasty
  • Ukrainian: педера́ст (pederást) — practitioner of pederasty