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From the Old French scholarly form adultere (“violation of conjugal faith”) (in Bernard of Clairvaux, Sermons, 12c.), from Latin adulterium, from adulter. Replaced the older form avoutrie, from the popular Old French forms avouterie or aoulterie. Compare French adultère (“adultery”). Old English word was æwbryce (“breach of lawful marriage”).
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adultery (plural adulteries)
- Sexual intercourse by a married person with someone other than their spouse.
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sexual intercourse by a married person with someone other than their spouse
- Arabic: زناء (ar) (zinaa') m., زنىً (ar) (zinan) m., عهر (ar) (3uhr) m., خيانة زوجية (ar) (khayaana zawjíyya) f.
- Armenian: դավաճանություն (hy) (davač̣anut'yun)
- Bulgarian: прелюбодеяние (bg) (preljubodejánie) n.
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 通姦 (zh), 通奸 (cmn) (tōngjiān), 奸情 (cmn) (jiānqíng), 姦淫 (zh), 奸淫 (cmn) (jiānyín), 私通 (cmn) (sītōng), 外遇 (cmn) (wàiyù), 不論之戀 (cmn), 不论之恋 (cmn) (búlùn-zhī liàn)
- Croatian: préljub (hr) m.
- Czech: cizoložství (cs) n., manželská nevěra (cs) f.
- Dutch: overspel (nl) n.
- Finnish: aviorikos, huorinteko, huoruus
- French: adultère (fr) m.
- German: Ehebruch (de) m.
- Greek: μοιχεία (el) (moicheía) f.
- Hebrew: ניאוף (he) (ni'uf)
- Hungarian: házasságtörés (hu)
- Ido: adultero
- Italian: adulterio (it)
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- Japanese: 不倫 (ja) (ふりん, furin), 姦通 (ja) (かんつう, kantsū), 姦淫 (ja) (かんいん, kan'in), .婚外性交 (ja) (こんがいせいこう, kongai seikō), 密通 (ja) (みっつう, mittsū), 私通 (ja) (しつう, shitsū)
- Korean: 간통 (ko) (gantong) (姦通)
- Kurdish: zina (ku) f.
- Norwegian: utroskap (no) n., hor (no) n.
- Old English: unrihthǣmed (ang)
- Polish: cudzołóstwo (pl) n., zdrada małżeńska (pl) f.
- Portuguese: adultério (pt) m.
- Russian: прелюбодеяние (ru) (preljubodejánije) n., (rare) адюльтер (ru) (adjul'tér) m., супружеская измена (ru) (suprúžeskaja izména) f., супружеская неверность (ru) (suprúžeskaja nevérnost') f.
- Scottish Gaelic: adhaltranas (gd) m.
- Serbian:
- Cyrillic: браколомство (sr) n., прељуба (sr) f., прељуб (sr) m.
- Roman: brakolomstvo (sr) n., preljuba (sr) f., preljub (sr) m.
- Spanish: adulterio (es)
- Swedish: hor (sv)
- Ukrainian: перелюбство (uk) (preljúbstvo) n., адюльтер (uk) (adjul'tér) m.
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