illegitimacy

English

Etymology

From illegitimate +‎ -acy; may also be analyzed as il- +‎ legitimacy.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪlɪˈd͡ʒɪtɪməsi/
• (US) IPA^(key): [ɪlɨˈd͡ʒɪɾɨməsi]

  • Audio (General American):

    (file)

Noun

illegitimacy (countable and uncountable, plural illegitimacies)

1. The state of being illegitimate.

   Hyponyms: invalidity, illegality, illogicality, spuriousness

   1. The state of being born to parents who were not legally married to each other.

      Synonym: bastardy

Translations

being illegitimate

• French: illégitimité (fr) f
• Galician: ilexitimidade (gl) f
• Georgian: არაკანონიერება (araḳanoniereba), არალეგიტიმურობა (aralegiṭimuroba), უკანონობა (uḳanonoba)
• German: Unrechtmäßigkeit (de) f
• Irish: neamhdhlisteanacht f
• Italian: illegittimità f
• Russian: незако́нность (ru) f (nezakónnostʹ)
• Swedish: illegitimitet (sv) c