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pederasty

noun · 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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  • UK: /ˈpɛd.ə.ɹəs.ti/
  • US: /ˈpɛd.ə.ɹæs.ti/
  • US: /ˈpi.də.ɹæs.ti/
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1

noun

Meaning 1

Erotic love, sexually expressed or chaste, between a man and an adolescent boy.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: US, uncountable, usually

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: korephilia

2

noun

Meaning 2

Anal intercourse in general, usually between a man and an adolescent boy.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: US, archaic, uncountable, usually

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

sexual relations between a man and a boy (usually anal intercourse with the boy as a passive partner)

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: paederasty

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: paraphilia, homosexuality, homosexualism, homoeroticism, queerness, gayness

History

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek παιδεραστία (paiderastía, “love of boys”), from παιδεραστής (paiderastḗs, “pederast”), from παῖς (paîs, “child, son, boy”) + ἐραστής (erastḗs, “lover”), from ἔραμαι (éramai, “to love”).

Across languages

Translations

47 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: պեդիկացիա (pedikacʻia) — pederasty
  • Armenian: արվամոլություն (arvamolutʻyun) — pederasty
  • Azerbaijani: pederastiya — pederasty
  • Azerbaijani: oğlanbazlıq — pederasty
  • Bengali: পেডেরাস্টি (peḍerasṭi) — pederasty
  • Breton: pederastiezh — pederasty
  • Bulgarian: педерастия (pederastija) — pederasty
  • Catalan: pederàstia — pederasty
  • Chinese Mandarin: 雞姦 /鸡奸 (jījiān) — pederasty
  • Chinese Mandarin: 男色 (nánsè) — pederasty
  • Chinese Mandarin: 好男色 (hàonánsè) — pederasty
  • Chinese Mandarin: 孌童戀 /娈童恋 (luántóngliàn) — pederasty
  • Chinese Mandarin: 少年愛 /少年爱 (shàonián'ài) — pederasty
  • Czech: pederastie — pederasty
  • Danish: pæderasti — pederasty
  • Dutch: knapenliefde — pederasty
  • Dutch: knapenschennis — pederasty
  • Estonian: pederastia — pederasty
  • Finnish: pederastia — pederasty
  • French: pédérastie — pederasty
  • Georgian: პედერასტია (ṗederasṭia) — pederasty
  • Georgian: მამათმავლობა (mamatmavloba) — pederasty
  • German: Päderastie — pederasty
  • Greek: παιδεραστία (paiderastía) — pederasty
  • Ancient Greek: παιδεραστίᾱ (paiderastíā) — pederasty
  • Hebrew: פֶּדֶרַסְטְיָה (pederastya) — pederasty
  • Ido: pederasteso — pederasty
  • Indonesian: perjantanan — pederasty
  • Irish: péidearastacht — pederasty
  • Italian: pederastia — pederasty
  • Japanese: 少年愛 (shōnen'ai) — pederasty
  • Japanese: 少年愛嗜好 (shōnen'aishikō) — pederasty
  • Lithuanian: pederastija — pederasty
  • Norwegian Bokmål: pederasti — pederasty
  • Persian: بچهبازی — pederasty
  • Persian: شاهدبازی — pederasty
  • Polish: efebofilia — pederasty
  • Polish: pederastia — pederasty
  • Portuguese: pederastia — pederasty
  • Romanian: pederastie — pederasty
  • Russian: педерасти́я (pederastíja) — pederasty
  • Russian: мужело́жство (muželóžstvo) — pederasty
  • Serbo-Croatian: pederstvo — pederasty
  • Slovak: pederastia — pederasty
  • Spanish: pederastia — pederasty
  • Swedish: pederasti — pederasty
  • Turkish: oğlancılık — pederasty