concubinage

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French concubinage.

Noun

concubinage (countable and uncountable, plural concubinages)

1. The state of cohabiting or living together as man and wife while not married.
2. The state of being a concubine.
   • 1902 Websters International Dictionary. "In some countries, concubinage is marriage of an inferior kind, or performed with less solemnity than a true or formal marriage; or marriage with a woman of inferior condition to whom the husband does not convey his rank or quality. Under Roman Law, it was the living together of a man and a woman in sexual relations without marriage but in conformity with local law."

Translations

the state of cohabitating while not married

• Catalan: concubinat m
• Czech: konkubinát (cs) m, souložnictví n
• Dutch: buitenechtelijk samenwonen
• Greek: συγκατοίκηση (el) f (sygkatoíkisi)
• Italian: concubinato (it) m
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• Manx: colhiabbeeys m
• Maori: moepuku
• Old Irish: lennánacht f
• Polish: konkubinat (pl) m
• Spanish: concubinato (es) m

the state of being a concubine

• Italian: concubinaggio (it) m, concubinario m
• Latin: paelicātus m
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• Old Irish: lennánacht f
• Tagalog: pakikiagulo

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French

Etymology

From concubin +‎ -age.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔ̃.ky.bi.naʒ/

• Audio:

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Noun

concubinage m (plural concubinages)

1. concubinage

Further reading

• “concubinage”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.