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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/ˈsɒdəmi/
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1
noun
Meaning 1
Any of several forms of sexual intercourse held to be unnatural, particularly bestiality or homosexuality, but also (sometimes) anal, oral, or manual sex.
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
Anal sex.
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
intercourse via the anus, committed by a man with a man or woman
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: buggery, anal sex, anal intercourse
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: perversion, sexual perversion
History
Etymology
From Sodom, where the Bible, in Genesis chapters 18 and 19 and elsewhere, suggests sexual depravity.
Across languages
Translations
56 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Arabic:
لِوَاط
(liwāṭ)
— sex held to be unnatural
Armenian:
սոդոմականություն
(sodomakanutʻyun)
— sex held to be unnatural
Azerbaijani:
kişibazlıq
— sex held to be unnatural
Bulgarian:
содомия
(sodomija)
— sex held to be unnatural
Catalan:
sodomia
— sex held to be unnatural
Old Czech:
sodomářstvo
— sex held to be unnatural
Danish:
sodomi
— sex held to be unnatural
Dutch:
sodomie
— sex held to be unnatural
Finnish:
sodomia
— sex held to be unnatural
German:
Sodomie
— sex held to be unnatural
Hebrew:
מַעֲשֵׂה סְדוֹם
(ma'asé sdom)
— sex held to be unnatural
Hungarian:
szodómia
— sex held to be unnatural
Italian:
sodomia
— sex held to be unnatural
Māori:
karipapa
— sex held to be unnatural
Middle English:
sodomie
— sex held to be unnatural
Norwegian Bokmål:
sodomi
— sex held to be unnatural
Norwegian Nynorsk:
sodomi
— sex held to be unnatural
Polish:
sodomia
— sex held to be unnatural
Portuguese:
sodomia
— sex held to be unnatural
Romanian:
sodomie
— sex held to be unnatural
Russian:
содоми́я
(sodomíja)
— sex held to be unnatural
Serbo-Croatian:
sodòmija
— sex held to be unnatural
Serbo-Croatian:
skotolòštvo
— sex held to be unnatural
Swedish:
sodomi
— sex held to be unnatural
Tagalog:
sodomiya
— sex held to be unnatural
Armenian:
սոդոմականություն
(sodomakanutʻyun)
— anal sex — see also anal sex
Catalan:
sodomia
— anal sex — see also anal sex
Chinese Cantonese:
㚻姦 /㚻奸
(gai1 gaan1)
— anal sex — see also anal sex
Chinese Mandarin:
㚻奸
(jījiān)
— anal sex — see also anal sex
Chinese Mandarin:
雞姦 /鸡奸
(jījiān)
— anal sex — see also anal sex
Esperanto:
bugro
— anal sex — see also anal sex
Finnish:
anaaliseksi
— anal sex — see also anal sex
French:
sodomie
— anal sex — see also anal sex
French:
enculade
— anal sex — see also anal sex
German:
Analverkehr
— anal sex — see also anal sex
German:
Sodomie
— anal sex — see also anal sex
Greek:
σοδομία
(sodomía)
— anal sex — see also anal sex
Hindi:
पुरुषगमन
(puruṣagman)
— anal sex — see also anal sex
Hindi:
पुरुषमैथुन
(puruṣmaithun)
— anal sex — see also anal sex
Hindi:
गुदामैथुन
(gudāmaithun)
— anal sex — see also anal sex
Hindi:
लिवातत
(livātat)
— anal sex — see also anal sex
Hindi:
लौंडेबाज़ी
(lauṇḍebāzī)
— anal sex — see also anal sex
Hindi:
इग़लाम
(iġlām)
— anal sex — see also anal sex
Hungarian:
szodómia
— anal sex — see also anal sex
Italian:
sodomia
— anal sex — see also anal sex
Japanese:
男色
— anal sex — see also anal sex
Japanese:
肛門性交
(kōmon seisō)
— anal sex — see also anal sex
Japanese:
ソドミー
(sodomī)
— anal sex — see also anal sex
Māori:
moe whakaeneene
— anal sex — see also anal sex
Portuguese:
sodomia
— anal sex — see also anal sex
Romanian:
sodomie
— anal sex — see also anal sex
Russian:
содоми́я
(sodomíja)
— anal sex — see also anal sex
Sanskrit:
तिर्यग्योनिगमन
(tiryagyonigamana)
— anal sex — see also anal sex
