adulterous

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /əˈdʌltəɹəs/

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Adjective

adulterous (comparative more adulterous, superlative most adulterous)

1. Of, or characterized by adultery.

   Synonyms: unfaithful, adulterate

   adulterous behaviour

   adulterous man

   adulterous woman

   The novel told the story of an adulterous affair.

   He was accused of living in an adulterous relationship.

   Her adulterous behavior led to the collapse of the marriage.

Antonyms

• unadulterous

Derived terms

• adulterously
• adulterousness
• nonadulterous

Translations

of or characterized by adultery

• Bulgarian: блуден (bg) (bluden), извънбрачен (izvǎnbračen)
• Catalan: adúlter (ca)
• Czech: nevěrný (cs)
• Dutch: overspelig (nl)
• Esperanto: adulta (eo)
• Finnish: uskoton (fi) (unfaithful in marriage); haureellinen (fi), rietas (fi)
• French: adultère (fr)
• Galician: adúltero (gl)
• German: ehebrecherisch (de)
• Greek:

  Ancient Greek: μοιχικός (moikhikós)

• Hindi: व्यभिचारी (hi) (vyabhicārī)
• Hungarian: házasságtörő (hu)
• Irish: adhaltrach
• Italian: adultero (it)
• Latin: adulter
• Lithuanian: neištikimas
• Māori: tōkohi, toukohi
• Norman: adultéthe
• Plautdietsch: ehebräakjarisch
• Polish: cudzołożny (pl), pozamałżeński (pl)
• Portuguese: adúltero (pt)
• Romagnol: adùltar, adùlter
• Russian: прелюбоде́йный (ru) (preljubodéjnyj), блу́дный (ru) (blúdnyj), неве́рный (ru) (nevérnyj), гуля́щий (ru) (guljáščij) (colloquial)
• Scottish Gaelic: adhaltranach
• Spanish: adúltero (es)
• Yao (Africa): -cijama