fornicate
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin fornicātus, perfect passive participle to fornicor, from fornix (“arch, vault; brothel”). It was customary for courtesans of the era to wait for their customers out of the rain in arched passageways.
Pronunciation[edit]
- Adjective
- (Received Pronunciation), IPA(key): /ˈfɔː.nɪ.kət/
Audio (Southern England) (file)
- (General American), IPA(key): /ˈfɔɹ.nɪ.kət/
- Verb
- (Received Pronunciation), IPA(key): /ˈfɔː.nɪˌkeɪt/
Audio (Southern England) (file)
- (General American), IPA(key): /ˈfɔɹ.nɪˌkeɪt/
Adjective[edit]
fornicate (comparative more fornicate, superlative most fornicate)
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
shaped like an arch
Verb[edit]
fornicate (third-person singular simple present fornicates, present participle fornicating, simple past and past participle fornicated)
- (intransitive) To engage in fornication.
Hypernyms[edit]
- have sex, make love, seduce; see also Thesaurus:copulate
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
to engage in fornication
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Anagrams[edit]
Italian[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Verb[edit]
fornicate
- inflection of fornicare:
Etymology 2[edit]
Participle[edit]
fornicate f pl
Anagrams[edit]
Latin[edit]
Participle[edit]
fornicāte
Spanish[edit]
Verb[edit]
fornicate
- second-person singular voseo imperative of fornicar combined with te
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