concubina

Italian

Etymology

From Latin concubīna

Noun

concubina f (plural concubine)

1. concubine

See also

• concubino

Latin

Etymology

From concumbō (“to lie with”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [kɔŋ.kʊˈbiː.na]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [koŋ.kuˈbiː.na]

Noun

concubīna f (genitive concubīnae); first declension

1. concubine

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	concubīna	concubīnae
genitive	concubīnae	concubīnārum
dative	concubīnae	concubīnīs
accusative	concubīnam	concubīnās
ablative	concubīnā	concubīnīs
vocative	concubīna	concubīnae

Descendants

• → English: concubine
• → French: concubine

References

• “concubina”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “concubina”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• "concubina", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• “concubina”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “concubina”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “concubina”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

Portuguese

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kõ.kuˈbĩ.nɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kõ.kuˈbĩ.nɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /kõ.kuˈbi.na/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kõ.kuˈbi.nɐ/ [kõ.kuˈβi.nɐ]

• Hyphenation: con‧cu‧bi‧na

Noun

concubina f (plural concubinas)

1. concubine (a woman who lives with a man, but who is not a wife)

   Synonyms: amásia, barregã

Related terms

• concubinato

Further reading

• “concubina”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “concubina”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Etymology 2

Verb

concubina

1. inflection of concubinar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin concubīna

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /konkuˈbina/ [kõŋ.kuˈβ̞i.na]
• Rhymes: -ina
• Syllabification: con‧cu‧bi‧na

Noun

concubina f (plural concubinas, masculine concubino, masculine plural concubinos)

1. concubine

Related terms

• concubinario
• concubinato

Further reading

• “concubino”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025