noun · 4 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:/ˌpɹɒm.ɪˈskju.ɪ.ti/
UK:/ˌpɹəʊ.mɪˈskju.ɪ.ti/
US:/ˌpɹɑm.ɪˈskju.ɪ.ti/
US:/ˌpɹoʊ.mɪˈskju.ɪ.ti/
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CMU ARPABET:P R OW2 M IH0 S K Y UW1 AH0 T IY0
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
CMU ARPABET 2:P R AA2 M IH0 S K Y UW1 AH0 T IY0
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
The state or quality of being promiscuous.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
Indiscriminateness in the choice of sexual partners.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
State of being mixed, composed of diverse elements, unsystematic; heterogeneity.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, dated, literary, uncountable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
4
noun
Meaning 4
indulging in promiscuous (casual and indiscriminate) sexual relations
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: promiscuousness, sleeping around
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: sexual activity, sexual practice, sex, sex activity
Narrower terms: one-night stand
History
Etymology
From French promiscuité.
Across languages
Translations
21 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Catalan:
promiscuïtat
— state or quality of being promiscuous
Dutch:
promiscuïteit
— state or quality of being promiscuous
Finnish:
siveettömyys
— state or quality of being promiscuous
Finnish:
promiskuiteetti
— state or quality of being promiscuous
French:
promiscuité sexuelle
— state or quality of being promiscuous
Galician:
promiscuidade
— state or quality of being promiscuous
German:
Promiskuität
— state or quality of being promiscuous
Greek:
συγχρωτισμός
(synchrotismós)
— state or quality of being promiscuous
Hungarian:
promiszkuitás
— state or quality of being promiscuous
Icelandic:
lauslæti
— state or quality of being promiscuous
Indonesian:
promiskuitas
— state or quality of being promiscuous
Macedonian:
промискуитет
(promiskuitet)
— state or quality of being promiscuous
Polish:
promiskuityzm
— state or quality of being promiscuous
Polish:
rozwiązłość
— state or quality of being promiscuous
Portuguese:
promiscuidade
— state or quality of being promiscuous
Romanian:
promiscuitate
— state or quality of being promiscuous
Slovak:
promiskuita
— state or quality of being promiscuous
Spanish:
promiscuidad
— state or quality of being promiscuous
Swedish:
promiskuitet
— state or quality of being promiscuous
Tagalog:
kahandalapakan
— state or quality of being promiscuous
Ottoman Turkish:
زنا
(zinâ)
— state or quality of being promiscuous