noun
Meaning 1
One who practices sodomy; a sodomist.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: derogatory
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
sodomite
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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UK: /ˈsɒ.də.maɪt/
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US, cot-caught-merger: /ˈsɑ.də.maɪt/
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noun
Meaning 2
A native or inhabitant of Sodom.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
An inhabitant of Sodom, or (by extension) a descendant of one.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 4
someone who engages in anal copulation (especially a male who engages in anal copulation with another male)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: sodomist, sod, bugger
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: pervert, deviant, deviate, degenerate
History
Etymology
From Middle English sodomyte, sodomite, from Old French Sodomite and Latin sodomīta, from Ancient Greek σοδομίτης (sodomítēs). Equivalent to Sodom + -ite.
Etymology tree English Sodom Proto-Indo-European *-tósder. Ancient Greek -της (-tēs)der. Ancient Greek -ῑ́της (-ī́tēs)der. Latin -ītēsbor. French -iteder. English -ite English Sodomite From Sodom + -ite.
Across languages
Translations
24 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Albanian: ngollar — one who practices sodomy
- Azerbaijani: kişibaz — one who practices sodomy
- Bulgarian: содомит (sodomit) — one who practices sodomy
- Catalan: sodomita — one who practices sodomy
- Chinese Mandarin: 雞姦者 /鸡奸者 (jījiānzhě) — one who practices sodomy
- Czech: sodomita — one who practices sodomy
- French: sodomite — one who practices sodomy
- German: Sodomit — one who practices sodomy
- Greek: σοδομίτης (sodomítis) — one who practices sodomy
- Ancient Greek: ἀρσενοκοίτης (arsenokoítēs) — one who practices sodomy
- Hindi: लौंडेबाज़ (lauṇḍebāz) — one who practices sodomy
- Italian: sodomita — one who practices sodomy
- Japanese: 男色者 — one who practices sodomy
- Latin: paedīcātor — one who practices sodomy
- Latin: paedīcō — one who practices sodomy
- Latin: cinaedus — one who practices sodomy
- Latin: pathicus — one who practices sodomy
- Latin: draucus — one who practices sodomy
- Middle English: sodomyte — one who practices sodomy
- Polish: sodomita — one who practices sodomy
- Portuguese: sodomita — one who practices sodomy
- Russian: содоми́т (sodomít) — one who practices sodomy
- Swedish: sodomit — one who practices sodomy
- Urdu: لُوطی (lūtī) — one who practices sodomy