celibate

English

Alternative forms

• cælibate (archaic)

Etymology

From Latin caelibatus, perfect passive participle of caelibare, from caelebs (“unmarried”).

Adjective

celibate (not comparable)

1. Not married.
2. (by extension) Abstaining from sexual relations and pleasures.

   Members of religious communities sometimes take vows to remain celibate.

Synonyms

• (not married): unmarried, single
• (abstaining from sex): abstinent, chaste, pure

Derived terms

• celibately

Translations

unmarried

Armenian: չամուսնացած (hy) (čamusnac’aç), ամուրի (hy) (amuri) Bulgarian: неженен (bg) Catalan: celibat (ca) Czech: svobodný m., celibátní, žijící v celibátu, (woman without husband): nevdaná, (man without wife): neženatý Esperanto: fraŭlo (eo) Greek: άγαμος (el) (ágamos) Hungarian: nőtlen (hu), hajadon (hu) Ido: celiba

Interlingua: celibe, celibatario Irish: aontumhach (ga), gan phósadh (ga) Italian: celibe inv. Latin: caelibatus m., caelibata f., caelibatum n. Polish: nieżonaty (pl) m., niezamężna (pl) f. Portuguese: celibatário (pt) Scottish Gaelic: aontamhach (gd) Slovak: celibát (sk) m. Spanish: celibe (es)

Noun

celibate (plural celibates)

1. Person who is not married, especially one who has taken a religious vow not to get married, usually because of being a member of a religious community.

Translations

person who is not married

Armenian: ամուրի (hy) (amuri) Bulgarian: ерген (bg) m. Czech: osoba žijící v celibátu Greek: άγαμος (el) (ágamos) m.

Hungarian: nőtlen (hu), agglegény (hu), hajadon (hu) Irish: aontumhach (ga) m., duine gan phósadh (ga) m. Polish: osoba żyjąca w celibacie Portuguese: celibatário (pt)

Related terms

• celibacy

See also

• friar
• monk

Anagrams

• cable tie
• citeable